The past six months have been charged with countless anxieties, from sterilising deliveries to whatever gobbledygook the government might next advise and (in my case) shielding a small child. But i...
Three scientists have won the 2020 Nobel prize in physics for their work on blackhole formation and the discovery of a supermassive blackhole at the centre of our galaxy.
Roger Penrose, Reinhard...
At least 14m tonnes of plastic pieces less than 5mm wide are likely sitting at the bottom of the world’s oceans, according to an estimate based on new research.
Analysis of ocean sediments ...
Whether you think graffiti is a subversive, democratic art form or a public nuisance, it harks back to our cave-painting days
“Street art” is a novel market category, devised with Bank...
The planners insisted on a traditional house that sat politely with its neighbours on this tree-lined street in a conservation area of north London. But the design-minded owners of this expansive...
THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARYBy Matt Haig
Few fantasies are more enduring than the idea that there might be a second chance at a life already lived, some sort of magical reset in which mistakes can be er...
Research over the years has suggested that the practice spurs weight loss and improves metabolic health, although much of the data has come from animal experiments or small studies of relatively ...
Constructed from 1887 to 1889 as the entrance to the 1889 World's Fair, it was initially criticised by some of France's leading artists and intellectuals for its design, but it has b...
Halloween or Hallowe'en (a contraction of Hallows' Even or Hallows' Evening), also known as Allhalloween, All Hallows' Eve, or All Saints' Eve, is a celebration observed in many countries on 31 O...
1. Great Hornbill
With a large casque on its beak, the Great Hornbill is one weird-looking bird. The protrusion serves no evident purpose, and scientists believe it likely grew as a result...
