In 1999, something extraordinary happened when a studio took a chance on an original animated movie helmed by a first-time director. Though the The Iron Giant flopped at the box office, it went on to find an appreciative audience as...

German photographer, personal photographer of Adolf Hitler (1885-1957)

Imagination, not intelligence, made us human.In his Foreword to The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Fantasy, the late Sir Terr…

The World Bank partners with the government to enhance public sector effectiveness, fight HIV/AIDS, increase competitiveness and protect the environment.

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This is how the sound of justice was made.

American writer and editor

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Capgras syndrome (CS), or delusion of doubles, is a delusional misidentification syndrome.[1] It is a syndrome characterized by a false belief that an identical duplicate has replaced someone significant to the patient. In CS, the imposter can also replace…

Shortly before seven o’clock in the evening, on Saturday, February 2, 1856, Nathaniel P. Banks of Massachusetts, strode to the well of the House, climbed the rostrum’s few steps to the Speaker’s chair, and sat down. He paused for a moment. With his thick…

Total Solar Eclipse 2017 - On Monday, August 21, 2017, all of North America will be treated to an eclipse of the sun. Anyone within the path of totality can see one of nature’s most awe inspiring sights - a total solar eclipse. This path, where the moon will…

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In the 1800s, snake oil was brought to the American West from China, where it was used in traditional Chinese medicine practices.

The House has elected a Speaker 127 times since 1789. In the modern era, the Speaker is elected at the beginning of the new Congress by a majority of the Representatives-elect from candidates separately chosen by the majority- and minority-party caucuses.…

A small etching on the white marble parapet was written in runic noscript by a Viking mercenary.

American novelist, short story writer, essayist, painter, and spoken word performer (1914-1997)

The BrainPort V100, a gadget that claims to help blind people "see" with their tongues, was approved Thursday by the Food and Drug Administration.

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Beginning in early 1942, the Canadian government detained and dispossessed more than 90 per cent of Japanese Canadians,

some 21,000 people, living in British ...

This year’s Nobel Prize in medicine recognises work on “cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain.” Those cells are found in the hippocampus. It is just one tiny part of the brain, but this…