bowel movement by Piero Manzoni

American ornithologist and inspiration for the name of the fictional spy

Did you know that at the time of the First World War, the rulers of the world’s three greatest nations – King George V of Great Britain and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia on the one hand, and Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany on the other – were first cousins? Their…

Irish music producer and DJ

When slavery was legal, its proponents often justified it with the Bible; specifically, a verse that tells servants to obey their masters. There were also a lot

Al Larson has spent four decades building hundreds of nest boxes for Western and Mountain Bluebirds. Now these homes and their inhabitants are facing the test of climate change.

The current plan for storing the plant's radioactive waste is unnerving at best.

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Geese don't exchange vows or rings, but they do search for their lifelong mate. However, are geese really faithful, or do they take a gander at the opposite sex?

A schoolboy posed as a female British secret service spy in an internet chatroom to persuade a friend to try to murder him, a court heard yesterday. The boy, John, now 15, groomed a 16-year-old boy,

A rare occasion in which Japan is commissioned to produce an advert for Irish beer, following the release of Ghost in the Shell in the UK and Ireland. Six samurai dash through a futuristic megalopolis to get to the pub on time, in a high-octane sequel to…

  Long before Thanos snapped his fingers in Avengers: Infinity War, another villain successfully killed half of humanity. Malaria is a simple parasite

The country's military is disobedient by design.

It is one of the largest cemeteries in the country.

A PROUD PAST, A THRILLING FUTURE Angus Wynne, founder of Six Flags, would be proud of the company's rise to preeminent standing in the family entertainment industry. A pioneer in the truest sense of the word, Mr. Wynne broke new ground when he opened the…

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Q: I heard Jason Mraz lives on an avocado farm. Is that true? —Michael M., Dallas A: Yep! “It was kind of an accident,” says Mraz, 36, who makes his home outside San Diego and is featured on the a cappella group Straight No Chaser’s new album, Under the Influence.…

Pity the English. Not only are they cursed with bad weather, and the habit of talking about it all the time, they also fear eye contact with strangers in long corridors.

“It was so crazy. Like a time warp, basically."

Zora Neale Hurston’s searing book about the final survivor of the transatlantic slave trade, Cudjo Lewis, is being published nearly a century after it was written.