Do you make every day count for something worthwhile? Think about it. As I have grown older (as we all do), I am realizing how every day of my life is important and should not be wasted. I want to ...

Every year, the first Monday in October marks World Habitat Day — a day established by the United Nations to remind us that housing is a basic human right. It is a day when we pause to reflect on the ...

Our editors' top picks to read today. Stephanie Hayes is a columnist offering her thoughts on current events, life and culture. She can be reached at [email protected]. Anyone can view a sampling of ...

Aboard the International Space Station, astronauts use creativity and culture to make life in orbit feel a little more like home. In the microgravity environment aboard the International Space Station ...

On Sept. 11, 2018, NOAA’s GOES-East satellite captured imagery of Hurricane Florence, Hurricane Helene and Tropical Storm Isaac over the Atlantic Ocean. Meanwhile, NOAA’s GOES-West satellite snapped ...

THE FIRST day of school in Lowell was, in many ways, a typical tableau that featured traffic, yellow school buses, crossing guards and excited students and their families. In other ways, despite its ...

It’s been 242 years since the first manned hot air balloon sailed over the Seine River in Paris, an historic event that officially launched the era of human flight. Centuries have past, jet travel has ...

Some called it the “handshake in space,” and our area saw great interest in it in July 1975. As The Daily Star reported on July 15, “Apollo and Soyuz, built and manned by nations separated by ideology ...

There was a lot to celebrate as we marked the 249th anniversary of our national divorce from Great Britain and the abuses of King George III. Yet under the flags and fireworks, the hotdogs and ...

Flush with salary-cap room, the Chicago Blackhawks looked to land a big fish — or at least a medium-sized one — on the first day of NHL free agency Tuesday. What they reeled in was forward Sam ...

Editor’s Note: Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series committed to reporting on the environmental challenges facing our planet, together with the solutions. Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Initiative has ...