drug and alcohol abuse in ancient Rome

What if all the Large Hadron Collider's recent woes are more than bad luck and technical problems? Two noted physicists speculate that the future may be pushing back on the LHC to avert the disaster of observing the Higgs boson.

Demand and supply are the driving forces behind any consumer-based/market economy. The significance of generating demand and supply is paramount to understanding the metrics of

(first posted 5/11/2011)    Necessity really is the mother of all invention. And the history of this peculiar kind of truck was born during wartime shortage. In Sweden before and during the second …

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In 1994, 60 children at a Zimbabwe school said they'd seen a "UFO" - a BBC crew was first on the scene.

Between 1492 and 1504, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus led four Spanish transatlantic maritime expeditions of discovery to the Americas. These voyages led to the widespread knowledge of the New World. This breakthrough inaugurated the period known as…

A brief history of the croissant – from kipfel to Cronut

Sometimes life is stranger than fiction. That's the story of former NBA champion Bison Dele who was murdered at sea by his own brother then dumped in shark-infested waters.

2006 film directed by Darren Aronofsky

genus of red ants

retired United States Navy aviator

2 February is Groundhog Day – when, according to Punxsutawney folklore – a groundhog called Punxsutawney Phil predicts the arrival of spring.

The San Bernardino murder of Karen Smith by her estranged husband highlights a pervasive national problem.

This page looks at the Who’s use of microphones within their sound reinforcement efforts.

American actor (born 1958)

American physician (1823-1905)

A new book celebrates the original emoji set, created in just a matter of weeks in 1999 by Japanese designer Shigetaka Kurita on a grid of 12 by 12 dots.