Thanks to the hard work of companies like SpaceX, Virgin Galactic, and Blue Origin, space tourism is well on its way to becoming a reality.  Now, California-based Orbital Assemb...

Tardigrades, or water bears, are virtually indestructible. The eight-legged microscopic animals can withstand extreme temperatures, survive without food for decades, and even ex...

Ludwig van Beethoven was undoubtedly one of the greatest musicians that ever lived. The German composer and pianist completed 722 musical works— including nine symphonies — desp...

Here is some good news for those wilting in the sweltering summer heat — July is National Ice Cream Month!  The "cool" holiday can be credited to Proclamation 5219, signed by fo...

Space-related films have come a long way since A Trip to the Moon — a silent movie with no camera movement or close-ups — was released in 1902. Filmmakers now use the extensive ...

For most Americans, fall is synonymous with pumpkins.  Some use the fruit to make delicious soups and bread, others to carve out scary jack-o-lanterns. Then there are those that...

The infamous Salem witch trials, which took place in colonial Massachusetts between 1692 and 1693, were a dark period in America's legal history.  More than 200 people were wron...

Halloween may be a few weeks away, but Ruth Hamilton has already been subjected to a spooky "trick." On October 3, 2021, the Golden, British Columbia, resident was in deep slumb...

Even those that do not particularly care for math will agree that pi, or “π," is fascinating.  The numerical constant — defined as the ratio of the circumference of a circle to ...

The longest war in American history has ended.  On August 31, 2021,  a US aircraft carrying the remaining US officials in Afghanistan lifted off from Kabul, ending the nation's ...