Women's hormonal cycles may not only make them more prone to drug addiction but also more affected by triggers that lead to relapse, a new Vanderbilt University study revealed. The findings are especially ...

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type of stage lighting once used in theatres and music halls

Everyone has heard of Bayer, the pharmaceutical company that runs aspirin commercials on television. Not everyone knows, however, of Bayer's dark past.

Queen Elizabeth II is the only head of state to have served in World War II.

Forced naval service with or without notice

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fear of being buried alive

Couples will be forced to sit apart after group of singles work together to buy up tickets to romantic movie at Shanghai cinema

Beetles of the genus Melanophila and certain flat bugs of the genus Aradus actually approach forest fires. For the detection of fires and of hot surfaces the pyrophilous species of both genera have developed infrared (IR) receptors, which have developed ...

The semiaquatic mammal leverages its own buoyancy and bone density to charge through the water.

The Judean date palm is a date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) grown in Judea. It is not clear whether there was ever a single distinct Judean cultivar, but dates grown in the region have had distinctive reputations for thousands of years, and the date palm was…

Comedian and director Buster Keaton was popular for his pioneering silent comedies in the 1920s.

By Gabrielle Feldman   Do you think you know everything there is to know about canines? Think again! Check out these 23 interesting facts you may have never heard: 1. Dogs have a sense of time. It's been proven that they know the difference between a hour…

The meaning and origin of the phrase 'Cut to the chase'.

The primary tools for medieval castle defense and assault were arrows, catapults, battering rams, siege towers, and mining equipment

accident involving a F-106 of the U.S. Air Force in 1970

A slew of factors—its acidity, its lack of water and the presence of hydrogen peroxide—work in perfect harmony, allowing the sticky treat to last forever

Few figures in American history are more divisive, contradictory or elusive than Robert E. Lee, the reluctant, tragic leader of the Confederate Army, who died in his beloved Virginia at age 63 in 1870, five years after the end of the Civil War. In a new biography…

Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of south, east, and central Great Britain during late antiquity and the early Middle Ages

cord of thin filaments used to remove food and dental plaque from between teeth in areas a toothbrush is unable to reach