2000 film by Ron Howard

WITH allies like these, who needs enemies?

British scientist

musical genre where modern pop music is performed in medieval style

First Lady of the United States; wife of 37th United States President Richard Nixon (1912-1993)

It is well known that a jostled string tends to become knotted; yet the factors governing the “spontaneous” formation of various knots are unclear. We performed experiments in which a string was tumbled inside a box and found that complex knots often form…

computer button

United States Army soldier

The human brain is one of the most important organs in a human body. It helps us think, reason, remember, and learn new things. In fact, our brain and its superior functioning differentiate from animals and other creations of the Almighty. Here are 10 interesting…

Tutivillus or Titivillus is a demon associated with writing and literacy. In the Middle Ages he was painted on church walls and carved on misericords, bench ends and corbels; he trod the boards as a character in the Towneley Judicium and Mankind; he introduced…

Such was his desire to play the unplayable he would at times take the sax from his mouth and begin to chant and sing over the band.

rare form of prion disease characterized by subacute onset of insomnia showing as a reduced overall sleep time, autonomic dysfunction, and motor disturbances

clam, oldest animal ever discovered

"boat" race in Alice Springs, Australia

Rare human prints were found at White Sands National Monument in New Mexico.

American lawyer

Union United States Army officer

Hippos owned by Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar

In 1964, Donal Rusk Currey killed the oldest tree ever. It was a Bristlecone pine, and here's why they live so long

It’s a question of quality—dark glass protects the oil from the deteriorating effects of light. This is also why many health products come in brown bottles, wine is bottled in dark green glass, and clear, glass milk bottles have been replaced with opaque…

What can run a feral, East Campus cat off a liver truck and save a few trees in the process?