Just over half of Canadian respondents say they believe religion does more harm than good in the world, according to a new survey. According to a new poll from Ipsos, conducted for Global News, more than half...

Australia's patchwork of small local councils is threatening urban liveability, according to the independent infrastructure adviser. Infrastructure Australia has encouraged the Federal Government to reward states with money if they can simplify planning processes, in a...

Cells continue to function even after an individual dies. That is according to a scientific study published in Nature Communications. Analysing post-mortem samples, an international team of scientists showed that some genes became more active after death....

Scientists listening out for broadcasts by extra-terrestrials are struggling to get the computer hardware they need, thanks to the crypto-currency mining craze, a radio-astronomer has said. Seti (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) wants to expand operations at...

The Eiffel Tower turned away tourists on Tuesday as snow swept across northern France, causing traffic chaos in Paris during the French capital’s first real dose of wintry weather this season. The Meteo France weather service put...

Denmark's Caroline Minerie Becky defeated Romanian Sima's Helip to win the title of her first grandmother Salem and won the number one rating in the Australian Open. The second seed won 7-6 (7-2) 3-6 6-4 in...

Roger Federer won 20 major singles and sixth eight Australian Opens, when he defeated his opposing Hunen Chen on Friday night semi-final after promoting the fight. Federer led 6-1, 5-2 on the Road Laureate Arena, when...

South Australian government’s announcement hailed by this year’s winner Amanda Spratt as ‘a huge step forward for equality’ Riders in the Women’s Tour Down Under will receive the same pay as their male counterparts for the...

shutterstock.com Daphne Martschenko, University of Cambridge Online IQ “quizzes” purport to be able to tell you whether or not “you have what it takes to be a member of the world’s most prestigious high IQ society”....

North and South Korean officials meet with International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach in Lausanne on January 20. Laurent Gillieron/EPA Udo Merkel, University of Brighton For many Western ears, Pyongyang and Pyeongchang sound very similar. Both are...

NASA conducts a flight test series to investigate the ability of an innovative technology to fold the outer portions of wings in flight as part of the Spanwise Adaptive Wing project, or SAW. Flight tests took...

The biggest consumer technology expo in the world is wrapping up in Las Vegas. The Consumer Electronics Show, or CES, featured thousands of smart gadgets, artificial intelligence devices and hi-tech cars. One of the main trends...

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You should always arrive in Rotterdam by train. That way, as you leave the station, you can turn around, as I did last month, put your bag down and look back at one of the most...