Dozens of disabled Americans abandoned their mobility aids and climbed and crawled up the U.S. Capitol steps to raise awareness of threats to the proposed ADA. It worked.

Nas listed his then 7-year-old daughter, Destiny Jones, as an Executive Producer on his fifth studio album Stillmatic so she can always receive royalty checks

Marjorie Post not only inherited her father's company, but also his business-savvy mindset and passion for helping others. Learn about her impact on Post cereals.

Soldier, last soldier to serve in the trenches of World War I

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This one weird trick can help you exploit a beaver's natural instincts.

Objectives To determine the overall rate of loss of workplace teaspoons and whether attrition and displacement are correlated with the relative value of the teaspoons or type of tearoom.Design Longitudinal cohort study.Setting Research institute employing…

In parts of Yaphank, laws require homeowners to be of German descent

'My research is not meant to be a cure or even an immediate step toward a cure.

5th century BC Greek historian and author of The Histories

In America, we like big things — big cars, big beverages, and big stores that like to stay open on Thanksgiving so people can buy big piles of big stuff. (Fun fact: One of my top tourist stop…

In the late '80s and early '90s, Ukrainian pole vaulter Sergey Bubka intentionally broke world record just a centimeter at a time.

Nature Communications - Healthy coral reefs have an acoustic signature known to be attractive to coral and fish larvae during settlement. Here the authors use playback experiments in the field to...

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Chaleo Yoovidhya's energy drink, originally sold to Thai truck drivers and labourers, became a huge global brand

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Watch the BBC first on iPlayer 👉 https://bbc.in/iPlayer-Home The 'Inside the Animal Mind' team rig a house with cameras for a week to test a theory: that dogs use their sense of smell to keep track…

A Russian scientist working in Antarctica is facing attempted murder charges after allegedly stabbing a colleague for telling him the endings of books he wanted to read.

Roman Mars’ podcast 99% Invisible covers design questions large and small, from his fascination with rebar to the history of slot machines to the great ...

Dutch fast food dish named after a hair salon

Encyclopedia of Jewish and Israeli history, politics and culture, with biographies, statistics, articles and documents on topics from anti-Semitism to Zionism.