three-movement musical composition by John Cage

perception of more danger than really exists

While Dumb Ways to Die has won more creative awards than almost any other it has not been able to replicate that success in the coveted effectiveness categories. Miranda Ward investigates whether the much-vaunted campaign was ultimately a failure.   Recently AdAge…

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Uri Geller has responded after an article questioned why the Pokémon inspired by him, Kadabra, was absent from the card game.

From Rockstar to EMT. How the Van Halen bad boy became, David Lee Roth the EMT.

Read about the history of the six-bottle carton carrier invented by the Coca-Cola Company.

Sci-Hub is a "Pirate Bay" for paywalled science.

humanoid automaton designed by Leonardo da Vinci

Food donations to help those in need have been an important part of America’s safety net during the challenges posed by COVID-19. Did you know that the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act of 1996 (PDF, 207 KB) (42 U.S. Code § 1791) provides limited…

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Fleetwood Mac agreed to a package deal on Dec. 31, 1974 that brought Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks into the lineup.

Luke Skywalker is a fictional character and the protagonist of the original film trilogy of the Star Wars franchise created by George Lucas. Portrayed by Mark Hamill, Luke first appeared in Star Wars (1977), and he returned in The Empire Strikes Back (1980)…

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memorial to CIA employees

Created from the desiccated glands of sea snails, the colour purple has nevertheless come to define royalty. Kelly Grovier looks at how the hue shook off its unexpected source.

Years before his own work ended up in the Louvre, a young Pablo Picasso was suspected of swiping the museum's most famous painting from its walls.

Hundreds of feet below the ground in Missouri, there are hundreds of thousands of pounds of American cheese. Deep in converted limestone mines, caves kept...

The sport of field lacrosse was played at the 1904 Summer Olympics, which marked the first time that lacrosse had been featured at the Olympic Games. Three teams participated — two from Canada and one from the United States. One of the Canadian teams consisted…

With all this unrest about cops and calls in some cities to defund them, it might interest you to know that New York...