WRITING in Latin, the Scottish poet Arthur Johnstone (c1579-1641), has a series of pre-Union poems in praise of Scottish cities, taking them each ...

Are you usually the one gleefully collecting angbaos or doing the not-so-gleeful giving? Either way, we can all agree that the highlight of this tradition (other than the cash inside) is admiring the ...

But now he faces multiple brain surgeries after his skull began to dissolve. After suffering a brain bleed in April 2023, doctors eventually managed to fuse part of Dustin’s skull back together ...

A blanket of snow isn’t enough to keep a hungry fox from a hot meal. In wintry landscapes, mice and other rodents find refuge in tunnels beneath the snow’s surface. But a wily fox will tilt ...

As a volcanic eruption darkened the sun roughly 4,900 years ago, a Stone Age culture sacrificed hundreds of decorated stone plaques to try to coax it back. A trove of engraved stones unearthed ...

External spaces, such as patios, and north-facing living spaces oriented to the sun, were also promoted. Among the designs were plans for the “Sun Trap House”. This design applied passive ...

A Place In The Sun presenter Ben Hillman has admitted he finds it "quite hard" to return to a property from the show in which he had seen loads of potential only to realise nothing has been done ...

Two photos of LA’s Skull Rock taken days apart could highlight the origin of the deadly wildfires, as officials continue to investigate the source. Here’s what we know so far. The wildfires ...

On Jan. 15, the sun will oppose Mars retrograde, triggering a cosmic standoff between your ego and your emotions. This is the kind of transit that could make you feel like you’re caught in a tug ...

A POLICE force used a "genius" trick to take down a Mexican drug cartel infiltrating the UK with crystal meth. The ingenious ploy featured in the latest episode of Channel 4's 24 Hours in Police ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Schools and some businesses were closed and few people walked the streets of a town south of Mexico’s ...