We all know that drinking alcohol has a whole slew of negative effects on your health, wreaking havoc on your sleep, making you gain weight, and leading to liver damage. But an increasing amount of research is focusing on the long-term impact of alcohol on…

Spectacular new images reveal that red supergiant star Betelgeuse isn’t just dimming, but could also be changing shape.

I recently spent a few days with Najmieh Batmanglij — known to many as the Queen of Persian Cooking — who opened me up to the cooking of her native Iran, and in particular to a rice dish called Jeweled Rice, or Javaher Polow. When I took my first bite, I…

Public warned away from MV Alta, which ran aground on Cork coast during Storm Dennis

Physical climate risk from extreme weather events remains unaccounted for in financial markets. Without better knowledge of the risk, the average energy investor can only hope that the next extreme event ...

The collapse of the Tungurahua volcano could cause a massive landslide.

DUBAI (Reuters) - The coronavirus has spread to several Iranian cities, a health ministry official said on Friday, as an outbreak that the authorities say began in the holy city of Qom caused two more deaths.

Agroforestry—the practice of growing trees intermixed with crops or livestock—can fight erosion and restore nutrients

Swedish opera singer Malena Ernman gives emotional account of daughter’s battles with autism and an eating disorder

Brigita, a director at one of China’s largest car dealers, is running out of options. Her firm’s 100 outlets have been closed for about a month because of the coronavirus, cash reserves are dwindling and banks are reluctant to extend deadlines on billions…

DUBAI (Reuters) - Anti-Western hardliners are set to sweep Iran’s parliamentary elections and appear favorites to clinch the presidency next year, but an economic crisis could force them to engage with the United States despite their tightening grip on power.

Iran has reported eight deaths and 43 infections from the new coronavirus, prompting neighbouring states to cut travel links with Tehran amid concerns authorities failed to respond fast enough to the rapidly-spreading epidemic.

It was said that all he touched turned to gold. But destiny eventually caught up with the legendary King Midas, and a long-lost chronicle of his ancient downfall appears to have literally surfaced in Turkey.

My father recited Rumi to me as I grew up. I finally chose to listen.

Astronomers have spotted an asteroid that has been captured by Earth's gravity, making it a temporary mini-moon. It will probably fly away again in April

An Antarctic island that was once hidden has been uncovered after melting glaciers caused by high temperatures revealed its shore.

The Heathrow judgment was a watershed. Now we must target other projects that put profit before life on Earth, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

More money is needed to tackle the "nature crisis" in Wales, environmentalists say.

Many see remdesivir as one of few drugs that has reasonable prospect of helping patients

Scientists say a fossil from Myanmar represents the tiniest dinosaur ever found.