A pediatric neurosurgeon says a tumor he removed from the brain of a Colorado Springs infant contained a tiny foot and other partially formed body parts. Imagine that? I have been reading about all...

We have one of these in our kitchen and it beats the pants off an electric tumble dryer, which is expensive, noisy, and steamy. It's also not good for the environment. Clothes dry pretty quickly as...

Saint Piran or Perran (traditionally in Cornwall, saints are simply named, without this title) is an early 6th century Cornish abbot and saint, supposedly of Irish origin. He is the patron saint of...

Scientists claim that the reason candlelight is very seductive is that the human eye is sensitive to the amount of light enetering it. When the background light is faint, as in a candlelit room, the...

Let's see who can come up with the best caption for this picture. I warn you now, 'Oh Dear!' is already taken!

This is a technical win but one gained at great personal cost, for instance if you win a fight but lose an eye doing so. In history there have been many such incidents. Have you ever had such an...

The history of the dollar is a story involving many countries in different continents. The word dollar is much older than the American unit of currency. It is an Anglicised form of "thaler",...

A pound of what?

What a wonderful thing English is - it divides two nations by a common tongue. The description of the bottom, or anus, or the crease between the buttocks of any animal, but mostly people, is the...

Origin mid 17th century. The use of bloody to add emphasis to an expression is of uncertain origin, but is thought to have a connection with the 'bloods'—aristocratic rowdies who were the late 17th...