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March 15, 2011 0

In William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, a soothsayer famously approaches the Emperor, Caesar, with a [...]

March 14, 2011 0

For centuries, mankind has been trying to “square the circle” — that is, create a square of [...]

March 11, 2011 0

Insects. Candles. Golf. Coal. Depending on who you ask, each of these three things had a role in the [...]

March 10, 2011 0

The United States and Britain have been adversaries at war, officially, twice: the American Revolution and [...]

March 9, 2011 0

On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 and its crew landed on the moon. Famously, commander Neil Armstrong planted an [...]

March 8, 2011 0

Charlie Finley was a Major League Baseball team owner — the Kansas City (and after he moved them, [...]

March 7, 2011 0

Queen Elizabeth II, the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom, officially resides at Buckingham Palace. [...]

March 4, 2011 0

Lord Howe Island sits roughly 370 miles off the eastern coast of Australia. It’s [...]

March 3, 2011 0

It sounds — and looks — like something from the Indiana Jones movies. But the Chapel of St. [...]

March 2, 2011 0

The above is a night-time satellite image. Near the center you’ll see what looks like a small, [...]