Dramatic cuts to science research grants have particularly affected rare disease research. But some of the people most ...

It’s not often we get to hear music written and recorded in Antarctica. But that’s what musician Kyra Sims was able to do on her French horn, while on an expedition with Antarctic scientists and ...

Senior citizens in Asia have long been known for their fitness routines. Taiwan is no different. The government there has been extolling the health benefits of exercise for the elderly. Two ...

Chris Martin, of Coldplay, made a big announcement today along with Elmo and some of the other muppets. For the first time ever, there will be a half-time show at the World Cup final in New Jersey.

Pakistan is in the middle of a solar power revolution. Over the past five years, the percentage of electricity generated from solar panels jumped from 2% to nearly 25%. Almost all of that growth has ...

Last year, Russia made slow but steady gains on the front line in eastern Ukraine. But now, effective deployment of Ukrainian drones, along with a host of other factors, have slowed the progress of ...

National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek is a man on a mission: traveling across the world in the way the earliest humans out of Africa did. Lately, he’s been hiking and paddling along Alaska’s ...

If you can prove you have a Canadian ancestor —.even several generations back — you may now be eligible for Canadian citizenship. That’s thanks to a new law passed in Ottawa that removes the ...

Relatives of Mexico’s disappeared took to the streets yesterday for a Mother’s Day march, calling on authorities to do more ...

As tensions over immigration reach a crisis point in South Africa, the Nigerian government has even offered to repatriate its ...

Professional rakugo storytellers all over Japan practice an art form dating back to the 14th century. One such performer is Katsura Sunshine, a white man from Canada, who fell in love with it, and who ...

In a fit of excitement, Hungary’s incoming health minister danced wildly at the victory party for the country’s new Prime Minister Péter Magyar. As Hosts Marco Werman and Carolyn Beeler explain, he ...