For humble families of miners, weavers and flower growers, life in their simple cottages in the rural village of Strathbungo was shaped by ...

4. Aside from allowing miners to work without fear of combusting coal dust, the Davy lamp also alerted them to the presence of poisonous gases, which most often caused the lamp’s flame to burn ...

QUESTION: Why is George Stephenson’s Locomotion No. 1 regarded as the first steam locomotive? What about Richard Trevithick’s Penydarren? Stephenson’s Locomotion No. 1 is significant because ...

MIDDLETOWN -- George A. Tice, the unofficial “photographer laureate” of New Jersey whose black-and-white photographs often captured the visceral, almost haunting urban landscapes of his home ...

Singer Myles Stephenson has shared the harrowing experience of his baby daughter being rushed to hospital after a seizure which left her "turning blue". The 33 year old Rak-Su singer, who rose to ...

The standoff between police and miners began last November, when police surrounded the abandoned gold mine’s entrance, with the goal of forcing the miners to emerge and then arresting them.

STILFONTEIN, South Africa—With hundreds of miners trapped below ground without food or water, two men from down the road volunteered to venture where no police, government officials or ...

The phone has been ringing off the hook for Lewis Black after China imposed export controls on tungsten, a niche metal mined by his firm that’s crucial to weapons manufacturing. The chief ...

On the afternoon of April 30, 1789, George Washington was sworn in as the first president of the United States. Since Washington took his oath of office, Inauguration Day has continued to be an ...

Tennessee State coach Eddie George interviewed in person with the Bears on Sunday. George, whose career as an NFL running back spanned nine seasons, is the third candidate to have an in-person ...

George Michael’s life itself — coming out as gay in the 1990s and confronting head-on potentially embarrassing aspects of his personal life that became headline fodder for the tabloids ...

A memorial service was held today (January 31) in honour of civil rights pioneer and Bristol icon Dr Paul Stephenson. Dr Stephenson, who was one of the three leaders behind the Bristol Bus Boycott ...