American film producer and businessman (1901–1966)

Gattaca is a 1997 American dystopian science fiction film written and directed by Andrew Niccol in his filmmaking debut. It stars Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman, with Jude Law, Loren Dean, Ernest Borgnine, Gore Vidal, and Alan Arkin appearing in supporting roles.…

What do roadrunners eat? How fast do they run? How long do they live? Learn this and more with these roadrunner bird facts.

The vast majority of human history occurred more than 2016 years ago.

The only living heir of George Orwell has unveiled a plaque at the house where the writer and his family once lived – and where the...

Tuatara are a rare reptile found only in New Zealand. They are the last survivors of an order of reptiles that thrived in the age of the dinosaurs.

the business practice of playing recorded music to fill the silence that would be heard by telephone callers who have been placed on hold

magazine published by an activist group of the same name who denied the existence of HIV/AIDS

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British program to prevent sensitive documents from being inherited by its ex-colonies

A bird born to run, the Greater Roadrunner can outrace a human, kill a rattlesnake, and thrive in the harsh landscapes of the Desert Southwest. Roadrunners reach two feet from sturdy bill to white tail tip, with a bushy blue-black crest and mottled plumage…

Inside one of the most sensational crimes of the 20th century—and how Arthur Conan Doyle helped solve it.

Some patients develop chronic itch from neurological injuries, and shingles may be a common cause. Neuropathic itch can lead to self-injury from scratching desensate skin. A 39-year-old woman experienced severe postherpetic itch, but no postherpetic neuralgia…

Evil Corp has carried out several sophisticated attacks since it first burst onto the online scene. But just how dangerous are they?

African American travelers in Michigan would find the “Green Book” an invaluable guide. Detroit saw a great influx of blacks during the Great Migration.

The Montreal Protocol to protect the Earth’s ozone layer is to date the only United Nations environmental agreement to be ratified by every country in the world. It is also one of the most successful. With the parties to the Protocol having phased out 98…

Austrian American chemist