Muhammad Ali (/ɑːˈliː/; born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.; January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016) was an American professional boxer, activist, and philanthropist. Nicknamed "The Greatest," he is widely regarded as one of the most significant and celebrated sports…

Phil Collins amazed Disney bosses when he agreed to sing his songs for the studio's films Tarzan and Brother Bear phonetically in a number of different languages. Rick Dempsey, the animation directo

Using the bathroom has come a long way from when ancient Greeks used stones and pieces of clay as toilet paper.

Hoarder, moneylender, tax dodger — it's not how we usually think of William Shakespeare.

British academic

Medics find long-lost Playmobil plastic traffic cone inside lung of 47-year-old man who had suffered from persistent cough

Commodus (/ˈkɒmədəs/; 31 August 161 – 31 December 192), born Lucius Aurelius Commodus and died Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus, was Roman emperor with his father Marcus Aurelius from 177 until his father's death in 180, and solely until 192. His reign is…

Widnes teen Aidan Jackson collected 10,500 teddy bears in honour of Olivia Alice Walker who died at the age of 15

Effects of recent rumors of shortage of toilet paper, which spurred consumers to buy large quantities and eventually caused depletion of supply traced; illus

Supermarkets in Germany have witnessed signs of panic buying as the new coronavirus spreads. Some English-language media are in love with the special word the Germans use for hoarding stuff, as Hardy Graupner found out.

PDF | Introduction A previously healthy woman began to hear hallucinatory voices telling her to have a brain scan for a tumour. The prediction was true;... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate

historical line of inquiry

The license plate was "null," but the tickets were anything but.

The biologist bet no one could prove that measles was real

The one with its own satellite, the ones that made you, and the Mama of them all

The man, who was 14 at the time, was raped by five prisoners after a guard led him to a private cell during a judge-ordered visit in the 70s.

Observational studies and randomised controlled studies suggest that vitamin D plays a role in the prevention of acute respiratory tract infection (ARTI); however, findings are inconsistent and the optimal serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) concentration…

Bird flu, Ebola and Zika - there seems to be news on a new dangerous virus almost every day. But so far, experts are saying that Zika itself isn't as bad as HIV, Ebola and these other eight viruses.

Are you really that surprised?

The zipper is one of those inventions—along with the bicycle—that seems as though it should have occurred much earlier in history. How complicated...