Most people would agree that “Commander of the Order of the British Empire” sounds pretty darn impressive. After all, you’re not just a commander, but the commander of an empire! Titles such as this and others like knight, dame, and royal victorian are given out each year by Queen Elizabeth and other members of the British royal family, and receiving one is understandably a...
Last month, a judge in California sparked outrage after sentencing 23-year-old Stanford student, Brock Turner, to a six-month prison sentence after he was indicted...
Violence, sensationalism, conflict and fear-mongering have always dominated the nightly news. But recently, coverage of the attacks in Paris, Orlando, and Nice have shown...
The 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa killed over 11,300 people, infected 28,000, and would eventually spread to nine countries. In the disease's wake,...
On December 2, 2014, after playing in a tree colonized by bats, two-year-old Emile Ouamouno began vomiting intensely. Four days later, he died. Researchers...
Every year, nearly 600,000 Americans die from heart disease. Other vital organs are able to regenerate after sustaining damage, but heart tissue cannot heal...
In 1905, Albert Einstein turned humanity's understanding of the universe on its ear by introducing his theory of relativity. The theory introduced a completely...
