Though they've achieved similar heights of political success, some US presidents' and their first ladies' physical heights differ greatly. George Washington was more than a foot taller than his ...

Written by Smithsonian botanist W. John Kress, the book details more than 300 North American tree species in words, maps and photographs—and why we shouldn’t take them for granted Jennie ...

Over the weekend, intense winds from a powerful cold front brought down trees, damaged powerlines, brought flooding rains and caused power outages for thousands of people. Gusts nearing 200 ...

Trees first appeared around 400 million years ago. They survived the mass-extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs some 66 million years ago and lived through several glacial periods ...

Jasmine Paolini has been one of the best tennis players on the WTA Tour during the 2024 season. Paolinie has achieved a career-high ranking of No. 5 in the world, has played in two major finals at ...

The world's second-largest man is representing Iran at the Paralympics in Paris — but he's so tall that he needs to sleep on the floor. Morteza Mehrzadselakjani — who is better known as ...

If about 45 in every 10,000 women of average height (about 165 centimetres) develop cancer each year, then about 52 in each 10,000 women who are 175 centimetres tall would get cancer. That's only ...

Morteza Mehrzadselakjani might be an icon of Iranian sport, but he receives precious few privileges at the Paralympic Village. At 8ft 1in, he discovers, as the second-tallest person in the world ...

Click here to view this content. Morteza Mehrzadselakjani might be an icon of Iranian sport, but he receives precious few privileges at the Paralympic Village. At 8ft 1in, he discovers, as the ...

A downtrend has been apparent in TAL Education (TAL) lately with too much selling pressure. The stock has declined 11.7% over the past four weeks. However, given the fact that it is now in ...