Baby Einstein videos are probably the most widely used educational videos for infants and toddlers. But according to one study, they aren't so educational. And for this reason, a class action lawsuit was brought against Disney (owners of Baby Einstein products) for false advertising. In response,...
Albert Einstein is unarguably the most unparalleled scientist in the modern century. He was the proponent of the famous theory of relativity. TIME magazine even named him the Person of the Century because of this genius and contribution to science, particularly in physics. He was known worldwide...
Influential people come in all shapes and sizes in all generations throughout history. Such people can be grouped together by shared affiliations and backgrounds, for whatever purposes people are drawn to make lists. This list offers some interesting biographical tidbits about 50 people of Jewish...
Babies grow quickly and finding toys and gear suitable to meet the needs of your developing infant is sometimes difficult. Many baby toys are geared toward fostering safety, development, education, and of course, entertainment.
Paul of TarsusSaul of Tarsus, a.k.a. Paul the Apostle, Paul of Tarsus [?-65 c.e.] was a Hellenistic Jew and student of Gamaliel the Elder who served as enforcer for the Pharisaic Sanhedrin against the apostate Christian sect following the crucifixion of Jesus. Around 33 c.e. he experienced a dramatic...
President Barack Obama revealed parts of his classified plan to protect the United States against cyber attacks on Tuesday. The National Security Agency plays an integral role in the Homeland Security Program named "Einstein" created solely to prevent cyber threats. The Obama administration...
Saint Valentine's Day, better known as simply Valentine's Day, is the annual commemoration of love celebrated on February 14. Valentine's Day was created by Pope Gelasius I in 500 AD to honor the Christian martyrs named Valentine. The religious observance of the day was deleted by Pope Paul VI...
For those of us who grew up in a time when personal computers (PCs) were the "in" thing, computer games played a significant role in our childhoods. Many of us would spend hours shooting aliens, questing for lost jewels, or solving mind-boggling puzzles.
The cliché says that a picture can speak a thousands words, but some photographs eschew any numeric limitation and go on talking to us ad infinitum. Certain photo portraits have that rare power. Far more than pictorial representations of celebrated or instantly recognizable figures, they capture...
When most people think of Gravity they think of the line, “what comes up, must come down”—as anyone who’s ever been hit by a ball at gym class has learned the hard way. However, gravity has a much greater impact than that (pun not intended). Gravity is the force of attraction between objects....
