If you’ve walked through San Francisco on a recent sunny day, a glint likely caught your eye. That’s because in many parts of the city, the sidewalks sparkle. Shoegazing pedestrians will notice a familiar shimmer on Valencia, Castro and Haight streets, as well as large swaths of downtown. In a city with a reputation for its occasionally unbelievable beauty, the cement’s twinkle can fade into the background. But for a feature so widespread (and quietly celebrated), surprisingly little...
Ancient symbols on a 2,700-year-old temple, which have baffled experts for more than a century, have been explained by Trinity Assyriologist Dr. Martin Worthington.
Georgia plunged into political crisis after a night of violent clashes between police and protesters over the government’s attempt to pass a controversial “foreign agents” law.
A new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows the sharpest infrared
Researchers have discovered the missing piece of the puzzle behind a rare opening in the sea ice around Antarctica, which was nearly twice the size of Wales and occurred during the winters of 2016 and 2017.
Fireworks, police batons and arrests have been spreading across the states (Pictures: AP) Following the arrest of dozens of protestors at Columbia University in New York, a similar demonstration at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) has spiraled into chaos. Video of pro-Palestine and pro-Israel protestors throwing pallets and hitting each other, leaving many bloodied, have begun to circulate as those on the ground initially reported no police presence – with one witness saying...
An online petition has garnered over 20,000 signatures to save Station Street from demolition
The sea has profoundly influenced the history of Santa Pola. Dating back to the 4th century BC, the Iberians constructed a walled enclosure to engage in trade with the Greeks of Phocaea. Later, the Romans developed Portus Illicitanus, a crucial Mediterranean port complete with a fish salting factory, warehouses, the Roman House of the Palm […]
An Edinburgh police detective is summoned to the island of Malta, in this gripping and atmospheric murder mystery set in the Victorian era. It is the summer of 1880, and DI Sam McQueen has been called away from the gray, damp streets of Edinburgh to investigate a case on the oppressively hot Mediterranean island of Malta. Inspector Sam McQueen is out of his comfort zone. Malta is hot and his clothes are more suited to the Edinburgh climate. The local police chief is distinctly unwelcoming....
Researchers discovered leprosy-causing Mycobacterium leprae in medieval UK red squirrels, revealing the disease's spread.
Dead stars known as white dwarfs, have a mass like the sun while being similar in size to Earth. They are common in our galaxy, as 97% of stars are white dwarfs. As stars reach the end of their lives, their cores collapse into the dense ball of a white dwarf, making our galaxy seem like an ethereal graveyard.
Supercell, the developer of one of the world's most popular mobile games, "Clash of Clans," just unveiled a new character: Manchester City football star Erling Haaland.The Finnish mobile game development company, which earns £24 million ($30 million) a month from "Clash of Clans" and "Hay Day," announced that an animated Haaland would take on the role of the Barbarian King in the game. Starting Wednesday, players can either recruit the Norwegian striker Erling Haaland to their ranks or attempt...