A statue commemorating Tommie Smith and John Carlos' brave protest at the 1968 Olympics, a watershed moment for civil rights.

I am constantly on the lookout for research studies conducted on the subject of theft by employees. A few years ago, I came across a study conducted by Kessler International, a forensic accounting and investigative firm. In a press release from 2013, I found…

2001 film by Richard Kelly

Brain wrinkles naturally develop as the brain gets larger in order to lend more surface area and help white matter fibers avoid long stretches

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American actor (1945-2013)

Closing the toilet lid mid flush may not seem like a big deal...until you learn about the harm that it's causing your health.

United States Supreme Court case

Dice, small objects (polyhedrons) used as implements for gambling and the playing of social games. The most common form of die is the cube, with each side marked with from one to six small dots (spots). The spots are arranged in conventional patterns and…

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In Finland, all new PhD holders are given a traditional Doctoral Sword and Doctoral Hat during a Conferment Ceremony, symbolising the freedom of research.

Local councillors ruled the bear out of the running for patron of the play area

The Battle of Cannae (/ˈkæni, -eɪ, -aɪ/) was a key engagement of the Second Punic War between the Roman Republic and Carthage, fought on 2 August 216 BC near the ancient village of Cannae in Apulia, southeast Italy. The Carthaginians and their allies, led…

Margaret Dickson was an Edinburgh woman who survived being hanged in 1721, for the crime of concealing a pregnancy in the case of a dead child.

American rock jam band

Find out how you may be able to rent the Hubble before it might be decommissioned. Learn how the telescope may die and how they may take it out of service or..

NI6, the UK's CIA, switched a bomb recipe on an Al Queda website with a top-secret recipe for one of Ellen Degeneres' favorite cupcakes.

Did Daft Punk punk everyone who watched the 2014 Grammys, thinking we were too daft to catch them doing so?

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American actor, rapper, singer, comedian and film, television and record producer

Voters in Washington, D.C., decided this week to do away with the so-called tip credit, a miserable practice that allows employers — mostly restaurants — to pay dirt-cheap wages if workers also receive tips from customers.