The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine that someone gives you a list of five numbers: 1, 6, 21, 107, and—wait for it—47,176,870. Can you guess what comes next? If ...

The Battle of Hürtgen Forest, known in Germany as Schlacht in Hürtgenwald, is the most extended single Battle the US Army has ever fought. It was composed of a series of ambushes, skirmishes, and ...

A glamourous woman caught with more than £15,000 of drugs in her home was rumbled after sending texts about 'sniff' to her boyfriend. Grace Mort, 25, and boyfriend Jacob Kennedy, 20, were found with ...

SEATTLE, Wash. - The Seattle Museum of Pop Culture (MOPOP) is set to close the Nirvana: Taking Punk to the Masses exhibit after 14 years on display. "After 14 loud, legendary years, Nirvana: Taking ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Marie Heflin, who has been with the Department of Labor for 54 years, bagged the longest serving government of Guam employee award during the annual Labor Day picnic on Sunday, and many others were ...

It's hard enough to hit an average field goal in the NFL, let alone go down in the record books for the longest field goals in NFL history. Between the immense noise from the crowd and the group of ...

Being so tall that you still stand out on a basketball team comes with its perks, like picking your friends out of a crowd or handling light bulbs without ever touching a ladder. On the flip side, it ...