A Braintree woman is suing Walmart for selling a stainless-steel water bottle without warnings about the dangers of leaving fermentable juice in it.

Seeds are under attack everywhere. Under corporate pressure, laws in many countries increasingly put limitations on what farmers can do with their seeds and with the seeds they buy. Seed saving, a thousand-year-old practice which forms the basis of farming…

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The Kyūjō incident (宮城事件, Kyūjō Jiken) was an attempted military coup d'état in the Empire of Japan at the end of the Second World War. It happened on the night of 14–15 August 1945, just before the announcement of Japan's surrender to the Allies. The coup…

1977 film directed by William Friedkin

excise or sales tax specifically levied on goods deemed harmful to society and individuals (e.g. drugs, alcohol, tobacco, coffee, sugar, candies, soft drinks, fast food, gambling, pornography)

The woman who lives in the house used as Walter White’s residence on “Breaking Bad” is not happy. To be more specific, she’s not happy because fans of the show keep throwing…

Nearly eight decades after Japan's defeat in World War Two, Tokyo's Yasukuni shrine remains a potent symbol of its wartime legacy in East Asia and a flashpoint for regional tension.

explosive weapon for use in seas and waterways, triggered by the target's approach

Paris (English: /ˈpærɪs/; French pronunciation: ​[paʁi] (listen)) is the capital and most populous city of France, with an official estimated population of 2,102,650 residents as of 1 January 2023 in an area of more than 105 km2 (41 sq mi), making it the…

A Casting Tale, From Daniel Day-Lewis And Back Again...

Paul Walker was best known for his movies and fast cars, but a former Santa Barbara jewelry store clerk will remember him most for his generosity.

1991 video game

This cross-sectional epidemiologic assessment calculates the number of individuals who smoke associated with the death of 1 individual who does not smoke and assesses trends in this number from 1990 to 2016.

A guest post by Dr Katherine Aske The beauty products of the early-modern woman were a little different to the ones we know today, and in fact, some of them had far more ‘dog’ in than s…

The MIT Pirate Certificate is designed to recognize the completion of the undergraduate Physical Education & Wellness General Institute Requirement.

Travel back in time with us as we explore the history of the electric vehicle.

Salamanders are a group of amphibians typically characterized by their lizard-like appearance, with slender bodies, blunt snouts, short limbs projecting at right angles to the body, and the presence of a tail in both larvae and adults. All ten extant salamander…

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