Modern life makes us tired, right? But research from societies in Africa and South America suggests people in the ancient world slept only 6.5 hours a night.

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Icarus is the poster child for burnout. The mythological Greek boy who flew too high and got scorched ...

At Valentino, Alessandro Michele went deep into some cuckoo cabinet of curiosities that only exists in his head, as well as into the Valentino archives to pull out a head-spinning couture debut ...

The Doomsday Clock symbolising how near humanity is to destruction has been moved one second forward to 89 seconds to midnight - the closest it has ever been. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists ...

Despite government efforts to improve rail safety, hundred of accidents occur every year on India’s railways, which is the largest train network under one management in the world. In 2023, two ...

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A recent programme to improve rail connectivity in India has been marred by accidents At least 13 people have been killed and five injured after they fled rumours of a fire on board their train in ...

The ion trap of the new In+/Yb+-crystal clock in its vacuum chamber. The Ions are trapped in the gap that can be seen in the middle of the picture between the gold electrodes (target). A shown-up ...

“The first thing you think of when you see your home engulfed in flames is, My world and future have changed,” Robert J. Lang, one of the world’s foremost origami artists and theorists, said ...

Winter is winding down as the sun is setting later each day, but nothing says spring like the day we spring the clocks forward. Under the current daylight saving period, most Americans will lose ...

Winter is winding down as the sun sets later each day, but nothing says spring like the day we spring the clocks forward. Under the current daylight saving period, most Americans will lose an hour ...