A museum in the south of France has made the shocking discovery that over half of its collection of paintings believed to be originals are fakes. The Étienne Terrus Museum…

According to the latest Twitter Transparency Report, 1.2 million Twitter accounts have been suspended since August 2015 due to “promotion of terrorism”. The social media giant also said that between…

Tributes from across the world are being made in their droves to the late Stephen Hawking, aged 76, who passed away peacefully at his home in Cambridge earlier this morning….

The US Navy will name a new Navy destroyer ship in honour of Corporal Patrick “Bob” Gallagher from Mayo who was killed in Vietnam in 1967. New York Senator Charles…

The first production-ready flying car dubbed as “one of the safest flying vehicles on the planet” by its maker PAL-V is set to be available to buy from 2019 onwards….

The world’s most powerful rocket was launched into orbit from NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre, Florida, on Tuesday by Elon Musk’s SpaceX. Millions watched breathlessly as the Falcon Heavy rocket soared…

In 1545 disaster struck Mexico’s Aztec nation when people started coming down with high fevers, headaches and bleeding from the eyes, mouth and nose. Death generally followed in three or…

A Toronto police officer has bought an apparent shoplifter the items the man was attempting to steal instead of arresting him – as he wanted them for a job interview….

Eilis Hession, Wife of Dun Laoghaire Branch Secretary, Eamon Hession and Manager of Services for Older People Lead, from Ireland, has been announced as the winner of the European Kate…

A police dog in the North has won a prestigious award after finding a missing woman who was close to death in below freezing conditions. Four-year old police dog Jake,…

Thieves have stolen a 100kg gold coin with a market value of close to €4 million in a dawn heist at Berlin’s Bode Museum. According to German media reports, the…

Astronauts have successfully grown cabbage on-board the International Space Station (ISS) – the fifth crop to be harvested on the ISS. NASA Astronaut, Peggy Whitson successfully managed to plant and…

Apple Inc. (AAPL) appears to be preparing for all scenarios when it comes to a Trump presidency. According to sources speaking to Japan’s Nikkei Asian Review, the tech giant has…

Archaeologists have found more than 40 vessels in the Black Sea, some more than a millennium old, shedding light on early empires and trade routes. The medieval ship lay more…

Ever since childhood, Brian Regan had been made to feel stupid because of his severe dyslexia. So he thought no one would suspect him of stealing secrets by Yudhijit Bhattacharjee…

On 29 November 2010, then US secretary of state Hillary Clinton stepped out in front of reporters to condemn the release of classified documents by WikiLeaks and five major news…

A new bridge spanning, or circumnavigating, Laguna Garzón, a coastal lagoon in southeastern Uruguay, poses just that question. It’s a circular bridge — or rather two joined semicircular bridges —…

Five people have died after a light aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff at Malta International Airport. An airport source said the five victims were all French, although it is not…

Before Hurricane Matthew hit the United States this week the storm tore through the Caribbean, bringing torrential rain and high winds to Haiti, Cuba and the Bahamas. But despite hitting…

The gloves came off in the second US presidential debate as Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton clashed in ugly exchanges over the leaked tape showing the Republican bragging about sexually…

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has won the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize, in a surprise choice after Colombians voted “No” to an agreement he signed with Marxist rebels to end…

Hurricane Matthew twisted toward the Bahamas and Florida’s east coast on Wednesday after killing at least 26 people in Haiti. The hurricane, which damaged the majority of homes in Haiti’s…

A Southwest Airlines flight in the US was evacuated after a passenger’s Samsung phone reportedly began emitting smoke. Flight 994 leaving Louisville, Kentucky was evacuated on the runway prior to…

David J. Thouless, F. Duncan M. Haldane and J. Michael Kosterlitz were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for discoveries in condensed-matter physics that have transformed the understanding…