The first ever olympiad began with the 776 B.C. Olympic Games — referred to by ancient historians as Olympiad 1, 1.The use of this time system continued up until the Byzantine period when the ...

Tracey Emin, Howard Hodgkin, Martin Creed and Michael Craig-Martin are among the 12 artists who are to design posters for the London Olympics and Paralympics. Cultural Olympiad director Ruth ...

The first ever International Nuclear Science Olympiad has been held in the Philippines in the run up to today’s International Youth Day, with the support of the IAEA. The world’s most talented science ...