Can video games actually make the kids smarter and help them take better decisions? According to Jane McGonigal, a game designer and author of "Reality Is Broken" playing video games helps people in engaging in "creative challenges."
A new study shows how bumblebee tongues have evolved due to warmer summers, making their tongues shorter.
The California Coastal Commission will soon give their official approval for the construction for bigger water tanks for orcas despite a controversial public opposition.
New research reveals how early human ancestors had chimp-like hearing abilties some 2 million years ago compared to modern day humans.
New photos of the Veil Nebula was revealed by NASA and Hubble Space Telescope, showing unprecedented views of a wispy, ethereal star explosion.
On November 26, Friday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that will add road tests to its emissions testing for diesel-powered vehicles. That follows the Volkswagen (VW) cheating scandal in which the German automaker hacked the onboard software of 11 million VW cars worldwide during the past seven years, tricking the United States' federal agency.
Pope Francis is living up to his stature as the rock star of the Roman Catholic Church. Beyond the millions of crowds he attracted in Cuba and the U.S., the pontiff is reviving the faith of Catholics via the album "Wake Up!" that he would release on Nov. 27.
Former U.S. Congressman Frank Wolf challenged U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch to indict Islamic State (IS) beheader Jihadi John and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the caliph of the IS.
Preliminary investigation by the Huron County Sheriff Department found that the zip line harness on an 85-year-old man, who plunged to his death in Michigan, unfastened and caused James McNeil of Belmont to fall and die.
A fixed-wing aircraft will first be deployed for China’s latest scientific expedition to Antarctica, which is scheduled to set off next month, the Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration said on Friday, Sept. 25.
Venezuela's efforts to upgrade its massive transport system received a boost with the delivery of more than 2,000 Chinese-made Chery cars on Thursday, Sept. 24, while a Chinese bus factory started its initial operation in the Latin American country, the Xinhua News Agency reported.
Beverly Hills Police arrested on Wednesday Prince Majed Abdulaziz Al-Saud of Saudi Arabia for forcing a female worker to perform oral sex on him. The royal was arrested at a rented $37-million mansion in a gated community in the Beverly Glen area.
The United States and China have signed annexes to two agreements covering military operations and naval and air force encounters, the Chinese government announced on Thursday.
A stampede at annual pilgrimage in Mecca has killed over 700 people and injured 900 more. The stampede, which occurred at 09:00 local time (06:00 GMT), took place on Thursday during one of the final ritual ceremonies of the Hajj.
A starfish-shaped airport is undergoing construction in the southern Daxing District of Beijing. The airport is set to complete construction by 2019.
