The saving of fire-threatened animals from koalas to kangaroos reflects some of the small acts of heroism occurring during the fires

In “Al Capone,” Deirdre Bair investigates Public Enemy No. 1 through the unexpected lens of home and family.

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Original concert was canceled due to the blizzard

Let the zebras and tigers have their stripes. We have our own.

Love is in the air, and it smells like... skunk? Yes! February is skunk mating season, so our striped neighbors are very active right now. Smelling skunk odor doesn't mean you have a skunk "problem," however. That skunk doesn't WANT to spray you or your dog!…

A round-up of the funniest real-life Bill Murray stories being shared online.

Laboratory science requires careful maintenance of sterile reagents and tools as well as the sterilization of waste prior to disposal. However, steam autoclaves typically used for this purpose may not be readily accessible to everyone in the scientific community…

Actor Shia LaBeouf has come a long way since his poverty-stricken childhood in Los Angeles.

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Carbon chauvinism is a neologism meant to disparage the assumption that the chemical processes of hypothetical extraterrestrial life must be constructed primarily from carbon (organic compounds) because carbon's chemical and thermodynamic properties render…

Who would have thought monetizing male objectification could prove so difficult?

Better to run than to have your liver squeezed out.

in educational psychology, named after the identity Dr. Myron L. Fox

11. Sex Played A Huge Role During The Plague One would think sex was the last thing on the minds of medieval people during the Black Death, but it wasn’t. Sexual activity was advised to be limited since doctors thought the plague would enter through the pores…

in educational psychology, named after the identity Dr. Myron L. Fox

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Gregory James "Greg" LeMond (born June 26, 1961) is an American former professional road racing cyclist, entrepreneur, and anti-doping advocate. A two-time winner of the Road Race World Championship (1983 and 1989) and a three-time winner of the Tour de France…

Chief executives now make $278 for ever $1 a typical employee earns — up from 58 bucks for ever dollar back in 1989

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American actor, music video director, producer, musician, and social activist