Brontosaurus (/ˌbrɒntəˈsɔːrəs/; meaning "thunder lizard" from Greek βροντή, brontē "thunder" and σαῦρος, sauros "lizard") is a genus of gigantic quadruped sauropod dinosaurs. Although the type species, B. excelsus, had long been considered a species of the…

magnetic tape sound recording technology

A more intimate contact with the thoughts pursued by Marcus during the troubling involvements of his reign, though not what would have been historically most valuable, his day-to-day political thoughts, can be acquired by reading the Meditations. To what…

painting by John William Waterhouse

Marquis de Lafayette, in full Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette, Lafayette also spelled La Fayette, (born September 6, 1757, Chavaniac, France—died May 20, 1834, Paris), French aristocrat who fought in the Continental Army…

Rulon Ellis Gardner (born August 16, 1971) is an American retired Greco-Roman wrestler. He competed at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics and won the gold medal in 2000, defeating Russia's three-time reigning Olympic gold medalist Aleksandr Karelin in the final.…

1962 outbreak of mass hysteria

A bipartisan congressional report calls for the DoD to get more serious about the race to acquire artificial intelligence.

Smoking is a risk factor of coronary heart disease (CHD), while the role of testosterone in the development of CHD is controversial. The reported effects of cigarette smoking on testosterone levels in men are conflicting, and smoking may be an important confounding…

An expert parachutist fell to his death when he jumped from a plane, apparently without realizing that he wasn't wearing a parachute, officials said today.

American pharmacist, inventor of Coca-Cola

The Battle of Kleidion (Greek: Κλειδίον; or Clidium, after the medieval name of the village of Klyuch, "(the) key"; also known as the Battle of Belasitsa) took place on July 29, 1014, between the Byzantine Empire and the Bulgarian Empire. It was the culmination…

Initiation rite for first crossing of the equator

Your Name (Japanese: 君の名は。, Hepburn: Kimi no Na wa) is a 2016 Japanese animated romantic fantasy film produced by CoMix Wave Films and distributed by Toho. In the film, high school students Taki Tachibana and Mitsuha Miyamizu suddenly begin to swap bodies…

American rocket engineer

Poundbury is built on Duchy of Cornwall land, according to principles of architecture and urban planning as advocated by HRH The Prince of Wales.

The Russian Woodpecker was set of massive antenna arrays built by the Soviet Union during the final stages of the Cold War. They were so powerful they actually interfered with radio signals.

former mail service in the Western United States

Like most things in life, Taco Bell has had its fair share of ups and downs. Menu items come, only [...]