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

A Major 5.8 earthquake rattles the north east coast of the United States on Tuesday August 23, 2011 around 1:15 PM ET. The earthquake was felt in Washington DC and New York City as well as throughout the rest of the coastal states from South Carolina to Massachusets. The Pentagon was evacuated as ...

As medical marijuana gains acceptance around the world, Israel is drawing interest from investors for its “botanical high-tech” medical cannabis.A Canadian producer has already entered into a partnership with an Israeli producer, Tikun Olam, for a cannabis variety that helps reduce the seizures of e

Another giant leap towards a mission to Mars: expendable structures could be the next extraterrestrial breakthrough, as they weight less to launch and are more compact on the rocket. On arrival, they can be inflated to provide safe and sustainable living quarters, work spaces and laboratories for pe...

On Memorial Day 2015, three children were hurt when a waterspout came ashore and lifted bounce house 50 feet high at Fort Lauderdale Beach. The bounce house was lifted off the beach and into the air, injuring three terrified children who fell out and onto the sand. There was no indication a waterspo...

FROM PARIS WITH LOVE La Chorale du Rosa Bonheur, chorale solidaire et déjantée de la "Camargue à Paris" s’engage et résiste au Covid-19. A l’instar des applaudissements en soutien et remerciements au personnel soignant et à tous ceux qui continuent à s'exposer de part leur travail, nous avons v

Gaping California Glory Hole Open for First Time in a Decade: The ‘Glory Hole’ spillway has overflowed in California’s Lake Berryessa for the first time in 10 years, due to heavy rains in the state, and the unusual water sphincter has been captured in majestic drone footage.

Check out this amazing time-lapse video showing the secret life of corals in the Great Barrier Reef. Using time-lapse photography, Dr Pim Bongaerts from the University of Queensland, found a way to show how the coral moves and grows it's normally too slow to see. He shared some of his remarkable foo...

Age restricted video. One little public sex scene at the Parthenon and now this? It used to be that whatever happened at the Parthenon stayed at the Parthenon. Now 150 new cameras have been set up at the popular Grecian tourist site after the historical ruin saw an entirely different sort of acti