The Permian-Triassic extinction, also known as the Great Dying, was the most devastating event in Earth’s history.

The estimated 6,000 to 9,000 lives lost during the sinking make it the deadliest shipwreck in history. On December 20, 1987, the ship collided with the oil tanker Vector while traveling from Leyte ...

It's almost 80 years since the first ever nuclear bomb was detonated, with the Trinity test taking place on 16 July 1945. The following month two atomic bombs were dropped on the Japanese cities ...

February 2025. A blustery morning. I alight, a little breathless, from the subway at 168th Street and walk the oddly deserted blocks toward the hospital where I work. I hear a distant cough.

That count made him not only the deadliest sniper of the Vietnam War, but also the deadliest sniper ever to serve in the Marine Corps. But Mawhinney never mentioned his exploits or record to ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. An ambush on a Syrian security patrol by gunmen loyal to ousted leader Bashar Assad escalated into clashes ...

Dr. Mukherjee, a physician and scientist, is the author of “The Emperor of All Maladies” and “The Song of the Cell.” February 2025. A blustery morning. I alight, a little breathless, from ...

NPR agreed not to use their last name because street drug use is illegal. The deadliest phase of the street fentanyl crisis appears to have ended as drug deaths continue to drop at an ...

Romantic Warrior’s 2024-25 season is likely to end after his run in the Group One Dubai Turf (1,800m) on April 5, Danny Shum Chap-shing confirmed at Sha Tin on Sunday. While a change in ...

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, based in the UK, reported that in addition to 745 civilians killed—mostly by close-range shootings—125 members of the government security forces and ...

Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa scrambled on Sunday to contain some of the deadliest violence in 13 years of civil war, pitting loyalists of deposed president Bashar al-Assad against the country's ...