Space is vast, but it may not be so lonely after all: A study finds the Milky Way is teeming with billions of planets that are about the size of Earth, orbit stars just like our sun, and exist in the Goldilocks zone.

In assessing my own physical prowess, I arrived in America early last year with somewhat of an inflated opinion.

On November 5, Washington voters, who last year defied United States drug warriors and legalised marijuana, will go to the polls to decide another contentious question: should genetically engineered foods be labelled for consumers?

The man expected to become India's next Prime Minister has been accused of wasting more than 20 billion rupees ($390 million) on what will become the world's tallest statue.