Beginning of the Muslim Era as Muhammad begins flight from Mecca to Medina 1054: Three Roman legates fracture relations ...

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The virus, which scientists call H5N1, has spread like wildfire around the globe in recent years, surprising and horrifying ...

The banks of the Dead Sea are the lowest point on dry land but not the deepest point on Earth's surface. That distinction belongs to the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench, a point in the Pacific ...

Perhaps because his movies rely on surprising plot twists, M. Night Shyamalan has a reputation for being fairly secretive ...

Some exhibits and events are already underway in Providence and Newport to mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of ...

The world’s largest iceberg has run aground off the coast of a remote island in the Atlantic Ocean, according to British researchers. The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) announced on Tuesday ...

The world's largest iceberg, A23a, is drifting toward South Georgia Island, a remote and ecologically vital wildlife haven. This massive block of ice, about the size of Rhode Island, poses a ...

The world's biggest iceberg — a wall of ice the size of Rhode Island — is lumbering toward a remote island off Antarctica that's home to millions of penguins and seals. The trillion-ton slab ...

The world's biggest iceberg — a wall of ice the size of Rhode Island — is lumbering toward a remote island off Antarctica that's home to millions of penguins and seals.