A New Hope, Jurassic Park, and Dr. No are all among the very best movies that spawned long-running franchises.

A carefully crafted figure of a goose and a woman suggests that art reflecting spiritual beliefs entered a new phase among early villagers in the Middle East.

A clay figurine about 12,000 years old that was unearthed at the site of a prehistoric village overlooking the Sea of Galilee ...

T. Rex's signature song was written and recorded while on a hectic US tour, and would be their only stateside hit ...

What can you say about a seven-ton, six-metre ice sculpture in the middle of the Egyptian desert? The answer is ‘Nothing’, or at least it doesn’t matter. The image is so outrageous – seven tons of ice ...

Last November, on X, the billionaire tycoon Elon Musk told the toy company Hasbro to “ burn in hell .” Hasbro owns the ...

Saruman's heart is already plagued by darkness by the time The Lord of the Rings begins, but when did his fall from grace ...

The "official movie guide" for The Lord of the Rings suggests he's nearly 3,000 years old, which could make sense canonically. Legolas' father, Thranduil, became King of the Mirkwood at the end of the ...

Middle-earth is full of the fantastic, but it’s not all sunshine and roses. For all of the mystical Elves and cheery Hobbits, there are a lot of terrifying monsters that pop up throughout J.R.R.

Alien: Earth could have played things so simply. Take the idea of an Alien movie, place it anywhere on Earth, and go from there. A xenomorph in a skyscraper (Die Hard Alien)! A xenomorph on a boat ...

USA Rare Earth will buy Britain's Less Common Metals for $100 million. The acquisition will transform USA Rare Earth -- and give it some revenue a year before it would otherwise have it. USA Rare ...

A new study used mathematical formulas and demonstrated that it’s highly unlikely life began on Earth. Instead, the researcher points to panspermia, a theory that life or the ingredients for life came ...