After a marathon effort to digitize each of the 7.4 million plant and fungi samples in its herbarium, the Royal […]

125 years ago today, the shoe salesman Chuck Taylor was born in Indiana. While playing basketball in high school, Taylor […]

For a philanthropic couple in Oregon, the sighting on a trail camera of one of North America’s most elusive animals […]

A new study by scientists at Yale University suggests that older individuals can and do ‘improve,’ in all the senses […]

Most industrial processes need heat, and most heat comes from burning fossil fuels, but armed with €400 million in grants, […]

Some animals like salamanders can regenerate entire limbs, and by flipping a few genetic switches scientists have potentially unlocked innate […]

139 years ago today, The Rocky Mountains Park Act passed Canadian parliament, establishing Banff National Park, the nation’s largest and […]

An English sports reporter has been reunited with a wallet that he never knew he’d lost more than 30 years […]