Back in April of this year, a manunoscript popped up in our submission system from two chemists we know well from Twitter/the chemistry blogosphere — Chemjobber and Alex Goldberg. The paper, ennoscriptd A comprehensive overview of chemical-free consumer products…

Coordinates: 6°30′N 9°30′W / 6.500°N 9.500°W / 6.500; -9.500

In the 1950s, '60s, and '70s, the BBC was so intent on erasing its original programming that employees could wipe a show with just three words on a generic form: "no further interest."

USRF - The story of Guevedoces (literally, penis at 12 years) and how the investigation of this phenomenon lead to the development of finasteride (Proscar).

Cecil John Rhodes PC (5 July 1853 – 26 March 1902) was a British businessman, statesman, imperialist, mining magnate, and politician in southern Africa who served as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony from 1890 to 1896. An ardent believer in British imperialism…

Jaroslaw Kaczynski, Polish politician who served as prime minister of Poland (2006-07), having been nominated by his brother, President Lech Kaczynski. The two men were strongly nationalistic and often pursued aggressive foreign policies. After Lech’s death…

Edgar Allan Poe, the well-known author of macabre short stories and poetry, was born on January 19th, 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts. His mother Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins Poe was an English-born actress and his father David Poe Jr. was also an actor. His father…

The costly gifts the Magi brought to the Christ child are not so expensive today

People are saying I am the queen of Sweden because of the legend of King Arthur

Richard Dimbleby describes the scenes of almost unimaginable horror that greeted him as he toured Belsen concentration camp shortly after its liberation.

Porn industry seeks a stimulus package

Bald eagles are powerful symbols of America—but there's a whole lot more to these quirky birds.

Few traffic jams are as organized and coordinated as the ones that took place nationwide in the morning of September 3, 1967, on the streets...

In 1749, Emilie du Châtelet feared bearing a child at 42 would be the last thing she did. In her final year, she worked furiously on a magnum opus that would change the world.

The actor's fabled copy of Action Comics No. 1 -- which was stolen from his house in 2000 and found in a storage locker in April -- sells for $2,161,000.

Anne, Princess Royal, KG, KT, GCVO, GCStJ, QSO, CD (Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise; born 15 August 1950) is the second child and only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. At the time of her birth, she was third in the line of…

The 37-year-old actress isn't shy about her preference between the married couple!

Dutch painter (1853–1890)

The Kearny fallout meter, or KFM, is an expedient radiation meter. It is designed such that someone with a normal mechanical ability would be able to construct it before or during a nuclear attack, using common household items.