The moon crossed the sun's path on February 17, causing what is known as an annular solar eclipse. The sun was not covered ...

Fort McMurray First Nation chief Cree charts his path from a horrific childhood to a fulfilling life in this moving debut. In the early 1960s, when Cree was nine, police took him and his siblings from ...

Animal names are usually nothing special—bear, elephant, cat… you get the idea. Straightforward, familiar, and honestly a little boring. But some scientists clearly didn’t want to keep it that way, ...

Ron Kenoly died on February 3, 2026, at the age of 81. He is survived by his second wife, Diana, and three sons.

IN the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.The month of Ramadan is regarded as the holiest month in the Islamic calendar. It is a sacred period in which Muslims abstain from food, drink and ...

The essays in a new anthology offer two distinct ways of interpreting the Promethean legacy of scientific progress.

The Milky Way owes its iconic name not to modern astrophysics but to an Ancient Greek myth involving Zeus, Hera, and a splash of divine milk.

Greek philosopher Epicurus is famous for teaching: "Pleasure is the principle and end to a happy life" and for his Epicurean school in Athens ...

Encephalitis lethargica is an illness that attacks the brain, leaving the victims like living statues—speechless and ...

Can't tell the difference between the Adriatic and the Aegean? Or the Ionian? Or the Balearic? Here's your guide to the ...