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Lalish is a tiny mountain village in Kurdistan with a population of just 25. It is to the Yazidis what Mecca is to Muslims.

The images captured by the James Webb telescope show the star in an unprecedented level of detail.

Voyager 2 has restored its communication with Earth months earlier than expected.

Over the past decade, thousands have competed to kill some of the planet's biggest serpents in Florida.

Is it dry or humid? This is the ultimate question when choosing what to wear.

The crippled Fremantle Highway is towed into Eemshaven after fire ravaged the ship for a week.

The authorities say they have data privacy concerns over Sam Altman's new cryptocurrency project.

Swedish study found computer-aided detection could spot cancer at similar rate to two radiologists.

A years-long period of record-high quits rocked the workforce in ways we couldn't have imagined. But the mass exodus is done, say experts.

Henrietta Lacks' cells were harvested in 1951 without her consent and used for medical research.

A signal sent in error left Voyager 2's antenna tilting the wrong way, severing contact with Earth.

De terugreis van chiro Wacko vanuit hun kamp in de provincie Luik naar Anderlecht heeft veel langer geduurd dan verwacht. Door allerlei problemen is een deel van de leden en leiders pas in het midden van de nacht thuis gekomen.

Eleven women from India's Kerala state win a 100m rupee ($1.2m) lottery after pooling their money.

Lori Vallow tells the court the victims' spirits visit her to tell her she "didn't do anything wrong".

Italian authorities are failing to protect the city from over tourism and climate change, Unesco says.

The founder of Afghanistan’s National Institute of Music likened the move to "cultural genocide".

James Gallagher spends the day in the heat lab to see what summer heatwaves do to the body.

With sustainably minded destinations and progressive tour operators advising passengers to pack less, are travellers being primed for an ultralight future?

Musk is an admirer of Chinese mega-app WeChat, which combines messaging, social media, finances, dating, and more.

The news comes as the world continues to grapple with the loss of species linked to climate change.

There’s something especially poignant about pornography in which all the participants are long dead. We explore the history of 19th century pornography for i...

A rare glimpse inside a 19th Century island structure disturbed only by gulls and creeping weeds.

The activity equivalent to a 2.3 magnitude quake beats a previous record set by fans celebrating a touchdown.