The black nationalist Nation of Islam and the American Nazi Party didn't have a lot in common, but they did believe in staying as far away from each other's race as possible

The magnficent saguaro cactus, symbol of the desert southwest.

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Her lab outside Paris, dubbed Chernobyl on the Seine, is still radioactive nearly a century after her death.

WW2 ace Gordon Cleaver’s doctor came up with a technique that has saved the sight of millions of people.

Night owls are drunker, smarter, and get more booty–but morning types may be happier.

American musician and pipe bomber

In a cash deal valued at $965 million the Seminole Tribe of Florida purchased the Hard Rock cafe, hotel and casino business in a first-of-its-kind deal between the Native American tribe and Hard Rock's foreign parent company, both parties announced Thursday.

Sure, the dogs look cute in their house scarves, but there's an important reason the shelter took on their magical, new sorting system.

American astronaut and the first human to walk on the moon

In the future, urban planners could lose their jobs to ultra-efficient slime molds.

Plastic bags were invented to save the planet, according to the son of Swedish engineer Sten Gustaf Thulin who created them in 1959.  The bags were developed as an alternative to paper bags, which

The feature that distinguishes the Big Cats from the rest of the Felidae family is their ability to roar. Cheetahs make more of a chirping sound.

Virne Beatrice "Jackie" Mitchell Gilbert (August 29, 1912 – January 7, 1987) was one of the first African American female pitchers in professional baseball history. At seventeen she was Pitching for the Chattanooga Lookouts Class AA minor league baseball…

A recent documentary presented new theories about the coal burning fire onboard Titanic. Parks Stephenson gives his view of the fire and how it affected Titanic. Senan Molony and Parks Stephenson, two of our hosts, are on Titanic's center stage!

Since early 2016, the European nation has had a law in place requiring grocery stores to donate food to food banks rather than tossing it.

"The Soup Nazi" is the 116th episode of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld, which was the sixth episode of the seventh season. It first aired in the United States on November 2, 1995.

The personal life of Marcus Tullius Cicero provided the underpinnings of one of the most significant politicians of the Roman Republic. Cicero, a Roman statesman, lawyer, political theorist, philosopher, and Roman constitutionalist, played a critical role…

An Olympic diploma is a paper certificate awarded to the top eight finishers in competitions at the Olympic Games. While the top three finishers have received medals since the 1896 Olympics, in 1949 diplomas for athletes placing fourth, fifth, and sixth were…

Film studios Universal and Paramount started 100 years ago as insurgent “indies” challenging Thomas Edison’s powerful cartel.