Government seeks to prioritise environment and end some of world’s worst traffic congestion

Choices that Congress made decades ago allowed tech giants to become as powerful as they are.

Years of debate followed the 1964 Good Friday earthquake. This time, we reaped the benefit.

An intricate system of dams, levees and tunnels defends the Japan’s capital. Will it be able to cope with climate change?

The storied Knights of Malta shaped the Maltese capital of Valletta into a ‘city for gentlemen’, but how much longer can chivalry survive in the modern age?

A giant, plant-eating creature with a beak-like mouth and reptilian features may have roamed the Earth during the late Triassic period more than 200 million years ago, scientists said Thursday.

Vardø, Norway, makes Salem look like a walk in the park.

They’re not cures for anything, and standing is not exercise.

Chicxulub Puerto, Mexico, is the centre of the impact crater that scientists believe was made when the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs smashed into the Earth’s surface.

Canadian researchers have discovered a new kind of organism that’s so different from other living things that it doesn’t fit into the plant kingdom, the animal kingdom, or any other kingdom used to classify known organisms.

A small cylinder called Le Grand K has defined the kilogram for more than a hundred years. But if a scratch ever rendered it lighter, the definition of the kilo literally shifted. Time for a change.

An MIT professor argues that misinformation boils down to one simple thing: mental laziness, exacerbated by social media.

If verified users with huge followings can’t get Twitter to stop abuse, what hope does everyone else have?

Sea burial is a way to save space in a dense city, but runs counter to funeral traditions.

Shipping & Transit LLC targeted companies including Radio Shack and JetBlue.

But the results apply only to male rats and involve radio frequencies long out of routine use.

Brain changes, visible on scans, are also associated with Alzheimer’s precursors

The surprising link between narcissism and impostor syndrome

Tiny doses of magic mushrooms and truffles could help you to produce more new and creative ideas