"Spring has sprung"... all year round, for many centuries! Here's how important that one simple device has become for ...

The company's revenue grew 75% from 2022 to 2023, but its net losses have also been on the rise. Now, it's looking for a new ...

Designed by Sir Christopher Wren and Robert Hooke, this stone column reaches a height of 202 feet, exactly 202 feet from the ...

An exhibition at Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse will explore microscopic worlds. The exhibition, titled Through the Microscope: Secrets of Norfolk’s Changing Landscape with Edible East, will run from ...

Jupiter, the giant of our solar system, is home to a variety of fascinating phenomena. Among these, the Great Red Spot (GRS) ...

This idea isn’t new—it goes back thousands of years. The Romans and Mesopotamians built arches that used compression to ...

With more than 500 bridges crisscrossing the city of Philadelphia, they are an integral part of daily life. In a city defined by its rivers, bridges make possible the connections between people.

350 years old, Robert Hooke's Micrographia is a hidden treasure in Kew's library — one you may not expect to find there. Among the library’s botanical riches, there are a few items which are not ...

Robert Hooke FRS (; 18 July 1635 – 3 March 1703) was an English polymath active as a scientist, natural philosopher and architect, who is credited to be one of two scientists to discover ...

Robert John, a beloved singer, died on February 24, 2025, at the age of 79. In a conversation with Rolling Stone, his son talked about how John did not completely heal from a stroke that he had ...

Robert John, the crooner behind “Sad Eyes” who scored his first hit when he was just 12, has died aged 79. John’s son, Michael Pedrick, confirmed the news of his death to Rolling Stone.