Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims have been pouring into the medieval hilltop town of Assisi in Italy to venerate the ...

Ancient Greek theories on the Milky Way galaxy ranged from mythology to science, with ideas from Democritus, Aristotle and the Pythagoreans.

An atom is so small that a single drop of water contains more than a billion atoms. Although tiny, atoms are mostly empty ...

For more than two millennia, the death and burial of Macedonian king Alexander the Great have been shrouded in mystery. He perished in 323 B.C.E. after suffering from a baffling illness for 12 days — ...

Democritus of Abdera was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher best known for developing the atomic theory of the universe. While he has become known in the history of philosophy as the "Laughing ...

Kylian Mbappe (left) finds himself in the top three for fastest players in the Champions League this season. / Laci Perenyi/IMAGO The 10 fastest players in the UEFA Champions League, as of the ...

Jesus is described in a number of different ways in the New Testament. The following are just some selected examples from the synoptic gospels (i.e., Matthew, Mark, and Luke): These “I Am” statements ...

Congress spokesperson Shama Mohamed faced backlash for calling India's cricket captain Rohit Sharma 'fat' and 'mediocre' in a now-deleted social media post. Mohamed defended her statement as a ...