On October 6, 2020, an anonymous buyer paid an astounding $27.5 million ($31.8 million with fees and costs) to own Stan, one of the world's largest and most complete Tyrannosaur...

Faced with a declining population and shrinking workforce, Japan has been increasingly turning to robots for help. Over the years, the androids have been deployed to perform a l...

Though Bianca Andreescu was expected to be a formidable opponent, it was Serena Williams who was favored to win the US Open Tennis Championships finals in New York City on Septe...

Black History Month, celebrated every February, commemorates the many, often overlooked, contributions African Americans have made to society.  American historian Dr. Carter G. ...

The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai — an underwater volcano located 40 miles (65km) north of  Nuku'alofa, the capital of the Kingdom of  Tonga — has erupted a couple of times over the...

The annual Best Illusion of the Year Contest encourages scientists and artists to showcase their ingenuity by creating clever optical illusions. Now celebrating its seventeenth ...

Ants are known to undergo extreme measures to save their own.  Past studies have shown the industrious insects carrying wounded comrades back to the nest to heal and even explod...

The Chinese, or Lunar, New Year,  which falls on February 1 this year, is celebrated by over 2 billion people — about 20 percent of the world's population. Also known as the Spr...

This past weekend's brutal winter storms brought record snowfall and caused widespread power outages across much of the US East Coast. However, those hoping for an early spring ...