The WWI Battle of Verdun began on 21 February 1916 and lasted 300 days. It was the longest battle of the conflict and an estimated 800,000 men were killed, wounded or went missing.
The WWI Battle of Verdun began on 21 February 1916 and lasted 300 days. It was the longest battle of the conflict and an estimated 800,000 men were killed, wounded or went missing.
Astronomers estimate that average temperatures on Gliese 581g's star side would be about 71°C and average temperatures on the other much chillier: -34°C.
The Russian famine of 1921 began in early spring and lasted through 1922. It killed an estimated 6 million, primarily affecting the Volga and Ural River regions.
Our world faces an uncertain future, a future that concedes many different species or life forms. Scientists estimate that one fourth of all the world's plants and animals could be extinct in just fifty years.
China is experiencing piano frenzy with an estimated 40m children now learning to play. The instrument is increasingly in vogue among the burgeoning middle classes, who have the money to splurge on the expensive fixtures.
China is experiencing piano frenzy with an estimated 40m children now learning to play. The instrument is increasingly in vogue among the burgeoning middle classes, who have the money to splurge on the expensive fixtures.
China is experiencing piano frenzy with an estimated 40m children now learning to play. The instrument is increasingly in vogue among the burgeoning middle classes, who have the money to splurge on the expensive fixtures.
China is experiencing piano frenzy with an estimated 40m children now learning to play. The instrument is increasingly in vogue among the burgeoning middle classes, who have the money to splurge on the expensive fixtures.
China is experiencing piano frenzy with an estimated 40m children now learning to play. The instrument is increasingly in vogue among the burgeoning middle classes, who have the money to splurge on the expensive fixtures.
Our world faces an uncertain future, a future that concedes many different species or life forms. Scientists estimate that one fourth of all the world's plants and animals could be extinct in just fifty years.
Ransoms are fueling militants' clout in West Africa. One faction that has seized northern Mali is estimated to have amassed as much as $90 million over a decade from Western countries seeking the release of their citizens.
Ransoms are fueling militants' clout in West Africa. One faction that has seized northern Mali is estimated to have amassed as much as $90 million over a decade from Western countries seeking the release of their citizens.
Ransoms are fueling militants' clout in West Africa. One faction that has seized northern Mali is estimated to have amassed as much as $90 million over a decade from Western countries seeking the release of their citizens.
A baby boy was born from a 20-year-old frozen embryo. With an estimated one million leftover embryos in America, the question of what to do with them poses a big problem to ethicists.
In the Westfield Stratford City Mall in London, tiles produced by Pavegen Systems are designed to collect the kinetic energy created by the estimated 40 million pedestrians who will use that walkway in a year.
The fastest street legal car in the world with a blistering top speed of 256.18 mph (412.28 km/h), it is estimated that only 25 of this exact model will ever be produced.
The global population is now or soon will be 7 billion, and media around the world are scrambling to anoint the seven billionth, conflating an estimate with an exact count.
Sea explorers announced the discovery of a new sunken treasure. In 1917, a German torpedo sank the vessel and its cargo of an estimated 20 tons of silver... more than a mile down.
The global population is now or soon will be 7 billion, and media around the world are scrambling to anoint the seven billionth, conflating an estimate with an exact count.
Sea explorers announced the discovery of a new sunken treasure. In 1917, a German torpedo sank the vessel and its cargo of an estimated 20 tons of silver... more than a mile down.
Mosquitoes carry diseases like yellow fever, dengue fever, West Nile virus and malaria. In Africa they are estimated to have infected 700 million people.