The 35-year-old gave up rap in order to become a venture capitalist in Silicon Valley. We visited him to see how it was working out.

Although his composing and musical talents shined through, it's been written that he was a huge lover of coffee!And would drink a cup for breakfast every day.
There are writings that say Beethoven used to be very picky with the way he made his coffee.He was…

Alan Moore says superhero movies “have blighted cinema & also blighted culture to a degree.”“They are perfectly good as children’s entertainm

Explore 10 things you may not know about the iconic political protest.

intellectual capacity of elephants

The U.S.A. is unmatched among the world's countries with 2,743 serial killers, amounting to 67.41% of the entire world's serial killers on record.

Talking about the trend of wearing, matching and makeup in the Tang Dynasty,

Say hello to Brian Cronin's little friend as this week he examines whether there's an X-rated director's cut of Brian De Palma's 1983 film <i>Scarface</i>.

The Kengir uprising was a prisoner rebellion that occurred in Kengir (Steplag), a Soviet labor camp for political prisoners, during May and June of 1954. Its duration and intensity distinguished it from other Gulag rebellions during the same period (see Vorkuta…

A question that often confuses animal lovers, is how closely related hyenas might be to dogs. These snickering animals don't seem as doglike as a wolf, but their canine attributes seem to straddle the same gray area that comprises foxes and jackals. However…

prison in La Paz, Bolivia

plan of action following the death of Queen Elizabeth II

We were the first to make the connection between P. gingivalis and fully diagnosed Alzheimer’s disease. While evidence of a link is growing, it must be interpreted in context.

For thousands of years, most people were convinced that birds hibernated in the winter — until a staggeringly resilient stork proved otherwise. Martin Fone explains.

2000 film by Kinji Fukasaku

Tahoe Nuggets are free email bulletins with photos, video, and descriptions of winter storms, hiking, skiing, exploring and much more!

For those of you without grey hair, the index cards on the right are how we organized information back in the dark ages. (Also known as The 80’s.) I found hundreds of them this weekend while cleaning out a closet, kept from the research I did for my dissertation…

(non-Flash version) Trace the dramatic history of human population growth from 2,000 years ago to 50 years into the future.

US Air Force officer