dwarf planet in the outermost Solar system

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The "Laurence Olivier of bad movies" will be hosting a revival of 'Ripley's Believe It or Not!'

When it comes to heroes of early motoring in America, most people tend to think of figures like Henry Ford, Ransom Eli Olds, or, if you want to go older and wackier, Oliver Evans. But in the mid-1890s, Pennsylvania Governor Daniel Hastings also had a very…

Frieda Caplan defied gender norms to take Americans from peas and potatoes to kumquats and quinces.

43–42 BC Roman denarius coin

Franklin Pierce (November 23, 1804 – October 8, 1869) was the 14th president of the United States serving from 1853 to 1857. He was a northern Democrat who believed that the abolitionist movement was a fundamental threat to the unity of the nation. He alienated…

1922 film directed by F. W. Murnau

Neurophysiologists in the Netherlands have found that if you place a hamster wheel outdoors in a natural setting, wild animals such as mice will come and run on it voluntarily

Citizen scientists navigate ‘the intimate forests of the umbilicus.’

French martial art using a cane

Read more about risks of HIV/AIDS exposure, including the challenges in calculating, types of sex with varying percentages, and interpreting the numbers.

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American actor

Facts and information about dinosaurs and thousands of other prehistoric creatures.

American Episcopal priest, missionary in China

If you have ever seen photos of otters holding hands while sleeping in the water, you may have wondered why. In this article, I look into the reasons why otters hold hands with each other. Sea otters hold hands to stop them from drifting apart and losing…

species of Reptilia

type of political party based on the principles of green politics, such as environmentalism, social justice, and nonviolence

Here's a look back into the halcyon days when people had to be talked into eating at McDonald's.