Michelle Trachtenberg, known for roles in 'Harriet the Spy,' 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer,' and 'Gossip Girl,' has died at 39. She was found unresponsive in her NYC apartment; no foul play is suspected.

Inuit snow goggles. Credit: Julian Idrobo/Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0 Another early example of sunglasses can be traced to 12th-century China, where medieval judges wore smoky quartz lenses to conceal ...

Five years after the pandemic started, we look back at some of the most memorable photos that were taken during the global ...

Sir Humphrey has learned to hold his nose. After decades of official disgust at mining, refining and petrochemicals, ...

The just-launched professional winter sports league has a brand-savvy founder in the former Olympian Shaun White. Attendees ...

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Chennai native Major Amirtharaj NS of the Indian Army completes the world's highest frozen lake half marathon at Pangong Tso ...

which are tightly controlled by China (their biggest producer) but which are vital for computer chips and renewable energy technology, as well as night-vision goggles. 2. The US produces and uses ...

He's going full steam ahead with his plan to harness critical minerals — despite Indigenous and environmentalist resistance ...

The passengers, migrants from China and Ecuador, were crammed into the cargo area with no seats or ventilation, concealed by cardboard taped over the windows. Two other Cuban citizens were in the ...

We spoke to 20 Louisiana health care workers about the lasting impacts of COVID-19, five years later. Here's what they said.

The Oval Office confrontation, a public clash with an ostensible ally, was without precedent in modern American history, ...