Life

After a week of being stranded, three castaways were saved from a small Pacific Ocean island by using palm fronds to spell out "HELP" in the sand. The trio were rescued by a US Navy and Coast Guard operation. The three...

A roundtable discussion dedicated to the Greek diaspora was held on Wednesday at the 9th Economic Forum of Delphi, which takes place in Delphi from April 10-13. The discussion on how the diaspora, counting more than 7 million people worldwide,...

A Greek entrepreneur created the first body-freezing facility in Australia aiming to resurrect the dead in the future. Peter Tsolakides, who became interested in cryonics after reading Robert Ettinger’s book The Prospect of Immortality in the late 60s, founded Southern...

Around 540 BC, the cities of Ionia (Aegean coast of Asia Minor) had been conquered by Persia and thereafter were ruled by native tyrants nominated by the Persian satrap in Sardis. It was 499 BC when the Greek vassal-tyrant...

According to ancient Greek mythology, there are five ages known as "The Ages of Man," during which time humanity reaches its peak and then comes to an end. Hesiod, the Ancient Greek poet, is the most important source for information...

The acclaimed Greek television series, Maestro in Blue, returns to Netflix for its second season on May 16th. When Netflix first picked up the series in March 2023, it became the first-ever exclusive worldwide distribution deal for a Greek scripted...

Conspiracy theories have created J. Rod the Alien —an extraterrestrial person— who is said to have been employed by the US government in Area 51. The J. Rod tales initially surfaced in the 1980s, and several novels and TV series...

How did people in Ancient Greece view love? What did the greatest thinkers of antiquity say about the eternal quest of finding a soulmate?

Google is considering charging for premium features on its generative AI-powered search engine, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the plan. The tech giant is looking at a variety of options, including incorporating AI-powered search features...

Takis Proestakis, a former Greek businessman in the town of Ierapetra, Crete, gave up his comfortable life to devote himself to caring for abandoned dogs and cats at his shelter. April 4th is World Stray Animals Day, a day dedicated...

This year's Delphi Economic Forum, which attracts global attendance, will take place on April 10-13 at the historic town of Delphi, its president Symeon Tsomokos said at a press conference in Athens on Wednesday. The ninth Delphi Economic Forum's theme...

There are 10 Greeks named in the Forbes' World Billionaires list for 2024, a year that has seen more billionaires than ever the magazine says. According to Forbes, there are 2,781 billionaires in the world, 141 more than last year...

The novel by Greek cinematographer Thodoros Maragos titled "The Teacher of Arcadia and the TALOS 21st Century," is a riveting and timely book that has the power to inspire and change your life, help you rethink the conventional story...

The daylight savings time will begin in Greece and the rest of the European Union tomorrow. At 03:00 Greeks will set their clocks to 04:00 as daylight saving time always goes into effect on the last Sunday of March. Often referred...

Being bilingual or multilingual has been proven to have countless beneficial impacts on the brains of those who speak more than one language. According to recent data, most of the world's population, or 43 percent, are bilingual, 40 percent are...