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November 05, 2009 07:20 PM EST --
The beard has a long and checkered history. Falling in and out of favor. The fashion statement that has been used as a symbol of power to an expression of rebellion to everything in between.
Beards . . .
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August 21, 2009 07:21 PM EDT --
Leonardo da Vinci was one of the most remarkable human beings who ever lived. Probably no one in history achieved so much in so many different fields as this man did.
Leonardo lived from 1452 to . . .
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August 21, 2009 08:13 AM EDT --
Dust consists of particles of earth, or other solid matter, which are light enough to be raised and carried by the wind.
These particles can come from dead plant and animal matter, sea salt, desert . . .
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August 21, 2009 08:10 AM EDT --
Hippocrates was a physician who worked on the Greek island of Cos where he was born. He is regarded as the "father of medicine" because he relied on observation and cautious experiment in treating disease, . . .
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August 21, 2009 04:42 AM EDT --
Marcus Furius Camillas was one of the great heroes of the Roman Republic , censor in 403 BC; he was six times consular tribune and five times dictator.
In his first dictatorship (396) he captured Veii . . .
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August 20, 2009 06:13 AM EDT --
Tasmania is a small state of approximately 25,000 square miles. An inland situated off the south of the mainland of Australia.
As it was not occupied until 1801 there are as yet no great population . . .
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August 17, 2009 02:49 AM EDT --
Kangaroos are one of the strangest and oldest species of animals on earth today.
The kangaroo is the best-known of the marsupials, which means "animals with pouches". The mother kangaroo has a fur-lined . . .
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August 17, 2009 12:21 AM EDT --
In our bodies there are certain cells which make up connective tissue, tissue that joins the various parts of the body together. All the cells in connective tissue can contract, or tighten up. In some . . .
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August 15, 2009 12:12 PM EDT --
How much water do you think a city like New York needs every day? The answer is that 1,820,000,000 gallons of water can flow into the city per day! Where does it come from and how does it get there? It . . .
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August 15, 2009 11:39 AM EDT --
One of Australia's best loved native animals could also be lifesaver. New research says.
A Sydney scientist has discovered platypus venom could be vital ingredient in designing drugs to lower blood . . .
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July 29, 2009 03:02 AM EDT --
Boobies live in colonies and, whereas most species nest on the ground or on rock ledges, some make rough nests of sticks in trees or bushes. They incubate their eggs by placing their feet over them and . . .
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June 20, 2009 08:25 AM EDT --
Yes, Mills & Boon, if you didn't already know, follow a formula. Though the same could be said just about any female character in Hollywood movies too.
Here are the typical types of females you'll . . .
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May 20, 2009 07:04 AM EDT --
I used to use the link http://www.gather.com/inviteLanding.jsp?parentMemberId=257153&tc=14 but I noticed someone else using a much shorter URL. I'm guessing if it were mine it would be looking . . .
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May 16, 2009 10:07 AM EDT --
Marcus Cornelius Fronto was a Roman historian, born in Numidia (AD 100-170).
He came to Rome in the reign of Hadrian , made his name as an orator, and was appointed tutor to Marcus Aurelius and . . .
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May 13, 2009 07:19 AM EDT --
The Colosseum is a famous amphitheatre in Rome , so called from the colossal statue of the Sun (originally Nero ) which stood beside it. Intended for the celebration of gladiatorial combats and games . . .
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May 12, 2009 09:08 PM EDT --
Tacitus, Roman historian. Born about 56 A.D. Died about 117 A.D.
Tacitus, one of the world's great historians, probably came from northern Italy. Little is known about his personal life, and even his . . .
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May 03, 2009 10:20 AM EDT --
Wine is the fermented juice of grapes. It has been enjoyed by man for thousands of years.
The first people to make wine were probably Persian farmers living near the Caspian Sea. The Egyptians learned . . .
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April 20, 2009 07:19 AM EDT --
A controversial and intellectually courageous character, Galileo Galilei is recognised as the founder of modern 'scientific method', which he insisted should replace the Aristotelian philosophy . . .
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April 16, 2009 07:01 AM EDT --
One of the major points of Tapir interest (other than the fact that they're strangely cute) is that they have long served as one of thg best examples of 'discontinuous distribution'. That . . .
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April 12, 2009 08:17 PM EDT --
The speculation about the physical world begun by the Ionians was continued in the 5th century BC by Empedocles and Anaxagoras, who developed a philosophy placing the Ionian assumption of a single primary . . .
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