Built in 1608, the Staircase of Santa Maria del Monte is a 142-step staircase in Caltagirone, Sicily made from thousands of ceramic tiles, one design per step, as a fitting tribute to a city known for its design and production of ceramics and terra-cotta sculptures. For centuries the stairs have bee...

NASA's Space shuttle last mission lift off. Shuttle Endeavour went to space for the last time on May 16th, 2011 at 8:56 AM EDT. By Wednesday May 18th they will have reached the space station and their return back after a 16 day mission is expected by early June, 2011

The European spacecraft Rosetta has become the first ever to catch up with a comet. It is a landmark step in a decade-long mission that scientists hope will help unlock some of the secrets of the solar system. Rosetta will accompany comet 67P/Churymov-Gerasimenko on its trip around the sun and land ...

There is a whole ocean of rarely seen creatures that run the gamut in terms of appearance and sizes. Some of the following animals live deep down in the waters and rarely or never see the rays of our sun. These particular animals live in environments so drastically different than any other animals ...

The Memphis Zoo staff welcomed a baby reticulated giraffe born today around noon on August 29, 2008. *WARNING: This video shows the ENTIRE birth.
Female giraffe "Marilyn" and male giraffe "Kenya" are the proud parents of the Zoo's newest arrival. This is the second successful birth of a baby giraf...

It's a cautionary tale with a twist. Unless we do more to protect them, coral reefs could become extinct by 2050 due to pollution & climate change. This video was released just ahead of the landmark Copenhagen summit on climate change in order to draw attention to the plight of these fragile ecosyst...

The Temple University School of Medicine research team's approach looks promising as they work towards a permanent cure and potential for protection against HIV. "This is one important step on the path toward a permanent cure for AIDS," says Kamel Khalili, PhD, Professor and Chair of the Department ...

On Easter Sunday (April 12, 2020), by invitation of the City and of the Duomo cathedral of Milan, Italian global music icon Andrea Bocelli will give a solo performance representing a message of love, healing and hope to Italy and the world. Watch live here at 10am LA, 1pm NYC, 6pm UK, 7pm, Italy.

FROM its early days as a small fishing village at the start of the 20th Century, Dubai has transformed into a truly global city. From the vast Palm Jumeirah formed on land reclaimed from the Arabian Gulf, to the 7-star Burj Al-Arab hotel and the mega-tall Burj Khalifa – the emirate is now synonymous

This ESOcast shows how observations at many sites in South America, including ESO's La Silla Observatory, have made the surprise discovery that the remote asteroid Chariklo is surrounded by two dense and narrow rings. This is the smallest object by far found to have rings and only the fifth body in