All racers require a license to compete and NASCAR is the same. No respectable series is foolish enough to let anybody get in the cars

Hummingbirds are birds native to the Americas and comprise the biological family Trochilidae. With about 361 species and 113 genera, they occur from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego, but the vast majority of the species are found in the tropics around the equator.…

cruise ship, a former ocean liner

The Billys: Bean and Beane













Billy Bean and Billy Beane could not be more different. Yet they...

killer whale known to Australian whalers

unincorporated community in California

The Terminator is a 1984 American science fiction action film directed by James Cameron. It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Terminator, a cyborg assassin sent back in time from 2029 to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton), whose unborn son will one…

Hollywood is the capital of the movie industry and Thomas edison played a major role in its origin story. Did you know that before the 20th century, Hollywood was nothing but a small town in California? Read on....

Small community in southeast Alaska

American geologist and NASA astronaut

Postage stamp collection of the British Royal Family

Find out about the funeral effigies at the Abbey.

“I saw it in a window and just couldn’t resist it,” Carol Burnett remarked about her outrageous “curtain dress,” worn in a comedy sketch that aired on her CBS TV series. Designer Bob Mackie created the costume for the sketch, which was a wild parody of the…

Hawaiʻi residents may soon enjoy the addition of gas pump handles with latches.

Deepfake technology was used to simulate the voice of a bank manager's business associate, which led to illegitimate financial transfers.

The dust mite allergen is one of the most common and potent allergy and asthma triggers.

Pull the right book in Sir Peter Jackson's house and the bookcase will open to Bag End - the home of Bilbo Baggins.

After years of painstaking research, scientists say they have unleashed a baby boom among one of the world’s most beloved but endangered animals, China’s giant panda. A bit of panda porn has helped too, they say.

Cats domesticated themselves without becoming domesticated, shows a study looking at 9,000 years of cat DNA history.

first United States test of a dry fuel hydrogen bomb known as the Shrimp

For seven long years during the 1930s, Dwight D. Eisenhower slaved away as Douglas MacArthur's aide, enduring humiliation and even betrayal at the hands of his imperious boss. Though their tempestuous relationship often boiled over into shouting matches,…