Learn about Chrysippus, know as the Second Founder of Stoicism, who, using the work of Zeno, compiled what would come to be known as the basis of Stoicism.

Dozens of other big companies followed, including Taco Bell, Costco and Nestle (but only for its American products, like Toll House cookie dough). Animal-welfare activists say the announcements are a huge step in the right direction, because it means these…

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The 340th anniversary of Ole Roemer's experiment to demonstrate the speed of light has been celebrated in a Google doodle. But who is the astronomer and how did he make this significant discovery? 

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Multiple officers arrive at home to find Perth man with ‘serious fear’ of arachnids ‘trying to kill a spider’

US rock band Metallica have achieved a new Guinness World Records noscript after becoming the first musical act to play a concert on all seven of Earth's continents.

comic strip by Bill Watterson

Sorry Marvel and DC: History won Comic-Con this year.

German resistance member

An American explorer finds plastic waste on the seafloor while breaking the record for the deepest ever dive.

Is a child who spends the day watching videos or playing in the backyard actually learning? Yes, say advocates of the "unschooling" movement.

Russian mathematician

Nigerian novelist and publisher

sneezing in response to numerous stimuli, such as looking at bright lights

1986-1992 trial against the Sicilian Mafia

Britons are losing their grip on reality, according to a poll which shows nearly a quarter think Winston Churchill was a myth, while the majority reckon Sherlock Holmes was real.

What a tepid government response and fragile economy mean for musicians, taco stands, and other gig workers in Mexico’s capital.

fast food dish of German origin

On Saturday morning at the 2000 U.S. Open, Tiger Woods was down to his final golf ball, a fact he was not aware of at the time.