Theories about the function of anaesthesia in animals and plants

assassination of the president of South Korea in 1979

McDonald's Corp. will pay a $4-million fine for failing to report that hundreds of children suffered injuries playing on its Big Mac Climber jungle gyms, federal regulators said Monday.

The red dye used in the popular breakfast cereal resulted in several cases of the benign condition

The history of the Keroman U-boot base in Lorient, and the role it played in the Battle of the Atlantic during World War 2.

ritual beverage used in purification ceremonies brewed by Native Americans in the Southeastern United States

form of mutation breeding where plants are exposed to radioactive sources in order to generate mutations

Some of the most famous authors have written about it. But does anyone actually disappear in a puff of smoke?

1998 film directed by Steven Spielberg

A Brazilian man climbed up on stage during a staging of the Passion of Christ and hit an actor playing a Roman soldier over the head with a motorcycle helmet, in an attempt to save Jesus.

Tens of millions of people — and millions of acres of farmland — rely on the Colorado River’s water. But as its supply shrinks, these farmers get more water from the river than entire states.

Wondering if the Nigerian scams ever actually work? A Nigerian scammer, Emmanuel Nwude, sold a fake airport to a bank for £242 Million

"Mauritania’s beauty standards—manifesting in the force-feeding of young girls, child marriage, and the abuse of weight gain medications—are centuries-old. However, they are not immune to change."

predicted future event in which a superhuman artificial general intelligence is made that iteratively redesigns itself to rapidly become much more intelligent, and a rapid general technological and social change follows that is beyond prediction

Arguments are growing that men should sit down to urinate - with some experts saying it is good for health and the family toothbrushes - but where are they heeding this advice?

Peter Steele, Kenny Hickey, Josh Silver and Sal Abruscato look back on their goth-metal masterpiece

Both male and female reindeer grow antlers, but that makes them unique in the deer world. Why are reindeer different? Biologist Craig Roberts has the answers.

cave system in the Yorkshire Dales, England

Many Chinese parents are enrolling their children in jump rope schools that cost $50 an hour in the hopes of landing scholarships through China’s national jump rope exams. No longer a playground activity: The Chinese government introduced physical education…