The history of Earth is written on the great tablets of tectonic plates. The motions of plates shaped land masses, formed ...

People in North America adopted the bow and arrow as replacement weapons for the dart and atlatl about 1400 years ago, ...

The Archimedes screw, an ancient Greek invention for lifting water. Learn about its origins, how it works, and its modern applications.

The Corinth Canal is an almost four-mile feat that realized a 2,500-year-old dream of linking the Gulf of Corinth with the ...

The first surprise on re-reading the huge 80s bestseller A Woman of Substance is the book that paved the way for the age of “bonkbusters” is… not that spicy. Barbara Taylor Bradford’s novel was seen ...

In her latest column, Dr Jane Wilcock explains how angina can be triggered by the cold and relieved with GTN spray ...

Have you ever wondered how someone actually wins a Nobel Prize? Who decides it and how the winners are chosen? The Nobel ...

During his visit to Assam, Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled development projects worth nearly ₹24,000 crore in Silchar and launched a strong political attack on the Congress party. Speaking in ...

Iranian military officials said US attack on Kharg Island crossed Tehran’s red line and warned that any strike on Iran’s oil ...

Ben Franklin wanted a drug to make farts smell good. Nellie Bly revolutionized investigative journalism by getting herself ...

Before taking on some of the biggest names in wrestling, Bill Eadie was just a teacher in Ohio. Now he’s going to the WWE Hall of Fame.

You will read about Alfred Bernhard in today’s column. He was wildly successful as a chemist, inventor, engineer and ...