Music has been the driving force of 'Trainspotting' novelist Irvine Welsh's career. Now, at 66, he's releasing a new novel and his first album ...

In the southeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the city of Manono sits atop the world's largest reserves of this ...

Scientists in Mexico are testing innovative methods they hope can be employed to locate the overwhelming number of people ...

Turning abandoned open-pit mines into solar farms could resolve growing land-use tensions and unlock vast, underused ...

A once thriving Saharan tourist city with a rich but fading heritage faces harsh realities two years since Niger’s coup.

The U.S. only produces about half the copper it uses, ranking fifth in production behind Chile, Democratic Republic of Congo, ...

Archaeologists in central Israel are excavating one of the world's oldest known burial sites, dating back 100,000 years. It ...

Sinkites reveal inverted subsurface structures and may affect carbon storage strategies. Their formation remains under active ...

As consumers have grown less worried about whether their diamonds are mined or made, many have turned to cost-friendly lab ...

Fighting between Thailand and Cambodia over disputed border areas has entered a second day, leaving at least 15 dead and displacing more than 80,000 people. Clashes flared up again Friday ...

The Hogan's Heroes cast is rounded out by Larry Hovis. Born February 20, 1936 in Wapato, Washington, he began his career as a ...