How long would it take for the world's largest rainforest to burn down? If we don't do anything to stop it, we'll soon find ...

I cannot fully explain how freaking excited I was when Mike Flanagan revealed that he had acquired the rights to adapt ...

But unlike Jupiter, Venus does have phases, going from not illuminated at all (when it is between the Earth and the Sun) to ...

Some of the greatest Avengers of all time have paid the ultimate price, but even death haven't stopped them coming back.

The Silmarillion has a reputation for being a bit impenetrable, and even though The Lord of the Rings is my favourite book series, I'd never picked it up. When I finally did I was surprised.

DC Comics revolutionized the multiverse in superhero comics and gave readers some of the best alternate universe counterparts ...

Honey was similarly associated with the gods in ancient India. In the 1,028 sacred hymns of the Vedic scriptures dating from 1500 BC, many frequently mention honey (madhu in Sanskrit) and claim that ...

A stronomers are getting prepared for the chance to see "the most energetic lunar impact event ever recorded in human history", which will take place in 2032, with a little luck.

The great Dutch travel writer, who died this week, found history inscribed in every place he visited, all while remaining accountable to the present ...

February is Black History Month in Canada. To mark the occasion, CBC Books has put together this list of buzzworthy titles by Black Canadian authors, both fiction and nonfiction.

The Bengal Reader is an expansive anthology of Bengali writing in translation to be published in one volume. Ranging from the ...

New research reveals the source of this carbon – and the driving forces behind it – are far more complex than previously ...