The lawn appears to be a European invention, which makes ecological sense because the moist, mild, climate of Europe supported open, close-cut grasslands.

1868: Aboriginal cricket team tours England

The Daleks' Master Plan is the mostly missing third serial of the third season in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which originally aired in twelve weekly parts from 13 November 1965 to 29 January 1966. This twelve part serial is…

(1) Background: Fracture causes a substantial burden to society globally. Some studies have found that soft drinks consumption was associated with the risk of fractures. We aimed to assess the association in the Chinese population; (2) Methods: Data from…

Mercury is the smallest planet in the Solar System and the closest to the Sun. Its orbit around the Sun takes 87.97 Earth days, the shortest of all the Sun's planets. It is named after the Roman god Mercurius (Mercury), god of commerce, messenger of the gods…

File video of David Letterman on WTHR, which was then under the call letters WLWI, giving a weather forecast and hosting his show "Clover Power."

Pseudosuchia is one of two major divisions of Archosauria, including living crocodilians and all archosaurs more closely related to crocodilians than to birds. Pseudosuchians are also informally known as "crocodilian-line archosaurs". Prior to 2011, the clade…

The twins say they know one another’s thoughts without having to speak. “Talking in our heads” is how they describe it.

Horace Welcome Babcock, an astronomer and former director of the Pasadena-based Carnegie Observatories, died Friday in Santa Barbara.

woodcut design by Japanese artist Hokusai

This is the transcript of the talk I gave at the Tech4Good event I'm at this weekend in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The complete slide deck is here.

The Luecke name written in trees outside Smithville, Texas, is currently considered the world's largest signature.

1978 film directed by Richard Donner

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is an alternative medical practice drawn from traditional medicine in China. It has been described as "fraught with pseudoscience", with the majority of its treatments having no logical mechanism of action.

In a dark, cold, vacant neighborhood near the very edge of our solar system, the Voyager 1 spacecraft is set to break another record and become the explorer that has traveled farthest from home.

novel by Alexander Kazbegi

In Qinngua valley is the only natural forest in Greenland, mainly consisting of birch and willow trees, which grow here up to 7 - 8 m high.

50 CENT TO MAYWEATHER: WE KNOW YOU CAN’T READ A HARRY POTTER BOOK SO WE’LL LET YOU READ “CAT IN THE HAT”

Delhi’s Sabharwal family has got the rare distinction of being the only family where every single member is a doctor for the past five generations. It started with their great grandfather “Lala Jeevanmal Sabharwal” who was a station master in Lahore. One…

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