inventor of the quick release socket wrench

Canadian ice hockey centre

A bone-marrow transplant treated a patient’s leukemia — and his delusions, too. Some doctors think they know why.

Review of decades of data finds kids of same-sex couples do just as well, but homophobia can cause real harm say child experts including University of Melbourne

Comic books – or at least Western superhero comic books – have always celebrated an idealized version of the human body. Male heroes are chiseled specimens of muscle with less body fat than […]

He allegedly passed himself off as a senator, then gave a lecture to a classroom full of high school students. Now, one teenager is facing criminal charges and one local school district is re-evaluating its protocols.

steel produced prior to the detonation of the first atomic bombs in the 1940s and 1950s, and so not contaminated with radionuclides

Astronomers, including a team led by Matt Bradford of JPL, found a feeding black hole soaking in water vapor.

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Let’s figure this one out, folks.

The office of King's Champion or Queen's Champion (as the case may be), was first started in the reign of…

American rapper and actor

Officials in South Africa are taking the grave situation of the vanishing rhino population into their own hands — infusing their horns with red dye and toxins to ensure that poachers can’t

Canadian singer-songwriter

Retirement is supposed to represent one's golden years. But for former NFL players—who are typically out of the game by age 30—retirement is often accompanied by a slew of problems.

From immunity from prosecution to dominion over swans.

Cement is the source of about 8% of the world's carbon dioxide emissions. How can this be changed?

By helping people in Bangladesh both to stay safe from cyclones and increase their income, the Red Cross increased the positive impact on people's lives.

Percy Spencer had only a fifth-grade education, but that didn’t stop him from earning patents crucial to winning World War II – and to cooking dinner in minutes. He was the fourth person hired at a new company called Raytheon in Cambridge, Mass. He had an…