The Hundred Flowers Campaign, also termed the Hundred Flowers Movement (Chinese: 百花齐放), was a period from 1956 to 1957 in the People's Republic of China during which the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) encouraged citizens to openly express their opinions of…

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Years after her death, the record keeping of a forensic scientist is freeing innocent men in Virginia.

By refusing to make parts, manuals or repair software available, writes Nathan Proctor, companies prevent you from having what you need to fix your stuff.

Are any of the urban myths true surrounding the seagull and its Hitchcockian behaviours?

Farting is an activity that most, if not all living things engage in. Farting, or fizzing, is best described as the act of removing air via the anus. The number of times a person farts depends on many reasons including the number of gases in their system…

There’s more to galaxies than meets the eye, and now astronomers have mapped out a huge invisible region of the galaxy next door. Observations by the Hubble Space Telescope have detailed the size and structure of the gas halo of Andromeda – and found that…

It took years to determine the source of this mysterious rumble from the deep, but scientists determined it originated from an Antarctic icequake.

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Among the things Malaysia's first astronaut will be worrying about next month: how does an observant Muslim pray toward Mecca while soaring hundreds of miles (kilometers) above the Earth?

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The mysterious, low-frequency noise that has plagued the city of Windsor for nearly a decade has finally quieted down after a steel factory just outside neighbouring Detroit halted its operations indefinitely.

The Xuantong Emperor born Aisin-Gioro Puyi, commonly known as Puyi (Chinese: 溥儀; 7 February 1906 – 17 October 1967), courtesy name Yaozhi (曜之), was the last emperor of China as the eleventh and final Qing dynasty monarch. He became emperor at the age of…

An ancient Roman chariot racer stands alone as the richest athlete to ever live and the story behind his incredible wealth has not been lost to time.

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Raemon Matthews, a former history teacher at Samuel Gompers High School in the Bronx, coerced a 17-year-old female student into posing for sexy photos he claimed would help her get into college.