He proposed using nuclear fusion energy as a solution. “If you wanted to multiply the power grid in the United States by five ...

Changing weather patterns mean burning forests present an ever-bigger threat to communities around the world. What new ...

Royal Caribbean (RCL), and Carnival (CCL), are taking on water. Royal Caribbean shares tumbled 6% on Tuesday. Cruise lines ...

AD: Caligula (Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus) becomes emperor of Rome. 1496: Birth of Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VII.

461: St Patrick, patron saint of Ireland, dies this day in 461, according to legend; his feast day is now celebrated widely ...

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John “Jack” Reed spent 20 years and 25 days as a physical oceanographer for the U.S. Coast Guard, and one of the major ...

Rescuers are battling to avert an environmental disaster off the East Yorkshire coast after a toxic oil spill near key nature ...

Hedge funds fleeing positions intensified towards the end of last week and may continue to dent European hedge fund managers' ...

The Panama Canal is in the news, probably for the wrong reasons. Whatever the geopolitics might be, the real story, as James ...

West Indies, in 1979, according to figures from ITOPF data, a nonprofit that provides spill assistance and technical advice for such incidents. There have also been other major UK spills. In 1967, the ...