A new COVID variant "growing rapidly" in parts of the world has now been detected in the U.S. The new variant, NB.1.8.1, has ...

Does it sometimes seem like every single inch of Earth has been discovered? Far from it. But scientists are working on it.

Many may wonder whether the unusual weather is a consequence of climate change. The answer is, at least in principle, no ...

Sometimes, the best kind of escape isn’t a luxury resort or a famous beach; it’s a quiet, untouched speck of land where time ...

Common projections shrink the size of Africa, but experts have long debated whether creating a precise map is possible.

Have you ever looked at a map and wondered why there are almost no direct flights or shipping routes between Australia and Chile, despite both countries being relatively close across the South Pacific ...

Health officials in Gaza say Israeli strikes over the past 24 hours have killed at least 38 people, including children. There ...

Known as the Sargasso Sea, sailors have crossed it for centuries, but few notice the border when they slip into glassy indigo ...

Researchers have warned that a mysterious fungi that kill millions of people worldwide each year may soon spread significantly further – including in Australia.

They might look like lost tourists who are unkempt and overloaded with gear. But Latvia’s intelligence agency said Wednesday that they might be Russian saboteurs and spies.

It's 200 years since George Stephenson climbed into the cab of the aptly named Locomotion No. 1 and took 600 passengers on a 26-mile trip on the Stockton & Darlington Railway.

By mid-afternoon, voltage was progressively being restored in the north, south and west of the ... Center issued a statement saying there was no sign the outage was due to a cyberattack.