Here is a roll call of some noteworthy figures who died in 2024 (cause of death cited for younger people, if available): ...

Almost nowhere else in the country is this feeling as profound as when visiting the Céide Fields in Co. Mayo, the home of the oldest known field ... great Irish poet Seamus Heaney.

Addresses global demand for high-speed optical engines for Artificial Intelligence networksTORONTO, Dec. 31, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- POET Technologies Inc. ("POET" or the "Company") (TSX Venture ...

A study led by researchers at the American Museum of Natural History presents the oldest known example in the fossil record of an evolutionary arms race. These 517-million-year-old predator-prey ...

Motherhood is entirely possible at the age 74—for some birds at least. A Laysan albatross ( Phoebastria immutabilis) named ...

Inah Canabarro Lucas of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil is now the world’s oldest person. She is also the 20th oldest person in recorded history.

Researchers discovered Ahvaytum bahndooiveche fossils in Wyoming, revealing dinosaurs in Laurasia earlier than believed.

Tomiko Itooka, who loved bananas and a yogurt-flavored Japanese drink called Calpis, was born on May 23, 1908.

Tomiko Itooka, the world's oldest person from Japan ... according to the mayor's statement. Japan's women are known for their longevity, yet the nation faces significant demographic challenges.

Ágnes Keleti, the oldest living Olympic medal winner and Holocaust survivor, died Thursday morning. The 103-year-old Hungarian died in Budapest, according to Olympics.com. Keleti died after ...

Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman who was the world's oldest person according to Guinness World Records, has died, an Ashiya city official said Saturday. She was 116. Yoshitsugu Nagata, an official ...

While literacy rates have varied greatly around the world and throughout time, using the written word to share ideas and ...