Contrary to popular belief, men, not women, are overwhelmingly the victims of random street violence resulting in death. And although women are socialised to...

Some say the style of humor that the Three Stooges employed belongs to a different era. We’re more sophisticated now, and it takes more to make us laugh than slapstick. Does it? Find out by watching the short clip below: Perhaps it’s true that not everyone…

No matter how high Cold War tensions got, no matter how intense the space race became, even enemies were united by a love of dogs. One example of this is the story of Pushinka (“Fluffy”), one of the famous cosmonaut dog Strelka’s puppies, who settled down…

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Marco Pierre White (born 11 December 1961) is a British chef, restaurateur, and television personality. He has been dubbed the first celebrity chef, and the enfant terrible of the UK restaurant scene.

Mariam Nabatanzi gave birth to twins a year after she was married off at the age of 12. Five more sets of twins followed - along with four sets of triplets and five sets of quadruplets.

Scientific Reports - <ArticleTitle Language="En" xml:lang="en">Empathy and compassion toward other species decrease with evolutionary divergence...

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When you look into your garden or backyard, be careful not to ignore your black walnut (Juglans nigra) tree. Lurking inside its leaves, fruits and roots is a pesticide made to control competition.

Beer, other alcohol beverages, and IV alcohol are still used to prevent or treat alcohol withdrawal delirium on surgical services. The history of the use of alcohol by surgeons may play a role in its continued use for withdrawal. In this policy survey 32…

Where did HIV come from? Here we discuss evidence about the origin of HIV and how it came to affect humans.

"Pronto vamos a llegar al fantástico lugar..." Te contamos la historia de Abelardo, primo de Big Bird y protagonista de Plaza Sésamo.

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United by mourning and healing, the people of Toronto have rallied around an anonymous hero – a dead raccoon who lay on the sidewalk for more than 12 hours before the city's animal services finally scooped it up to take it to a better place.

The Chevrolet Corvair may be best known for catching Ralph Nader’s ire in his book, Unsafe At Any Speed. Less well known known is a stunning feat that a group of the cars accomplished: traversing the infamous Darién Gap without major modifications.

John Joseph Nicholson (born April 22, 1937) is an American retired actor and filmmaker whose career spanned more than 50 years. He is known for having played a wide range of starring and supporting roles, including comic characters, romantic leads, anti-heroes…

First Lady of the United States (1775-1864)