In 1975, Jack Hetherington and F.D.C. Willard published a paper together in Physical Review Letters. The paper is an influential view into atomic behavior and has been cited multiple times, but only one of its authors is human...

overview of literacy in the United States

Politicians Fear Product's Availability Will Lead to Increased Promiscuity Among Women

Rathborne Candles is the oldest candle manufacturer in the world, founded in 1488 in Dublin.

Български електромобили в Сандъците - Sandacite! (Статията е публикувана от автора за първи път във в.к Fibank News - издание на Първа инвестиционна банка (Fibank) - брой 95, 13 май 2016 ==> кликни тук.) В нашата страна преди повече от 50 години вече е имало…

One of the co-founders of the United Fruit Company (now Chiquita) was Minor Cooper Keith. He built a railroad in Costa Rica and planted many banana trees along the way to feed the workers. When the government could no longer fund the project, Keith had to…

Bill Gates talks in detail about his life from his schooldays onwards, and chooses the eight pieces of music he would most like to have with him on a desert island.

In a dispute dating back 15 years, Pinball Hall of Fame operator Tim Arnold still says Sir Elton still owes him $500.

A cartoon similar to Schoolhouse Rock. It aired on Saturday Mornings in the late 70's to teach kids the metric system! (Special thanks to Mark A. Yurkiw!)

"Mara-Mara-Marathon"

The 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état, code-named Operation PBSuccess, was a covert operation carried out by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) that deposed the democratically elected Guatemalan President Jacobo Árbenz and ended the Guatemalan Revolution…

Homa Khaleeli: Symphysiotomy has left many Irish mothers with serious long-term health problems. So did religious dogma trump the women’s best interests?

American lawyer

As demonstrated by the ailments that plague ISS astronauts returning to Earth, we're simply not built for space. What would happen to a human fired out of an airlock?

Radiotherapy machine involved in six accidents

Canadian-American pharmacologist

Santa receives more letters than he can answer. You can help! Adopt a letter today and fulfill someone’s holiday wish with USPS Operation Santa®.

In 1967, the first Soyuz smashed full speed into the ground. And everyone knew it was going to happen.

If you know me at all you know I'm a huge Alice Cooper fan. Now and then I'll find out a random fun fact about him that surprises me and makes me respect

Do schools charge fees? Why is school compulsory? We explain the peculiarities of the German school system.