Search

Search results

Displaying 71 - 80

Gray goo

The Question: What is gray goo? The Answer: "Gray goo" is a term used to describe what might happen if teeny-tiny robots were created with the ability-and imperative-to use the substances…

The Fox Chase Boy

The so-called Fox Chase Boy was an unknown child found dead in 1957 in a vacant lot in the Philadelphia community of Fox Chase. The blue-eyed and blonde-haired boy was estimated to be between 3 and 5…

Richard Chamberlain

Name at birth: George Richard ChamberlainRichard Chamberlain was a blue-eyed young heartthrob in the mid-1960s when he starred as Dr. Kildare, a sensitive internist learning the medical ropes. After…

Choices and Change

by Barbara Bush Barbara Bush's Remarks at Wellesley College Commencement Thank you very much. Thank you President Keohane, Mrs. Gorbachev, trustees, faculty, parents, Julie Porter,…

Cinco de Mayo

A U.S. celebration of Mexican Heritage The Battle of Puebla Victory Monument Related Links Mexico Puebla Benito Juárez Cesar Chavez Calendar & Holidays Cinco de…

LGBT Pride Month: Origins and Importance

Pride month, celebrated every year in June, serves as a tribute and a show of honor to members of the LGBTQ community and others involved in the stonewall riots of June 28, 1969, in Manhattan. It is…

The Devil's Dictionary: Lunarian

by Ambrose Bierce LUMINARYLYRELUNARIAN -n. An inhabitant of the moon, as distinguished from Lunatic, one whom the moon inhabits. The Lunarians have been described by Lucian, Locke and…

Julia Stiles

Julia Stiles became a movie star thanks to standout performances in the teen romances 10 Things I Hate About You (1999, with Heath Ledger) and Save the Last Dance (2001). She has since earned a…

Samuel R. Delany

Samuel R. Delany is the winner of multiple Hugo and Nebula awards and one of science fiction's most celebrated authors. Born and raised in New York City, Delany began writing in the early 1960s.…

Social Security Card Replacement

The Question: I lost my social security card back in the 1960s. Is it possible to order a replacement card online? The Answer: You can't order…