American computer scientist

In the summer of 1970, tens of thousands of people converged in rural Clackamas County for a “biodegradable festival of life,” sponsored by a Republican governor. 

The ampersand is the logogram &, representing the conjunction "and". It originated as a ligature of the letters et—Latin for "and".

Once more, with feeling.

Although most citizens of the U.S. are high school graduates, relatively fewer hold bachelor's and advanced degrees.

Cheap plastic has unleashed a flood of consumer goods

The “revolutionary” new process could further reduce life-cycle emissions for clean energy technologies.

medieval European map of the world

White supremacists, neo-Nazis and others have protested the removal of Confederate monuments. But the Confederate general Robert E. Lee himself never wanted such monuments built.

The release Friday of the notorious ex-Private Investigator comes after over a decade behind bars looks to come with a golden parachute

term used for hypothetical manned or unmanned travel between stars

Tiny particles called bottom quarks could fuse together in a shockingly powerful reaction

Rumor holds that a man survived a multi-story fall from the World Trade Center, riding down on the explosion like a surfer.

The cereal box toy whistle inspired the development of a device that would seriously inspire Apple founders.

Medical slang in palliative care

mobile security risk

The 1953 Iranian coup d'état, known in Iran as the 28 Mordad coup d'état (Persian: کودتای ۲۸ مرداد‎), was the overthrow of the democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh in favour of strengthening the monarchical rule of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi…

character of the of the television series Star Trek

In the predawn hours of August 23, 2009, Toni Sharpless (born December 27, 1979) and her friend Crystal Johns left a party at the home of Philadelphia 76er Willie Green in Penn Valley, Pennsylvania, United States. Not long after leaving, Johns suggested to…