A legendary jewel of the Hapsburg dynasty — not seen since 1919 and thought lost, stolen or recut — has actually been safe in ...

A look inside Barack Obama’s “living, breathing cultural and gathering space” (with an N.B.A.-size basketball court). Not everyone is cheering. The granite-clad museum at the Obama Presidential Center ...

Taking flight: a parasitic roundworm prepares to jump on its host. (Courtesy: Victor M Ortega-Jimenez) Researchers in the US have discovered that a tiny jumping worm uses static electricity to ...

Hanging by a thread: Wasp spiders, Argiope bruennichi, are known to incorporate so-called “stabilimenta” into their web structure, but the function of these “extra touches” has remained unknown.