As a genre, dying earth has fallen out of favor recently, which is a shame because it's an incredibly remarkable one. It offers a wonderful opportunity to meld parts of dystopian fiction, swords and sorcery, fantasy, science fiction, space opera, and all set under a swollen red sun as the planet...
Tetanus is a medical condition that results in the contraction of skeletal muscles for an extended period of time. It is caused by the bacteria Clostridium tetani, which releases a neurotoxin. Usually, the infection is due to a wound or a cut on the skin, through which the bacteria enters the body....
Calling a dictator crazy is like calling cat fuzzy. It's pretty much a given. Yet some dictators go above and beyond just genocide and repression, and travel so far into balls out madness that you have to give them some sort of credit. These 12 ruthless bastards not only ruled with an iron fist,...
Acclaimed poet and author Robert Frost passed away over 50 years ago and in celebration of his legacy, Jonathan Reichert has donated a previously unreleased collection of his works to the State University of New York at Buffalo. Reichert was sixty years Frost's junior when the pair formed an...
Neonatal nurses focus on providing medical care to newborn babies and instructing parents about caring for their newborn in the first few weeks of life. It is a tremendous responsibility for the neonatal nurse to instruct parents about caring for a newborn, because the parents may have not received...
nbsp;All of us are familiar with Google taking an initiative to celebrate important events with a doodle on its home page. This time around, on the auspicious occasion of the celebrations of the 90th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, Google is pioneering the celebration not with its customary...
Image: Eddie Adams Popular photography as we know it was presented to the public in the 1840s. It was proposed as the ultimate portrayal of reality and the eternal confinement of history - unlike art or prose, photographs are not easily altered. They have been used to depict the terrors and truths...
Abigail Van Buren (born Pauline Friedman Phillips) was an award winning American columnist and radio show host who dedicated much of her life to helping others through her iconic “Dear Abby” advice. Dubbed the “pioneering queen of salty advice,” Phillips’ “Dear Abby” was full of heart, laced with...
When sourcing leaders of the artsy punk rock music scene during the turn of the early 2000s, it’s impossible to overlook the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. As American indie/electronic rockers, when vocalist Karen Orzolek (better known as Karen O), guitarist and keyboardist Nick Zinner, and drummer Brian Chase...
The search for three missing boys from Morenci, Michigan has been suspended. Police officials from Morenci have determined that after an exhausting six day search for the children, Tanner, age 5 years, Alexander, age 7 years, and Andrew, age 9 years, a small army of volunteers will suspend efforts...
