A fan that was quieter, more power-efficient and safer than others. It sounds like technological witchcraft. So how do bladeless fans work?

10 surprising facts about the widely acknowledged inventor of the telephone.

The environmental impact of mismanaged trash and landfill sites has proved to have devastating consequences. The development of a landfill site typically means the loss of approximately 30 to 300 species per hectare - but in the case of one Costa Rican dump…

The geographic center of the United States is a point approximately 20 mi (32 km) north of Belle Fourche, South Dakota at 44°58′2.07622″N 103°46′17.60283″W / 44.9672433944°N 103.7715563417°W. It has been regarded as such by the U.S. National Geodetic Survey…

“MDZhB” has been broadcasting since 1982. No one knows why.

The idea that millions of sperm are on an Olympian race to reach the egg is yet another male fantasy of human reproduction

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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (UK: /ˈwʊlstənkrɑːft/; née Godwin; 30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851) was an English novelist who wrote the Gothic novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818), which is considered an early example of science fiction. She…

Operation Monopoly was a covert plan by the FBI to build a tunnel underneath the new Soviet Embassy in Washington, D.C., to gather secret intelligence. In 1977, the embassy of the Soviet Union was relocated to a new building complex. There were fears that…

French general and politician

EVERY NOW AND THEN you see a promotion and you say to yourself; damn I wish I'd thought of that! Then there are the even less frequent occasions where

Activity in which participants compete to consume large quantities of food

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He's the most famous businessman in the world. Reams have been written about how he dominated the revolution in personal computing and is now poised to turn Microsoft into a media and Internet...

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Google confirms that ex-employee Sanmay Ved bought the Google.com domain for about a minute last fall for $12, and that it paid $12,000 to charity to get it back.

Shooting has been contested since the inaugural modern Olympic Games in 1896.
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Shooting has come a long way since its debut at the inaugural Games in 1896.

'Bison are like one organism and she stands out'

American musical duo composed of Daryl Hall and John Oates