The ancient Greek gods, the immortal characters of Greek mythology, remain a fascination around the world as do their unusual ...

The "Greeks" are an essential toolkit for options investors and traders. These mathematical calculations, each named after a letter from the Greek alphabet, tell you how options contracts will ...

At least 12 people are feared to have been killed in a crush at a huge Hindu religious festival in northern India. The incident happened at the Kumbh Mela festival when people who were sleeping by ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

A "super-Earth" planet found outside of our solar system could have conditions suitable for life, according to experts at the University of Oxford. Researchers said the planet has a mass six times ...

The climate on such a world must be beyond bizarre. A super-Earth planet that dips in and out of its star's habitable zone has been discovered just 19.7 light-years away. The planet, known as HD ...

A newly discovered asteroid, designated 2024 YR4, has a 1-in-83 chance of striking Earth in December of 2032. The asteroid is estimated to be 196 feet (60 meters) wide, and it is currently 27 ...

Each animal year is further associated with one of five elements — wood, fire, earth, metal ... Slithering into the heart of mythology, religion and folklore worldwide, snakes have long either ...

Astronomers have just uncovered an intriguing planet not far from us in cosmic terms. It’s a super-Earth, orbiting a star similar to our Sun, and it might have the conditions necessary to support life ...

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The Chicxulub asteroid, for example, pushed the Earth into the Cenozoic Era, and 65 million years later, experts are pondering if we’ve entered a new geologic age induced by modern humans (and ...