Have you ever wondered why certain groups of animals have such unusual names? From an unkindness of ravens to a parliament of owls, many animal group names are surprisingly descriptive and rooted in ...

Four small, clay tablets, unearthed in 2004, are finally gaining attention as possibly the first evidence of an alphabet, but carbon-dating places their creation to around 2,400 B.C. The evidence ...

The cost per use of different children's toys has been revealed, with items such as iPads offering the least value. A survey of 1,000 parents with children up to the age of 12 showed that bicycles ...