Welcome to Lit Trivia, the Book Review’s regular quiz about literary culture. This week’s installment tests your knowledge of ...

A new study has found that a mix of different types of tiny plastic particles (microplastics) is more harmful to a small ...

On Friday, a San Diego man was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison for smothering his wife to death and tossing her ...

Online, onstage and onscreen, performers are playing multiple parts. The effect of watching someone shape-shift can be both ...

The junior member of Saunton Sands Surf Life Saving Club worked alone to pull Mr Bowden on to his board, signalled to the ...

Infighting, smear campaigns, papal letters from beyond the grave: The conclave to elect a new pope is giving the film a run ...

Ethel Caterham, who was recognized in April 2025 as the world's oldest living person by Guinness World Records, shared that ...

The prebiotic Earth was a harsh and unstable environment, characterized by intense heat, active volcanoes and little ...

Astronomers published evidence of possible biosignatures on the planet K2-18b earlier this month, but another look at the ...

A team of astronomers claims to have sniffed out a “biosignature” in the atmosphere of a distant planet called K2-18b. But ...

Tina Fey has formed a "little family" of collaborators, including Erika Henningsen. They now star in Netflix's "The Four ...

Max Telford's new book, The Tree of Life, is a millennia-spanning exploration of the history – and future – of evolutionary ...