The 25-year-old is forging a growing reputation in France and dreams of Olympic gold but tells Donald McRae she wishes she was not exiled from Iran where the idea of a woman boxing is frowned upon

Tools excavated from a cave in central Mexico are strong evidence that humans were living in North America at least 30,000 years ago, some 15,000 years earlier than previously thought, scientists said Wednesday. Artefacts, including 1,900 stone tools, showed…

The extraordinary story of a stingray, its discovery and its uncertain fate in the Yemen war.

A public debate recently erupted among global taxonomists. Strongly-worded ripostes were exchanged. A comparison to Stalin was floated. But eventually, they worked it out.

During World War II food rationing was introduced in the United States, prompting Americans to grow their own fruits and vegetables in order to sustain themselves during tough times.

Eating a diet high in sugar and processed foods could dent our long-term health in part by changing how well our bodies respond to exercise.

Teeth marks were found on its body after being attacked by other dolphins in Cornwall.

A group of Iranian and American musicians are using digital media to create music together, which they hope will spread joy and promote unity at a time when the two countries with strained relations are reeling from the coronavirus pandemic.

The opening of an Iranian supermarket in Venezuela has drawn criticism from Iranians online who say

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran’s main stock index broke through the key 2 million point mark for the first time ever on Sunday, state media reported, amid warnings that the market is overheating.

Hundreds of organizations are working around the world to restore damaged coral reefs. New research shows that rapid ocean warming threatens these efforts.

The temblor shot across the seafloor and back to where it started so fast it created the geologic version of a sonic boom.

A new analysis of the genomes of the most famous of ancient humans - Neanderthals and Denisovans - has revealed an as-yet-unidentified ancestor for our species – a branch of our distant family tree without any known label to put to it.

Though in some countries to be open is still to risk death

Thousands of students, environmental activists and residents of Mauritius are rushing to contain an oil spill “disaster” after a Japanese ship ran aground on a coral reef two weeks ago. Officials

The U.S. Department of State lifted its "Level 4: Do Not Travel" mandate — and these countries are open to U.S. travelers.

The science may be dismal but it is flexible, too

The first of a series on areas where economists are rethinking the basics

Interest in Black British writing has grown and shrunk since the late 1940s. Is the current wave going to crash like those before it?

Plastics were not made for human consumption, and yet consume them we must. Tiny remnants of these synthetic polymers have now leached into our air, food and water, and avoiding them has turned into an almost impossible battle.