Onacoldwintermorning,Madrid’sRetiroparkisfilledwithjoggersanddogwalkersenjoyingthefreshairandmanicuredflowerbedsofoneofthecity’smostvisitedattractions.ElRetiro(
AstudybyChinesescientistsinEastAntarcticahasshownthatpenguinsexistedintheregion14,600yearsago,6,000yearsearlierthanpreviouslythought.Thestudywasconductedbyarese
TheMacaoSpecialAdministrativeRegionisturning18–anageconsideredtobeadulthood.AsChina'sfirstandlastEuropeancolony,MacaowasunderPortugueseruleforover400yearsuntili
Ittookmorethan10yearsofpainstakingwork,grindinganAustralianrockcontainingfossilssmallerthantheeyecouldsee,toconfirmtheearliestdirectevidenceoflifeonEarth,scient
SouthKoreanprosecutorsonThursdaydemandeda25-yearjailtermforChoiSoon-sil,alongtimeconfidanteofoustedSouthKoreanPresidentParkGeun-hye,accordingtolocalmediareports
SouthKoreanprosecutorsonThursdaydemandeda25-yearjailtermforChoiSoon-sil,alongtimeconfidanteofoustedSouthKoreanPresidentParkGeun-hye,accordingtolocalmediareports
TheTasmaniantigerwasdoomedlongbeforehumansbeganhuntingtheenigmaticmarsupial,scientistssaidTuesday,withDNAsequencingshowingitwasinpoorgenetichealthforthousandsof
Abloodtestfiveyearsafterbreastcancertreatmenthelpedidentifysomewomenwhoweremorelikelytorelapse,longbeforealumporothersignsappeared,apreliminarystudyfound.Itwast
Theoldestandmostdistantblackholeeverobservedis800milliontimesmoremassivethanthesunandisprovidingscientistswithsomesurprisinginformationaboutthenatureoftheuniver
Astronomershaveuncoveredthefarthestknownsupermassiveblackhole,whichis800milliontimesthemassofourSun."Thisblackholegrewfarlargerthanweexpectedinonly690millionyea
ChinaisexpectedtoovertaketheUnitedStatestobecometheworld'slargestimporterwithinfiveyears,aleadingChineseinvestmentfirmsaidMonday.Inthepasttenyears,China'sannual
The thrusters of NASA's far-flung Voyager 1 have been fired up for the first time in 37 years, a move that officials say could extend the spacecraft's life by up to three years.
Italy'sbirthrate--alreadyamongthelowestintheworld--continuestodrop,sparkingcallsforthegovernmenttodomoretoreversethetrend.TheaverageItaliancouplenowhas1.34child
ThethrustersofNASA'sfar-flungVoyager1havebeenfiredupforthefirsttimein37years,amovethatofficialssaycouldextendthespacecraft'slifebyuptothreeyears.Theunmannedspac
FormerworldnumberoneNovakDjokovicsaidThursdayRadekStepanekwasjoininghiscoachingteamtocomplementAndreAgassi.AgassiandformerdoublesspecialistStepanekwillreplaceth
Thelastvolcanic"super-eruption"bigenoughtoerasecivilisationasweknowithappened25,000yearsago--butthesetypesofblastsoccurevery17,000yearsonaverage,accordingtoarev
Inrecentyears,technologyandinnovationcomingfromtheEasthavebeensteadilychangingtheglobalbusinesslandscape.It’snolongersimplyacaseofwesterncorporationstappingnewm