Hundreds of tourists watched in shock as actors dressed as Roman soldiers hammered four-inch nails through the hands and feet of a Filipino into a wooden cross for the 33rd time in a Good Friday re-enactment of Jesus Christ's crucifixion.

   The ABC of John Atanasoff and Clifford Berry Working on his doctoral thesis in theoretical physics at the University of Wisconsin […]

Vehicle technology wasn’t always as good as it is now—over 100 years of innovation have gone into making cars what they are today.

It may one day be made obsolete by a cashless society, but as it nears its 50th birthday the humble ATM has reached far and wide, from Antarctica to the Australian desert.

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American musician and novelty hit record artist (1938-2007)

debugging method, in which a programmer explains code, line-by-line, to an inanimate object ("rubber duck") or to another person, until the incongruity between what the code should do and actually does becomes apparent

The 9/11 Memorial is a sight to see, a modern marvel, but it's the landmark's infrastructure that gives it that special "touch." Physical contact with the memorial is encouraged as millions of people are expected to visit each year to walk the grounds and…

Iowa State football player (1902-1923)

device used to synchronize video and sound recordings

American fraudulent physician

1997 military sci-fi movie by Paul Verhoeven

I Am Legend is a 2007 American post-apocalyptic action thriller film loosely based on the 1954 novel of the same name by Richard Matheson. Directed by Francis Lawrence from a screenplay by Akiva Goldsman and Mark Protosevich, the film stars Will Smith as…

Blink-182 drummer talked to ABC News about near-fatal accident

1974 CIA project to lift up the sunken Soviet submarine K-129

American businesswoman

Before The Wizard of Oz, witches were usually red or orange. Linda Rodriguez McRobbie explains why.

Star Wars, which gave birth to one of the biggest film franchises of all time, sprang up from the mind of 33-year-old writer-filmmaker George Lucas, who celebrates his 77th birthday today.