Japanese climber Junko Tabei was part of an-woman team climbing Mount Everest. Despite almost being crushed in an avalanche, ...

Emma Bushee's sons were serving on six continents. At home, she waited for their letters — and tried to pray them home safe.

The Big Ten is expected to be right in the thick of things once again this year, with a handful of teams — Penn State, Ohio State, Oregon, and Illinois — widely regarded as top-10 teams entering the ...

A new biography of the French painter brims with reputation-redeeming surprises about the rascal of the South Seas.

On the surface, Andy Farrell’s Lions should beat the Wallabies convincingly. The best of Britain and Ireland against the ...

A biologist tracking whales in the Norwegian fjords, a vast telescope pictured below breathtaking skies and a scientist ...

Top 10s features 10 photos that will lift your faith in humanity, showing heartwarming moments that restore belief in people.

In photos The details in this photograph include the airglow of the atmosphere dividing Earth from space — yellow-green at an altitude of 75 miles and a faint reddish hue 250 miles above the ...

The Australian 4x400m mixed relay team have made history, taking home Australia’s second ever silver medal at the World Athletics Relay Championship in China this weekend. Watch the biggest Aussie ...

At a conclave with many new members, a swift, stunning consensus built around an unknown to many outside of the church.

Mel Brooks, Betty Friedan, Norman Mailer and Leonard Bernstein are the “unruly” subjects of David Denby’s “Eminent Jews.” ...

England’s Marco Penge feared for his future on the fairways but has put nightmare behind him to earn spot at next week’s US ...