The China Syndrome is a 1979 American disaster thriller film directed by James Bridges and written by Bridges, Mike Gray, and T. S. Cook. It tells the story of a television reporter and her cameraman who discover safety coverups at a nuclear power plant.…

The groundbreaking cartoon-live action hybrid was released 30 years ago.

Mark Court hand-paints every pinstriped Rolls-Royce that leaves the factory.

The flag of Jamaica was adopted on 6 August 1962, the original Jamaican Independence Day, the country having gained independence from the British-protected Federation of the West Indies. The flag consists of a gold saltire, which divides the flag into four…

HEARTBROKEN by the loss of his best mate, Steve Irwin's father has decided against farewelling his son with a state funeral.

A housing support project for young animators has reached its 1,500,000 yen initial target goal for maintenance costs on Japanese crowdfunding site READYFOR, receiving 1,621,000 yen with 112 supporters and 51 days left on the campaign. Due to their success…

Europe News -It was the first night of a gruelling seven-day 250km race across the Gobi Desert a year ago, when Mr Dion Leonard first noticed a scruffy little dog with big round eyes going around his

The FIFA Women's World Cup is an international football competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's international governing body. The competition has been…

If the law passes, people in Hawaii won't be able to buy cigarettes until they are a century old.

School meal programs in the United States provide school meals free of charge, or at a government-subsidized price, to U.S. students from low-income families. These free or subsidized meals have the potential to increase household food security, which can…

The Welchia worm, also known as the "Nachi worm", is a computer worm that exploits a vulnerability in the Microsoft remote procedure call (RPC) service similar to the Blaster worm. However, unlike Blaster, it first searches for and deletes Blaster if it exists…

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In a study of 78 kitties, researchers concluded our feline friends can differentiate their names out of a series of random words

The Big Mac is a hamburger sold by international fast food restaurant chain McDonald's. It was introduced in the Greater Pittsburgh area, United States, in 1967 and nationwide in 1968. It is one of the company's flagship products.

by Owen PhillipsIf you ask someone from Mississippi how long it takes to drive from Jackson, the capital, down to the Gulf Coast they might tell you “about six beers.” Walk into most gas stations there and you’ll ...

Dmitri K. Belyaev, a Russian scientist, may be the man most responsible for our understanding of the process by which wolves were domesticated into our canine companions. Dogs began making for themselves a social niche within human culture as early as 12…

One night at dinner in late 1985, a friend talked about Ethiopia being in a civil war. Neither I nor anyone else at the table had heard that. It hadn't been covered in the American press. This was just six months after the Live Aid concerts in Philadelphia and…

The history of music is as old as humanity itself. Archaeologists have found primitive flutes made of bone and ivory dating back as far as 43,000 years, and

There's a scene in 1984's The Karate Kid that bears repetition—and gets it—in the just-released sequel. Miyagi, the wise old…

It's not only possible, but plausible that Moses' legendary encounter with the ever burning bush, his conversation with Yahweh, and the bestowing of the Torah

A selfie (/ˈsɛlfi/) is a self-portrait type image, typically taken with a smartphone which may be held in the hand or supported by a selfie stick. Selfies are often shared on social networking services such as Facebook, Twitter, Gab, Snapchat and Instagram.