Rabbit starvation is a condition in which a person becomes severely malnourished after eating primarily protein and not having...

A cool $10,000.

English actor, singer-songwriter and comedian

The minefields laid in the Falkland Islands 35 years ago have been a blessing for penguins, which are not big enough to trigger explosions. But now the time has come for their home to be demined.

Ever since its beginnings, AA has struggled with the issue of God and a Higher Power. Bill Wilson, the iconic AA founder (and one of TIME magazine's 100 most influential people of the 20th century) was himself an agnostic and an atheist at various points…

Many lizards can break off their tails when they’re in danger. Many spiders can do the same to their legs. This is called autotomy. The body parts have in-built lines of weakness that can easily tear, and the wounds tend to rapidly close and heal. Usually…

A mountain in Australia was named ‘Mt. Disappointment’ in 1824 by two explorers, as they were making their ascent to its summit. Hamilton Hume and William Hovell hoped to get a view of the Port Phillip Bay from the summit but dense tree growth prevented it.…

This just goes to show how amazing Shakespeare was at his craft -- and also that he probably had a dirty mind.

marsupial indigenous to Australia

American medicinal chemist, biochemist, pharmacologist, psychopharmacologist, and author

Now this is impressive.

The now-humble writing instrument is celebrating its 70th birthday

The Republic of Korea is footing the bill for Korean War veterans and their family members to visit South Korea in thanks for their service.

Dame Jane Morris Goodall DBE (/ˈɡʊdɔːl/; born Valerie Jane Morris-Goodall on 3 April 1934), formerly Baroness Jane van Lawick-Goodall, is an English primatologist and anthropologist. Considered to be the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, Goodall is…

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The producers behind Ghostbusters approached Ray Parker, Jr., and asked him to come up with a song that included the name of the film, but was rather simple otherwise. They played Huey Lewis’ “I Want a New Drug” for Parker as an example of the sound they…

There’s evidence that trees communicate via a vast, underground network of fungal connections – we dive in to the murky world of mycorrhizal networks.

The metallic-blue calamintha bee was discovered in 2011 and lost in 2016, sparking fears that it might have gone extinct.

In 1969, a group of rebel activists took over America’s most notorious prison for more than 19 months.