In an era before dog tags or modern military bureaucracy, ancient and medieval powers needed to get creative in how they kept track of their military

English actor, comedian and singer

An internal investigation of the Transportation Security Administration revealed security failures at dozens of the nation's busiest airports.

Written by Alexander Kozlov. Taiwan has had a long and dramatic relationship with the United Nations, from being — as the Republic of China (ROC) — one of the founding members of the UN in 1945 to …

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The world probably doesn't need another Civilization game. They're still playing the last one. Sid Meier's Civilization V shipped in 2010, and to this day it still regularly appears in the top ten games on Steam in terms of player count, falling beneath heavyweights…

Everyone knows a Nguyen, but how did that come to be?

American actor

SpaceX's advances in space technology have reduced barriers to space and changed the direction of American space policy, but it is not without its challenges.

Ivan Ustinovich Kharchenko (Ukrainian: Іван Устинович Харченко; 23 September 1918 – 1 July 1989) was a Soviet Army Military engineering Colonel and Hero of the Soviet Union. During World War II, he was a platoon commander. Kharchenko was promoted to the rank…

American and Russian astronauts use separate water filtration systems on ISS, as Nasa astronauts also collect Russian urine when available to increase supply

Some weeks ago in this column I wrote about the Irish involvement in the American Civil War

One of the pillars of German industry, the giant but debt-crippled Schaeffler car parts supplier, was accused yesterday of using hair shorn from at least 40,000 Auschwitz death camp prisoners to make

Genes influencing depression also bolstered our ancestors' immune systems -- an understanding that's informing experimental therapies.

A team of scientists from the UK and Australia teamed up to use underwater loudspeakers to try and entice fish back to dead coral reefs and potentially help them recover.

Space Invaders has been around for decades. Despite its longevity, there's still new things about it to be discovered.

A dog in the Chinese village of Panjiatun refuses to leave the graveyard where its owner is buried.

American actor (1914-1984)

This is every grunt (662), in order, from all 203 episodes of Home Improvement, with the exception of intro grunts and any other repeated grunts.