A civil servant and a poet come together in their shared determination that those who die without people to mourn them have a respectful and personal funeral.

Osama bin Laden is a terrorist extremist who planned the September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center and is intent on driving Western influence from the Muslim world.

The arrival 36 years ago of a strange bird to a remote island in the Galápagos archipelago has provided direct genetic evidence of a novel way in which new species arise.

American stage and television actress (1902-1989)

Long before he died at age 46, President John F. Kennedy was a very sick man.

Charles Shearer recalls his arrest of Russian agent Oleg Lyalin for drink driving.

2014 British-American science fiction film directed by Christopher Nolan

In a pristine New Zealand national park, the Blue Lake – also known as Rotomairewhenua – holds the noscript of the world’s clearest lake.

Bobby Brown is not a fan of the cover art for Pusha T's album, which features a photo of Houston's drug-infested bathroom.

For all of his work interpreting human consciousness, the famed psychologist rarely delved into our obsession with pets.

East Timor (/-ˈtiːmɔːr/ (listen)) or Timor-Leste (/tiˈmɔːr ˈlɛʃteɪ/; Tetum: Timór Lorosa'e), officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (Portuguese: República Democrática de Timor-Leste,Tetum: Repúblika Demokrátika Timór-Leste), is an island country…

All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. An early copy of Steve Jobs’ biography by Walter Isaacson has leaked to certain news outlets. These publications are The New York Times, The Huffington Post, the Associated Press…

The existence of daggits, the original Battlestar Galactica’s space-dog, bought that show a special place in my heart. I just learned Muffit the daggit was played by a chimpanzee, named Evolu…

When the music of Vivaldi and Mozart are used to repel the homeless from sidewalks and Burger Kings, does it still glorify the dignity of humanity?...

So-called "work martyrs" give hundreds of hours in free labor to their employers every year but that might not be a good deal for either party.

A gold medal won by Jesse Owens at the 1936 Olympic Games in front of Adolf Hitler has been sold for $1.46m at auction

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Background We report a patient who fractured the seventh cervical vertebra while playing a virtual reality (VR) game, without any other trauma. This case report aims to describe the spinal trauma incurred during the use of a VR headset in a video game. Case…