Andre Geim took British citizenship to accept a knighthood. He has just learned he can no longer be a citizen of the ...

On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, proclaiming that the United States was no ...

The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to three scientists for their work in laser physics. A woman was among the winners for the first time in 55 years.

For the first time, scientists have sequenced the full genome of a 4,800-year-old Egyptian man. The DNA reveals North African ...

Today in History for July 4: In 1609, explorer Samuel de Champlain sailed into what was later named Lake Champlain in New York. In 1631, the world's first employment agency opened in Paris. In 1634, ...

Climate change left its signature on the atmosphere early in the industrial revolution, reveals a thought experiment ...

Politicians of all stripes from Alberta gathered on Thursday morning to flip the first pancakes of the Calgary Stampede.

Ten-year-old Mykola Vorozhko, who lives with mother Oleksandra Vorozhko and elder sister Kira, said their dog Buddy woke them ...

Our readers have their say on the worth of an AI band, the kidnapping of women in Syria and the Gaza ceasefire in the distance ...