Marie Curie is probably the most famous woman scientist who has ever lived. Born Maria Sklodowska in Poland in 1867, she is famous for her work on radioactivity, and was twice a winner of the Nobel Prize.
Work gets a terrible press. Pick up the paper on any day and you'll read about how work is killing our marriages, generating stress, depriving children of 'quality time', hollowing out local communities, and depressing us.
In 1996, Dick Hudson, a professor of linguistics at University College London posted an email to a listserve for language scientists asking who held the world record for the number of languages they could speak.
A publishing craze that hit both America and England from the mid- to late nineteenth century attracted the readership of the semiliterate working class.
The computed tomography scanner, or CT scanner, was originally designed to provide cross-sectional images of the brain. The word tomography comes from the Greek word tomos, meaning "section," and graphia, meaning "picture."
It is dawn in the Andes. A grimy carpet of red dust stretches over rolling featureless hills towards a horizon dominated by the icy cone of Chile's Licancabur volcano.
Humans have long been fascinated by the possibility of extra-terrestrial life. Novels, films, and folk tales have encouraged curiosity and speculation about what might be 'out there' in space.
On our farm we have a large barn with stalls for animals inside, and a hayloft at the top.
With water guns, buckets, and even elephants dousing people with their trunks, pretty much everyone gets soaked during this Thai New Year festival. It's a symbolic fresh start, and a welcome respite from the heat!
Sean “Diddy” Combs has gone through a number of aliases over the years, but for Halloween none of them will quite do.
Mountain climber Aron Ralston is trapped in an isolated canyon. Over the next five days, he examines his life and ends up amputating his own arm to free himself from the fallen boulder.
A similar set of automatic eyes surveyed crowds at The NFL Experience, a football-related exhibition adjacent to the stadium.
That's incredible, and scary. That's a lot of kids! Is she doing OK? Yeah, but she gets charley horses all the time. Her legs cramp so she can't sleep.
Yeah, and having someone shush us all the time is not fun. Remember last time in the movie theatre how angry the guy got because we were talking?
Turkish sausage called Sucuk is the best. It's a treat with eggs on Sunday but to be honest I slice and eat it all the time.
My big sister bugged me all the time when we were kids, but she really understands me.
Kim is close with her grandparents even though they're separated by thousands of kilometers. They talk on Skype all the time.
I love this cafe. It's open all the time, seven days a week.
When I was a kid I would goof around with my brother all the time.
I'm in no hurry to start my chores, I have all the time in the world.
The neighbor's dogs bark all the time, it's very annoying!
Her new film “Black Swan” is garnering all kinds of acclaim while Winona says her role is reminiscent of what happens in Tinseltown all the time.
Her new film “Black Swan” is garnering all kinds of acclaim while Winona says her role is reminiscent of what happens in Tinseltown all the time.
People who are emotionally expressive should feel comfortable doing that and people who are naturally reticent should not feel like failures because they're not yucking it up all the time.
Her new film “Black Swan” is garnering all kinds of acclaim while Winona says her role is reminiscent of what happens in Tinseltown all the time.
My neighbor's kids. As cute as they are, I know how aggravating it can be to shop with all four! I guess I have it easy after all :)
Don't be silly, we all have a good time together. Come on, Babe, you'll make a joke or two and relax with a couple of beers.
Are you kidding! I've been on my feet all day. All I want to do is go lie down on the bed.
But did you know my boss is dating the head of HR? What! That's so against company policy! Now I'm getting me all fired up. I think you should complain to the CEO.
Don't be silly, we all have a good time together. Come on, Babe, you'll make a joke or two and relax with a couple of beers.
Are you kidding! I've been on my feet all day. All I want to do is go lie down on the bed.
Don't be silly, we all have a good time together. Come on, Babe, you'll make a joke or two and relax with a couple of beers.
Are you kidding! I've been on my feet all day. All I want to do is go lie down on the bed.
So no one can make it. No worries, I'll postpone. Sounds like you all are free next weekend. Yes?
Twelve donuts are sitting in the box. It’s hard not to eat them all.
Alex: Really? I didn’t think your place would have such rude people. I don't think I'm cut out for this position after all. Thank you for your time, I will leave now.
Yum... a dozen fancy donuts. All twelve look good to me!
Am I ever happy we took our bags on the plane. Imagine waiting for our luggage to be unloaded with all those people at baggage claim!
You know, my bedroom isn't the only place that's gone to the dogs. Look at all the junk in our garage! Definitely no space for our car anymore.
I think you're amazing to put up with all the hubbub. Urban life seems so loud and busy. Yeah, it's hectic but I love the city.
Actually it's all fine except for the pounding of the piling rigs across the street. I admit, construction of the new building can be very annoying!
And remember last time how annoyed everyone got at us talking? I don't want people shushing us up all night.