A surprising number of exotic birds are OK to own in California. With the exception of the aforementioned Quaker parrot, all ...

Being handed an honour by the monarch is widely considered a huge achievement there are plenty of well-known faces who have spurned the advances of Buckingham Palace ...

Indeed, the renowned artist is thought to hold the record for the most honours declined, having reportedly turned down five, including a CBE and an OBE. His close friend Harold Riley later disclosed ...

The late-night encounter highlights how easily large snakes can slip into suburban Australian homes during warmer months.

Hawking was born on the 300th anniversary of astronomer and physicist Galileo Galilei’s death (January 8, 1642). Guest-starred, as himself, on “The Big Bang Theory,” “Star Trek: The Next Generation” ...

As revealed by "60 Minutes" on Sunday, Boston Dynamics' Atlas finally left the demo reel for real-world trials at Hyundai's sprawling plant in Savannah, Georgia. The 5-foot-9-inch, 200-pound humanoid ...

The beloved children's writer, known for magical stories including 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' and 'James and the Giant Peach', turned down a knighthood in the 1986 New Year's honours. This ...

A host of famous figures, including several with Irish links, have quietly turned down, returned or publicly rejected New Year and Birthday Honours over the years.

On a chilly Saturday morning (IST), the US Justice Department released a stockpile of the Epstein Files in a much-awaited disclosure. Besides American elite circles, the disclosures in these files are ...

Stephen Hawking’s life was a study in contrasts. Born in 1942, he was diagnosed at just 21 with a rare motor neuron disease and told he had only a few years to live. Instead, he went on to work for ...