Mongolia has announced plans to restore the use of its traditional alphabet by 2025, replacing the Cyrillic script adopted under the Soviets as it moves away from Russian influence.

Trying to maintain social distance while not losing your mind from boredom? Your public library’s collection of ebooks is an excellent resource, and now you have an even larger selection: One of the Big Five U.S. publishers walked back its 8-week delay on licensing new ebook releases to libraries.

Formula 1 hopes to get the 2020 season underway in May but as coronavirus continues to rapidly spread across the globe, the target seems optimistic at best.Following the postponements to the opening four races of the season in Australia, Bahrain, China and Vietnam, F1 is aiming to begin the season in May, though the Dutch and Spanish rounds - currently the first races on the 2020 calendar to be unaffected on May 3 and May 10 respectively - are also in major doubt.

Taiwan has 10 million masks a day, widespread tracking, and just 1 death despite being close to the outbreak.

Supposedly driven by the virus crisis, On-nomi (オン飲み, “Drinking on[line]”) is the practice of getting together with friends on the internet and having a drink together.

Researchers at the University of Sydney and University of São Paulo, Brazil, estimate 20 percent of the malaria risk in deforestation hot spots is driven by the international trade of exports including: coffee, timber, soybean, cocoa, wood products, palm oil, tobacco, beef and cotton.

It destroyed the trust the people felt for their leaders

Young children often think that groups who receive help are less smart than those who don't receive such help, according to new research published in the ...

The Nintendo Play Station, perhaps the last copy of a video game console that never came to market, sold for $360,000 at auction.

Damien Riehl and Noah Rubin generated and saved every possible melody to a hard drive, then turned it back around to the commons.

The news: YouTube has managed to drastically reduce the number of conspiracy theory videos it recommends, but the total is creeping back up again, according to a new study.The study: Researchers trained an algorithm to judge the likelihood that a video on the site contained conspiracy theories by looking at the description, transcript, and comments.

Apple's rumored lower-cost iPhone model recently entered the final phase of production verification at an assembly plant in Zhengzhou, China, according to industry sources cited by Taiwanese publication DigiTimes.

From her reporting on the first ascent of Everest to her acclaimed career as writer and historian, Jan Morris – who transitioned from male to female in the 70s – has led an extraordinary life. Now, at 93, she is publishing what may be her last book.

Efforts to reduce the amount of food in landfills produce a lot of pretty infographics but very little change to a deeply flawed food system.

According to new research, when the brain is in a resting state, it can still help predict the empathetic predisposition of a person.

The gas giant's atmosphere contains way more water than scientists previously thought.

Privacy hawks say health records policy lacks patient protections.

Leo Kelion investigates the rise of Amazon and its huge data-gathering operation