When Ally Louks posted last week that she was “PhDone” with her English literature thesis, she didn’t expect to find herself at the centre of a culture war.
Emily Beckman believes snow days are “the greatest invention ever created by humans." So when she learned that her Colorado school district changed its weather cancellation policy during the pandemic, she decided to fight back.
Preliminary findings from a randomized trial of 300 patients across seven countries shows that used pacemakers, when properly sterilised and implanted, work just as well as new ones, and pose no greater risk of infection.
For weeks, police have been stationed at the opening of an abandoned gold mine in South Africa, trying to smoke out the people illegally working deep inside. Here's what we know so far.
At 1,004.7 square metres — or nearly as big as four tennis courts — Unity of Diversity is a map of Nigeria filled with the country's many different styles of food, dance, music, art, history and more.
Not only does Mary the Asian elephant prefer to shower herself, but she's really good at it. So good, in fact, that her dexterous bath-time ritual is the subject of a new study about animal tool use.
Movember started two decades ago with men growing mustaches to raise money for prostate cancer. Since then, it has expanded to include testicular cancer and mental health. And its campaigns are limited only by a participant's ambition and imagination.
Sibert and Red Cloud, black-footed ferret siblings at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, are the first members of an endangered species born to a cloned animal.
The Washington Post has drawn the ire of readers and staff over its decision to not endorse a presidential candidate, reportedly at the behest of owner Jeff Bezos.