For some celebs, a star on the Walk of Fame isn't close enough to the cosmos; they'd rather experience the real thing — space!
When it comes to these mysterious signals, they need a lot of energy to reach us. NASA has estimated that for some of them it would be equivalent to the energy that our Sun produces in a year.
Scientists are looking to nature for inspiration when it comes to building better robots.
Despite what you have seen on TV, the device known as an automated external defibrillator (AED) is not meant to restart a heart that has completely stopped.
With just the right conditions, a corpse can turn into soap!
Vintage & Historical
The water's frigid temperatures kept the ship in remarkable condition.
People
They unknowingly forged lives as identical as their DNA.
Tarrare was the walking manifestation of one of the seven deadly sins as he prowled the cobbled streets of 18th-century Paris indulging his endless hunger.
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