Police have officially named the first victim of the White Island volcano eruption in New Zealand, as recovery efforts continue.

Fresh and relevant as ever, ‘London Calling’ is 40 years old. Graeme Ross trawls through The Clash’s back catalogue to pick out his 20 favourite songs

Electoral rules allow people without a fixed address to register at a place where they spend a lot of time, such as a hostel

Not only is it a drastic step up from his impressive debut, but it shows an artist keen to test himself emotionally, as well as artistically

Crows have long been considered cunning. But their intelligence may be far more advanced than we ever thought possible.

A painting discovered on the wall of an Indonesian cave has been found to be 44,000 years old.

Ed Power looks back at how the big-screen version of Nintendo’s ‘Super Mario Bros’, which turns 25 this week, set all future video-game films up for a fall

Rudyard Kipling playfully wrote that zebras stripes were due to "the slippery-slidy shadows of the trees" falling on its body but are scientists getting closer to the truth?

Protesters stormed the Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City on Tuesday over a painting showing revolutionary hero Emiliano Zapata striking an unconventional pose.

Greta Thunberg sits in silence in the cabin of the boat that will take her across the Atlantic Ocean. Inside, there’s a cow skull hanging on the wall, a faded globe, a child’s yellow raincoat.

Hanna Cormick: The performance artist who's allergic to The World

Worried that there would be a no-deal Brexit in March, Helena stockpiled food for her and her dog. Jo was concerned about her daughter’s medication. How do they feel now?

In a new version of the enduring myth, Chris Bush sets the story in 17th-century London with a young woman who sells her soul

Alice Sebold’s shocking bestseller was ahead of its time – and Stanley Tucci gave an astounding performance as a child murderer, writes Clémence Michallon

The oldest plant ever to be regenerated has been grown from 32,000-year-old seeds—beating the previous recordholder by some 30,000 years. (Related: "'Methuselah' Tree Grew From 2,000-Year-Old Seed.")

Austrian author Peter Handke has received his Nobel prize for Literature at a ceremony in Sweden.

Even with today’s contraceptive options, more than a third of pregnancies are unintended. How would the world change if women only ever got pregnant when, and at the age, they wanted?

A paramedic who flew to New Zealand's White Island to rescue tourists after Monday's volcanic eruption has said the scene was like something out of "the Chernobyl mini-series".

The date was 25 July 1946. The location - Bikini Atoll. The event - only the fifth A-bomb explosion and the first-ever detonation under water.

Can your sex life be more sustainable? These German entrepreneurs think so – and have grown a vegan condom brand into a multimillion-euro business to prove it.