Most of Britain’s Indian restaurants are run by Bangladeshis. So why don’t they promote their cuisine, asks restaurateur and poet Ahsan Akbar

Caring for American dead was a critical job—one nobody wanted

Armed with one of the most painful stings on the planet, tarantula hawks are a spider's worst nightmare.

Young men must subject themselves to a ritual involving bullet ant-filled gloves not once but 20 times

American actor

If you were to turn your calendar to January 7th, you'd likely see the words "Christmas (Eastern Orthodox)" or something similar on that date. To those of you

successful United States program to eradicate endemic malaria (1947–1951)

Ghanaian pan-africanist and the first Prime Minister and President of Ghana (1909-1972)

The evolution of life on Earth has been interrupted by several mass extinction events. The Cretaceous-Tertiary (K-T) extinction [65 million years ago (Ma)] is associated with the impact of a large bolide ([ 1 ][1]). On the basis of extensive data ([ 2 ][2]–[…

sixth-generation home video game console developed by Sega

Armed with a can of washable spray paint, an artist in Greater Manchester, England, has embarked on a worthy crusade: to rid the region of potholes… by d...

Now that you’ve finished binging ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ – the TV adaptation of Margaret Atwood‘s iconic 1985 dystopian novel – there’s a few things you may need and/or want to know. If you haven’t finished the season yet, TURN BACK NOW. SPOILERS INCOMING.Yes…

A new survey suggests autism prevalence has more than doubled over nine years, but the numbers may reflect only a rise in awareness and better data collection.

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A civil servant and a poet come together in their shared determination that those who die without people to mourn them have a respectful and personal funeral.

Osama bin Laden is a terrorist extremist who planned the September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center and is intent on driving Western influence from the Muslim world.

The arrival 36 years ago of a strange bird to a remote island in the Galápagos archipelago has provided direct genetic evidence of a novel way in which new species arise.

American stage and television actress (1902-1989)

Long before he died at age 46, President John F. Kennedy was a very sick man.

Charles Shearer recalls his arrest of Russian agent Oleg Lyalin for drink driving.