"The British Empire reached its height in about 1920. It was the largest empire the world has seen and encompassed some 25 ...

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She explained, “Todd loved his life but he knew that his life was much more than his 32 years on this Earth. His soul was ... Felicia Middlebrooks wrote a book about that day, “Called ...

On a dripping July morning in 1543, the much-married, increasingly volatile King Henry VIII married his final wife, Katharine Parr, at Hampton Court Palace ... ‘I directed the earth to be once more ...

The Earth is getting a second 'mini-moon' later this month, but it'll only last from Sept. 29 to Nov. 25, researchers say.

Life made the modern Earth as much as the Earth made life, a new book by a philosopher of consciousness argues. That dynamic ...

“Too much of the world, it seems, has come under human influence during a time when we’re not very good at working out how to ...

Bondar shares how she has found a parallel between astronauts and birds as they follow their paths around Earth.

Law stars as Tudor monarch Henry VIII, in the historical drama documenting the relationship between the 28-stone King and his sixth wife Catherine Parr ... on the 2013 book, Queen’s Gambit ...

This is an edition of the Books Briefing, our editors’ weekly guide to the best in books. Sign up for it here. This week, Sophie Vershbow asked English teachers, librarians, writers, and readers ...

Which players should you scoop up to give your fantasy team a boost heading into Week 2 of the 2024 NFL season? Dan Parr provides a list of waiver-wire targets, including a budding star at tight end.