The giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), also known as the panda bear or simply panda, is a bear species endemic to China. It is characterised by its white coat with black patches around the eyes, ears, legs and shoulders. Its body is rotund; adult individuals…

apparent contradiction between the lack of evidence and high probability estimates for the existence of extraterrestrial civilizations

James Cameron says that "Avatar: The Way of Water" will need to become the fourth or fifth highest-grossing movie in history in order to break even.

Maya Angelou spent much of April 4,1968, in her New York City apartment kitchen, making all her favorite dishes — Texas chili with no beans, baked ham, candied yams and pineapple upside-down cake — in preparation for her 40th birthday celebration.

Scottish chip shop dish of pizza deep-fried (usually without batter)

Confucian teaching that instructs people to eat until they are 80 percent full

Used oil is the largest, single source of water pollution in the U.S. One gallon of used oil can contaminate one million gallons of water – a year’s supply for 50 people – and create an eight-acre oil slick on surface water.

president of the United States from 1881 to 1885

War crimes perpetrated by the U.S. and its armed forces

journalism-related adage

Franklin Pierce (November 23, 1804 – October 8, 1869) was the 14th president of the United States, serving from 1853 to 1857. A northern Democrat who believed that the abolitionist movement was a fundamental threat to the nation's unity, he alienated anti…

Canadian actor, comedian, screenwriter, and film producer

Sparkler Filters up north in Conroe still uses an IBM 402 – with the punch cards and...

French civil servant, Vichy collaborator, and war criminal

German sculptor and architect

The song’s 100-year history includes dismemberment, deceit and a legal battle over domain: doo doo doo doo doo doo.

Cannibalism is surprisingly common in the animal world, and biologists are discovering that it often makes good evolutionary sense to eat what you are.

NOAA weather modification program.