A European spacecraft has begun close inspections of an asteroid rammed by NASA four years ago in a planetary defense test. The European Space Agency…
The European Space Agency has released its first big collection of data from the orbiting Euclid telescope's mission to map the universe's large-scale…
The Sustainable Agricultural Rural Development Program (Saudi Reef) reported that Saudi coffee production rose from 800 tons annually in 2020 to approximately…
The King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) launched the KAUST Coral Restoration Initiative’s large-scale coral facility, restoring and…
The Saudi Ministry of Culture has launched a competition to design a logo for the Prince Mohammed bin Salman Global Center for Arabic Calligraphy, "Dar Al…
A sealed cartridge of the legendary "Super Mario" for the Nintendo 64 console sold for $1.56 million, a new record for a video game, according to auction house…
As a model of creative recycling in one of the most densely populated places on earth, a Gaza Strip cafe is serving up a healthy dose of environmentalism…
A French firm has begun sifting through the rubble from Beirut's destroyed grain silo to collect the remnants of thousands of tons of wheat that is rotting and…
One of Greece's most important cultural icons, the Athens Camerata classical orchestra, has been disbanded after three decades over unpaid debts, the…
The Washington Monument will reopen to visitors this week for the first time in six months, according to the National Park Service, as the US capital seeks to…
Seeking to reevaluate the history of photography, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City launched a new exhibition focusing on female photographers of…
With Virgin Galactic making its highest profile test flight to date with boss Richard Branson aboard, it’s only a matter of time before paying customers get…
Hundreds of young starlings, blue jays, grackles and other birds in the eastern US are dying from a mysterious illness. It has the makings of an avian epidemic…
On July 23, Sotheby’s will put on sale running shoes made by Nike’s co-founder for 1960s Olympian Harry Jerome. These shoes, which paved the route to the…
The city of superlatives with the world’s tallest tower among its many records, Dubai now has the deepest swimming pool on the planet complete with a “sunken…
Swashbuckling entrepreneur Richard Branson hurtled into space aboard his own winged rocket ship Sunday in his boldest adventure yet, beating out fellow…
British authorities warned against large gatherings ahead of the Euro 2020 football final Sunday, fearful of the highly transmissible Delta coronavirus variant…
A comb. A toothbrush. A bangle. A cotton scarf — protection from the summer heat now used as a face mask. The personal belongings of cremated COVID-19…
Decades after burnishing his reputation as a wealthy daredevil mogul in a series of boating and hot-air balloon expeditions, Richard Branson is poised to…
Lebanon's annual Baalbek Festival was held Friday in virtual form with the famed Roman ruins a part of its backdrop, as an expression of hope in the crisis-hit…
A huge raw diamond with silver reflections, which appeared to be the third largest in the world, was recently found in Botswana, Canadian firm Lucara announced…
In the small seaside town of Blokhus in Denmark, the world's tallest sandcastle has been completed, weighing nearly 5,000 tons and towering over 20 meters high…
The term cybersickness derives from motion sickness, but instead of physical movement, it's the perception of movement in a virtual environment that triggers…
Saudi Arabia has won the Chairmanship of the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization’s (ALESCO) Executive Council between 2021 and 2023…
The northern Chinese port city of Qingdao has deployed thousands of boats and powered scoops to deal with a massive algae bloom that is threatening sea life,…
Zaila Avant-garde, 14, became the first African American to win the 90-year-old Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday by correctly spelling “Murraya,” a…
A male Asian elephant that had separated from a herd that has been wandering in southwest China for more than a year has been anaesthetized and returned to its…
As Iraq bakes in the blistering summer heat, its hardscrabble farmers and livestock herders are battling severe water shortages that are killing their animals,…