device that electrocutes insects

Goats can differentiate between human facial expressions and prefer to interact with happy people, according to a new study led by scientists at Queen Mary University of London.

7.7 mm medium machine gun

Ching Shih (Chinese: 鄭氏; literally: 'Madame Ching') (born Shih Yang (Chinese: 石陽; 1775–1844), a.k.a. Cheng I Sao (Chinese: 鄭一嫂), was a Chinese pirate leader who terrorized the China Seas during the Jiaqing Emperor period of the Qing dynasty in the early 19th…

Wabash College professor Michael Abbott gambled on teaching Portal in a classroom.

TBS has sped up Seinfeld by 7.5% to allow for more ad time; a fan noticed the difference by comparing a recent rerun to the same episode from 10 years ago.

String-pulling skills readily spread among bumble bees, despite their small brains

"Friday I'm in Love" is a song by British rock band The Cure. It is the second single taken from the album Wish (1992), and was a worldwide hit. It won the award for European Viewer's Choice for Best Music Video at the 1992 MTV Video Music Awards.

Svalbard, the Norwegian island halfway between Europe and the North Pole, is a place of extremes. It's the northernmost place in the world where people live...

For a look into the past, rather than the year 3000, read an Op-Ed published at the debut of Conan O’Brien’s “Late Night.”

Answers to some of the most frequent questions asked by our visitors. The National Museum of the American Indian wants to elevate the dialogue about Native Americans in K-12 education. It's important to start with some of the most basic and often misunderstood…

American inventor

The FBI and a Philadelphia-area prosecutor are looking into whether a school district broke the law when it remotely activated cameras on school-owned laptops and watched students in their homes. The parents of 15-year-old Blake Robbins have filed a lawsuit…

PDF | Background: The purpose of this study was to quantify spontaneous first trimester miscarriage rates per woman among parous women. A vast amount... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate

American comic and satirical magazine

Over a 79-day period, feral felines killed just two rats, instead opting to hunt less challenging prey

A little label on German products was supposed to keep them from gaining popularity in Great Britain. But the scheme backfired: the 'Made in Germany' trademark eventually made items sell like hot cakes.

American author, screenwriter, film producer

1982 video game