Describing it that way can be damaging to patients, families and caregivers

Nineteen years after Cambridge researchers created the world's first webcam they look back on how it made a coffee pot into an internet icon.

The Kagnew Battalions (Amharic: ቃኘው) were a number of military units from the Imperial Ethiopian Army which fought as part of United Nations Command in the Korean War (1950–53). The battalions rotated yearly, with the First Kagnew Battalion arriving at the…

American psychologist B.F. Skinner is best known for developing the theory of behaviorism, and for his utopian novel Walden Two (1948).

To mark the anniversary, Wyoming is delivering an impressive lineup of events, from a reenactment of the first vote to female-focused exhibits and retreats

During WWII, Benghabrit saved a hundred Jews, by granting them certificates of Muslim identity, allowing them to avoid arrest and deportation by the Nazis

Coffee was discovered in the 9th century in Ethiopia. From there it spread across the globe, making its way through Europe and at some point into Sweden. It was not as welcome there as in other parts of the world, especially not for King Gustav III. With…

Approved by Dr. Robert Cook - Veggie straws are mostly processed vegetable powder. They’ve got all the bad and none of the good; they’re probably worse for you than potato chips.

A man in Texas helps police find missing people. He’s spent three decades working on the hardest, coldest case of all: his daughter’s murder. Has he finally solved it?

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The mysterious makeup of the solar system's innermost planet may be due to a massive "hit and run" collision billions of years ago, a new study reports.

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About 99 percent of the sushi condiment sold worldwide is an imitation.

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Between Barden Tower and Bolton Abbey in Yorkshire, England, lies one of nature's most dangerous booby traps. It’s a small innocuous-looking...

Francis Pegahmagabow was not only the most successful sniper of World War 1, but he is also among the most decorated aboriginal soldiers in history. He joined the Canadian Army in 1914 and quickly made a name for himself as a sniper during reconnaissance…

From the documentary "Evolution", the episode "The Mind's Big Bang", it shows how Nicaraguan deaf children developed an entire sign language on their own.

For years doctors in the US made little attempt to save the lives of premature babies, but there was one place distressed parents could turn for help - a sideshow on Coney Island.

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A Russian cat slated to serve as the key piece of evidence in an ongoing drug smuggling case has disappeared, local media reported Wednesday, potentially undermining an investigation that centers on the cat’s role as an alleged narco mule for a prison…