The solitary physicist, deep in thought, paces beside a chalkboard peppered with symbols and equations. The astronomer, ...

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The Court of Appeal rules against raising the 49-year minimum sentence of triple murderer Nicholas Prosper to a whole-life order Prosper, 19, was given a life sentence in March after admitting to ...

'Death is part of your daily life': Ex-homicide detective reveals what it's REALLY like to discover a dead body - and why it's not like Silent Witness Do you have a story?

Life for Duncan Robinson has been a balancing act. He understands he’s worthy of all the success he’s achieved. But an earlier version of Robinson, the one who struggled to find consistent ...

John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats reflects on the loss of the singular frontman.

A Sheffield park users’ group has accused Sheffield City Council of creating a “serious health and safety hazard” involving the storage of waste including dog dirt at disused park nurseries.

A Sheffield park users’ group has accused Sheffield City Council of creating a “serious health and safety hazard” involving the storage of waste including dog dirt at disused park nurseries.

Cuts to a major water-quality program in Ohio’s biennial budget will likely weaken efforts to control the spread of toxic blue-green algae in Lake Erie. The program in question, H2Ohio, has ...

Though the Fibonacci sequence shows up everywhere in nature, these young mathematicians were surprised to find it in the ...