Nature - Multi-proxy core data and model simulations support the presence of temperate rainforests near the South Pole during mid-Cretaceous warmth, indicating very high CO2 levels and the absence...

Florence Birdseye chants above an effigy of Hitler, 1941.
 
William Seabrook was a well-known occultist (and, not coincidentally, a buddy of Aleister Crowley) who in 1940 had published a fairly popular book called Witchcraft: Its Power in the World Today.…

"Easter eggs" are more than just a holiday tradition. They could also refer to the eggs from an Easter Egger chicken. Technically, Easter Eggers are not a

Researchers from the universities of Istanbul and Hawaii hope the technique can lead to new ways to produce medicines

A tribunal finds that autographing two patients' organs is a "gross violation" of their "dignity".

The Hippocratic bench or scamnum was a device invented by Hippocrates (c. 460 BC–380 BC), which used tension to aid in setting bones. It is a forerunner of the traction devices used in modern orthopedics, as well as of the rack, an instrument of torture.

The Difference Between Air Temperature in Shade & in Sun. The air temperature around your plants can mean the difference between a plant having frost damage or not. Temperature also plays a role in many plant growth factors such as blooming, breaking dormancy…

Toxicology tests show that a convicted arsonist who collapsed in court had poison in his system

Found in Bing Crosby's wine cellar was film of the deciding Game 7 of the 1960 World Series, in which Pirates second baseman Bill Mazeroski hit a game-ending homer to beat the Yankees, that was thought to be lost forever.

For use of the information media. Not an official record Ninety-year-old World temperature record in El Azizia (Libya) is invalid Improved data strengthens Climate knowledge

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(also Newman s Day) is a collegiate drinking ritual where 24 beers are consumed over 24 hours. It is named for the late beer drinking actor Paul Newman[1] and his apocryphal remark made during a campus speech: 24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a…

A WOMAN who was given a £7million lottery ticket says her life has been ruined ever since restaurant staff tried to claim her jackpot. Tonda Dickerson has faced decades of lawsuits, a shooting and …

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1791 death of Austrian composer Mozart

Every week, hundreds of people from around the world visit The Free Pizza Dude account on Imgur, created by a Nashville man, to either ask for food assistance or help out.

The frame that brought him NBA fame is now a challenge without medical precedent.

Belfast teacher Annalisa Flanagan still top of the class for shouting.

American dentist and anaesthesia pioneer (1815-1848)

diarist (1918-2007)