citrus fruit of the orange tree

American businessman

History of Palomar Observatory

1759 first-rate ship of the line

Progression from many railway track widths to almost universal use of standard gauge

device designed to reduce vibrations in structures

How many gifts did “my true love give to me” in the traditional song?  For anyone unfamiliar with the song: “On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me: a Partridge in a Pear

We look at the songs deemed too “lyrically questionable” to play on the radio after the 9/11 attacks.

With Christmas fast approaching, many will be looking forward to their 13th month pay. Learn what it is, the guidelines surrounding it and how you can get the full amount.

American tennis player

Shelley Duvall is no longer a Worst Actress nominee for her role in The Shining in light of 'extenuating circumstances.'

British musician

For decades, a rare disease crawled across Papua New Guinea. When scientists realized what was behind kuru, it caught everyone by surprise. But similar diseases can still be transmitted through food.

street name found in English towns and cities during the Middle Ages

Herodotus’ section of his Histories on burial in ancient Egypt (Book II.85-90) is an accurate denoscription of Egyptian mummification but he purposefully omits the spiritual significance of embalming...

American inventor and acoustician

American statistician (1865-1942)

mountain range

Aphantasia – being blind in the mind’s eye – may be linked to more cognitive functions than previously thought, new research from UNSW Sydney shows.

Brussels sprouts used to be scorned. Now they're trendy. And one reason for their renaissance sits tucked away in a basement storage room in the Netherlands.