The virulent Vibrio bacteria thrives in plastic, which intermingles with seaweed-like Sargassum washing up on beaches

"Yes Sir, I Can Boogie" is a 1977 hit single by the Spanish vocal duo Baccara. Written by Frank Dostal and Rolf Soja, and produced by Soja, this song was a hit across Europe and became the duo's sole number one single in the United Kingdom, spending a single week at the top of the UK Singles Chart in October 1977.

An analysis of bracelets owned by ancient Egyptian royalty more than 4,500 years ago has found Egypt and Greece were involved in long-distance trade much earlier than realised.

With its growth slowing, China’s future is uncertain. We should be grateful if the change is not sudden

Why would Russian officials allow Alexei Navalny to continue writing critically of the Russian government from behind bars. Statistical analysis suggests a ghostwriter is the most likely author.

Extreme weather conditions in Europe have killed almost 195,000 people and caused economic losses of more than 560 billion euros since 1980, the European Environment Agency said Wednesday.

Activist short selling is certainly controversial. But it’s not necessarily illegal nor unethical.

A new deep dive into humanity's history of romantic kissing has revealed that locking lips has a more complex story than some researchers have proposed.

Before the colonists came, we managed the land with careful use of cool burns. To stop giant bushfires, we have to learn again how to care for country.

There have been numerous stories about the new generation of AI chatbots lying when asked questions. This is rightly perceived as a big issue for the technology if it is to become routinely used an…

About 80 percent of new cars sold in Norway are battery-powered. As a result, the air is cleaner, the streets are quieter and the grid hasn’t collapsed. But problems with unreliable chargers persist.

Apple wants to trademark an image of an apple in Switzerland, and this could force a 111-year-old fruit company to change its logo.

When Shauna Bostock began researching a book on her family, she thought it would be limited to her Aboriginal ancestry. But then a late-night phone call led her down a surprising path.

A recent study from researchers at the University of Reading in England provides some insight into how our skies have changed over the past few decades.

When underwater cables congregate in one place, things get tricky.

In partnership with The Missouri Independent and The Associated Press, MuckRock mapped various radioactive waste sites in the St. Louis area, over the past 75 years.

Delta's new free inflight internet service is better and more stable than earlier services and free to all SkyMiles members.

The oft-quoted industry explanations for high wireless prices — costly operating margins and a sparse Canadian population, for example — are insufficient to explain lower prices found in other countries and even between some provinces. Experts say Canada needs to do something about competition before things get worse.

This project aims to understand the circulation of globally-sourced textiles on Dutch ships around the world in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries by examining data drawn from trade records alongside samples of textiles and visual culture depicting textiles in use.