Twenty-seven massive vertebrae uncovered in Gujarat reveal an extinct ambush predator that rivaled the largest snakes ever ...

A thin layer of ancient clay, deposited across the entire planet 66 million years ago, has preserved the chemical fingerprint of the asteroid that ended the age of dinosaurs. By measuring nickel ...

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania turned human blood cells into early sperm cells by transplanting engineered tissue onto a mouse’s kidney, according to a study published this month in ...

In February 2026, engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) sent a short test email carrying the subject line “Hello Universe” from a newly built spacecraft processor, marking the start of ...

Golgo 13 focuses on the exploits of its eponymous character, a mysterious assassin for hire who often uses the alias “Duke Togo.” He’s a vaguely Japanese-looking man in his prime: intelligent, fit and ...

A fragment of rock pulled from the Sahara Desert carries what scientists now describe as the first direct evidence that a planet-sized world once existed in the early solar system before vanishing ...

In 1964, US President Lyndon B. Johnson made a historic request: he wanted a large-scale, nuclear-powered desalination programme to address the growing need for potable water in the American Southwest ...

Just over fifty years ago, in 1971, Hunter S. Thompson’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas was published and instantly became a countercultural classic. However, people have always struggled to ...

I don’t remember ever not being a feminist. I toddled in marches of the 1970s with my mother. She became a second wave feminist in the 1960s after being denied a mortgage without a male guarantor and ...

The last execution in Great Britain took place in 1964, but Tory politicians still periodically raise the possibility of reinstating capital punishment in tub-thumping speeches designed to convince ...

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is the most popular personality test in the world. It’s a favourite among Fortune 100 companies, government agencies and regular people. More than 1.5 million people ...