The village of Eyam lost 260 people to plague in the 1660s - but thousands more in neighbouring settlements were saved by the villagers' remarkable decision to cut themselves off from the outside world.

The figure of Minos in Michelangelo's Last Judgment is portrayed as the king of hell. Learn more about Michelanglo's painting of heaven and hell.

Set in middle-class Kerrisdale, the green duplex at 2092 West 42nd Avenue is such an ordinary place it’s hard to imagine it was the stage for one of the most sensational murders in Vancouver’s history.

The Battle of Shiloh was a major Civil War battle that occurred on April 6 and 7 of 1862 in Hardin County, Tennessee. The battle occurred when 40,000 Confederate soldiers led by General Albert Sidney

cave of Cheddar Gorge, Somerset, UK

Traditional therapies have been included in a global diagnostic compendium. That comes with risks.

For the Aztecs a woman giving birth was likened to a warrior in a battle

American police officer

American serial killer

A new study using data from NASA satellites reports a counterintuitive finding that China and India – the two emerging countries with the world’s biggest populations – are leading the increase in greening on land through planting of trees and intensive crop…

A Cal Poly professor’s mission to turn a 45-million-year-old yeast into an ingredient for a beer has proven successful — and now he hopes to grow his operation locally.

Read the weird, funny and philosophical emails that people are sending to Melbourne's trees.

American businessperson; subject of an SEC investigation

Sir David Attenborough has inspired millions by bringing the natural world into our homes. But his impact is even more surprising than you might expect...

1919 film by Richard Oswald

English title of nobility

(Bloomberg) -- The bathtub epiphany that led Warren Buffett to pump $5 billion into Bank of America Corp. after the financial crisis has been retold many times. Now, a new detail is emerging in the Wall Street fable.In an interview with Bloomberg Television…

Sour Patch Kids (known as Very Bad Kids in France, and as Maynards Sour Patch Kids in the UK and Canada) are a soft candy with a coating of invert sugar and sour sugar (a combination of citric acid, tartaric acid and sugar). The slogan, "Sour. Sweet. Gone."…

D23 takes a closer look at some of Disney's unique Academy Awards

Hungarian Roman Catholic religious sister