Shintaro Ishihara, an award-winning author, former Cabinet member and hawkish Tokyo governor whose blunt words offended various groups of people, died on Feb. 1. He was 89. Born in Kobe in 1932 ...

Paper-thin optical lenses simple enough to mass produce like microchips could enable a new generation of compact optical ...

Police have been criticised after they mocked a learner driver who crashed during their driving test. The unlucky driver apparently failed after careering on to a pavement in a silver VW hatchback ...

Continental plates are usually quite thick (between 35 to 70 km) compared to the much thinner oceanic plates (between 5 and 10 km). The oceanic rocks are usually made from basalt, while ...

Earth’s surface is made up of different sections called tectonic plates. Most mountains are fold mountains, which means they’re created when two tectonic plates collide, and they force the ...