Progress M1-5 was the Progress spacecraft which was launched by Russia in 2001 to deorbit the fifteen-year-old Mir space station before it naturally fell from orbit, potentially landing in a populated area. The Russian Aviation and Space Agency, Rosaviakosmos…

Australian authorities are thanking the crew of an Air Canada flight for helping to locate a sailor whose yacht lost its mast, leaving him in distress off the country's east coast.

Shrek was a Merino sheep, a castrated male, belonging to South Island, New Zealand, who gained international fame in 2004 owing to his gigan...

Otho (/ˈoʊθoʊ/; Marcus Otho Caesar Augustus, né Salvius; 28 April 32 – 16 April 69) was Roman emperor for three months, from 15 January to 16 April 69. He was the second emperor of the Year of the Four Emperors.

Nobel laureate in Chemistry & American solid-state physicist and professor

From 2009 to 2014, 1 million Mexicans — including their American-born children — left the US for Mexico.

ILM veteran Don Bies speaks exclusively to StarWars.com about the prequels, wrangling astromechs, and much more.

As the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage across the globe, life has been utterly upended -- including how people work. Some companies are seeing demand for their services skyrocket as the world adjusts to this new reality. With businesses…

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The African black-footed cat weighs roughly 200 times less than the average lion, but it has a predation success rate of 60 percent

Profile of Gary Sinise's support for charities including United Service Organization, My Good Deed, and Operation International Children. We have 61 articles about Gary Sinise's philanthropy.

Banastre Tarleton the greatest "Anti-Hero" produced by either side during the Revolutionary War. From Washington Irving to Mel Gibson, it is difficult today

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The House of Windsor is the reigning royal house of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms. In 1901, the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (a branch of the House of Wettin) succeeded the House of Hanover to the British monarchy with the accession…

You cannot give birth and dying is forbidden. It's possible to see the northern lights during the daytime, but remember to take your gun. This is Svalbard.

United States Army Medal of Honor recipient

NBA legend Dennis Rodman has dished on his longtime bromance with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un — revealing how the pair partied with “hotties and vodka” when they first met.

As sea ice shrinks, polar bears are coming into more towns more frequently to find food. Churchill, Man. is ahead of the curve in figuring out how to deal with that.

Baseball's biggest icon once served jail time and spent most of his life believing he was a year older than he really was.