Dwindling global trust in the US dollar is one of the most prominent risks facing a vulnerable world economy this year, according to Zhu Min, an ex-deputy director of the International Monetary Fund ...

One of the longest stellar dimming events ever observed was likely caused by the gigantic saucer-like rings of either an unseen brown dwarf or "super-Jupiter" blocking its host star's light, ...

La Niña, the seasonal climate pattern that emerged last fall, will likely fade out soon. There is a 60% chance that the current La Niña conditions, which bring a cascade of global weather impacts, ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. How many mobile telecoms operators does one continent need? Europe’s telecoms industry thinks a lot less than ...

As time passes, the visual information that illustrates our memories fades away, Boston College researchers report Like old photographs, memories fade in quality over time – a surprising finding for a ...

An artist's rendition of an imploding star, surrounded by expelled gas and dust shown in red Keith Miller, Caltech / IPAC – SELab Over roughly the past decade, a gleaming star some 2.5 million ...

Scarring, whether caused by acne, surgery or another wound-inducing experience, is almost as inevitable as it is permanent. If your scars create textural changes to your skin, medical intervention via ...