"Total Eclipse of the Heart" is a song recorded by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler. It was written and produced by Jim Steinman, and released on Tyler's fifth studio album, Faster Than the Speed of Night (1983). The song was released as a single by Columbia Records…

If you paid attention in chemistry class, you'd know not to mess around with sulfuric acid. Even at a fairly dilute concentration, it's about ten times more acidic than the contents of your stomach....

Austria - Austria - Anschluss and World War II: Though the Austrian crisis had taken him unaware, Hitler acted with energy and speed. Mussolini’s neutrality was assured, there was a ministerial crisis in France, and the British government had made it known…

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Thioacetone is an organosulfur compound with the chemical formula (CH3)2CS. It is an unstable orange or brown substance that can be isolated only at low temperatures. Above −20 °C (−4 °F), thioacetone readily converts to a polymer and a trimer, trithioacetone.…

Caligula (/kəˈlɪɡjʊlə/; 31 August 12 – 24 January 41 AD), formally known as Gaius (Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus), was the third Roman emperor, ruling from AD 37 to 41. The son of the popular Roman general Germanicus and Augustus' granddaughter Agrippina…

The nocturnal bird is so rare that it was once thought to be extinct. This recent discovery gives its struggling population a big boost.

CEOLP operates one of the only legal, open-air cremation sites in the state of Colorado.

Flying passively on Apollo 14, 50 years ago, was a canister of approximately 400-500 loblolly pine, sweet gum, redwood, Douglas fir, and sycamore tree seeds. Upon return, the seeds were germinated and grew into “Moon Trees” found around the U.S. and world.

Will Smith is one of the top actors in Hollywood today, but he has been on quite the journey to get to where he is now

The church and companies run by its members spent $103 million buying 92 downtown properties in the past three years, the Tampa Bay Times reports.

There have been many arguments concerning the controversial ending for Mass Effect 3 -- some melodramatic, some perfectly valid. This new move from those snubbed by the trilogy's conclusion, however, wins the award for sheer wit and genius....

Handling the development of Formula 1 tires is just the start of the job for Pirelli.

With the value of maple syrup at roughly $1,300 a barrel, it’s time everyone knew about FPAQ, the Canadian group that controls 72 percent of the world’s supply.

From the Dutch East India Company to Saudi Aramco, these companies have earned the honor of being among the most valuable of all time

For a generation of children, Alan Menken (b. 1949) composed the soundtrack. From the moment Disney returned from the creative wilderness in the late 1980s up until Pixar changed the rules of animation, Menken wrote the catchiest tunes in the cinematic songbook.…

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Voice Above Water is the story of Wayan Nyo, a 90 year old fisherman who can no longer fish because of the amount of plastic piling up in the ocean.

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It’s pretty reasonable to agree that Marvel has come a long way throughout the decades, especially when you consider that the famous comic book company had actually filed for bankruptcy way back in 1996. The company eventually merged with ToyBiz two years…

"I wanted to let future generations know the man for what he was, a metaphor of America at a crossroads, not just handso...

The human body literally glows, emitting a visible light in extremely small quantities at levels that rise and fall with the day, scientists reveal.