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Scientists need curiosity, determination — and luck. We're especially interested in that last bit, so tell us your stories of mistakes and surprises that led to discoveries in the past few years.

In just three weeks in office, John Magufuli has shaken up country's finances by slashing budgets for celebrations and travel. The Internet reacted with a funny meme.

Facing their close rival Australia in the finals of the Rugby World Cup, New Zealand's All Blacks are now back-to-back champions, winning 34-17.

Spain's ruling conservatives won the most votes in Sunday's elections but fell far short of a majority. Whether Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy will be able to remain in office is unclear.

Despite the long odds, Alex managed to intensify into a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph. Parts of the Azores are now under a hurricane warning.

Besides avoiding ladders, mirrors, black cats and salt, here are two things you can do to make it through what some people think is the unluckiest of days.

The Florida senator got 71 percent of the vote in the U.S. territory's GOP primary and will earn all of its 23 delegates.

After a tap of a cane on Phil's tree-trunk cage, his door was opened, and the animal emerged to proclaim an early end to winter.

A court in Istanbul has ordered the Zaman newspaper, one of the few remaining opposition media outlets, to replace its leadership with court appointees.

The town of Basalt is taking a resident to court because she filed a request to see correspondence between the mayor and the town’s top election official.…