Runner Faith Kipyegon is pulling out all the stops in her attempt to become the first woman to break four minutes in the mile ...

Tomatoes were reviled for centuries—so how did we come to embrace them? This small New Jersey town claims to have played a major role.

As temperatures rise across the U.S., here’s what you need to know about high humidity and how it can affect you.

Howard Tucker has been practicing medicine since 1947. Ahead of his 103rd birthday, the neurologist shares his thoughts on ...

Extreme humidity and triple-digit temperatures are affecting around 250 million people across the United States. Here's the ...

Hipparchus’s star catalog is the oldest known attempt to document the positions of as many objects in the night sky as possible, and it was the first time that two coordinates were used to ...

Govardhan Lal Mali quit farming in 2013 to build ice cream trucks in Gangapur, India. He charges an average of 150,000 rupees ...

Independent Bookshop Week was celebrated across the UK this June — we’ve selected four shops worth a literary pilgrimage.

This Harley-Davidson took the world’s first motorcycle ride powered by solar fuel. The bike motored along the shores of Switzerland’s Lake Zurich thanks to a new type of sustainable energy.

In 1925, a small-town trial became a national spectacle, pitting faith against science. Here's what to know about the lasting ...

Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple have given experts more clues about the ancient metropolis of Eridu.

The Caribbean island’s cuisine combines African, Indigenous and Spanish influences to create dishes of distinction.