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Published: May 2, 2019 by John Harrington
Horse racing’s most prestigious event, the Kentucky Derby, will be run for the 145th time on Saturday, May 4. It […]
Published: May 2, 2019 by Hristina Byrnes, John Harrington and Grant Suneson
Before the creation of modern nations and the advent of mass media, the most anticipated births in a given society […]
The 145th running of the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, May 4, is one of the nation’s great sports days of […]
Published: May 1, 2019 by Grant Suneson
For as long as humans have existed, they have been in conflict. The earliest evidence of two different factions fighting […]
Published: May 1, 2019 by Hristina Byrnes
Pluto and astronomers have had a complicated relationship over the last couple of decades. If you went to school between […]
Published: April 30, 2019 by John Harrington
Springtime means baseball for sports fans, flowers and plants for gardeners, and new dictionary words for wordsmiths. Some of the […]
Published: April 26, 2019 by Grant Suneson
Since the United States of America declared its independence from the British Empire, every state has carved out its own […]
Updated: May 1, 2019 by Elzy Kolb
[cnxvideo id=”775525″ placement=”ros”]Creating a manageable list of famous dogs is no easy task. Even before dogs became internet famous, there […]
Published: April 25, 2019 by Hristina Byrnes
We live in an incredibly technologically advanced time. Everything you can think of is a quick Google search away. While […]
Published: April 23, 2019 by Hristina Byrnes
With all the talk about climate change and how it’s slowly killing wildlife, have you ever wondered how many penguins […]
Updated: April 23, 2019 by Douglas A. McIntyre
A letter without a ZIP code may not reach its intended destination. That is because of the way addresses are read by automated postal systems.
Updated: May 13, 2019 by Val Washington and Steven Peters
Being environmentally conscious is not all about plastic bags; it’s about making everyday choices that will — quite literally — […]
Updated: June 19, 2019 by John Harrington
Many of the great monuments left from antiquity — such as the Pyramids and the Sphinx in Egypt, and the […]
Published: April 17, 2019 by Hristina Byrnes
Plastic was considered one of the greatest inventions of the 20th century. Available from the early 1900s, plastic was an […]
Published: April 17, 2019 by Angelo Young
Higher education as we know it today dates back to Medieval Europe — when the first universities were established. Today, […]
Published: April 17, 2019 by Sarah Burns and John Harrington
Winter is over, according to the calendar, and there is one sure sign of a change in the seasons — […]
Published: April 17, 2019 by Paul Ausick
The amount of plastic debris found in the North Atlantic has increased by more than 10 times since the turn of the 21st century.
Published: April 16, 2019 by Sarah Burns
America is a continent-sized country of extraordinary natural diversity. While the bald eagle is the national bird and the North […]
Updated: April 23, 2019 by Elzy Kolb
Commemorating the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ, Good Friday is perhaps the most solemn day of the year in […]
Published: April 12, 2019 by Hristina Byrnes
If you live in the United States and you want to see or even interact with elephants, your best bet […]
Published: April 12, 2019 by Samuel Stebbins
Don’t look now, but Tax Day is just around the corner. The hard, IRS-enforced income-tax return deadline leaves perennial procrastinators […]
Updated: April 16, 2019 by Cheyenne Buckingham and John Harrington
[cnxvideo id=”761846″ placement=”ros”]This weekend marks the 107th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, which claimed the lives of more […]
Published: April 12, 2019 by Colman Andrews
The Humane Society of the United States warns that, while coyotes typically feed on such small mammals as rabbits and […]
Updated: April 17, 2019 by Cheyenne Buckingham and John Harrington
Humankind has not been all that kind to the animals that share our planet. We have hunted and encroached on […]