In 1921, accompanied by her two daughters, Marie Curie made a triumphant journey to the United States to raise funds for research on radium. Women there presented her with a gram of radium for her campaign.
A seven-foot evergreen will bear 350,000 needles, more or less. The Christmas tree industry is funding research to make sure that precious few end up on the floor, by cultivating a tree with perfect needle retention.
Serious allegations of fraud directed at the theater company producing the Pakistani version of Sesame Street has prompted the U.S. to withdraw millions of dollars in funding to the children's TV show.
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is a gigantic scientific instrument used by physicists to study the smallest known particles – the fundamental building blocks of all things.
Most awful about being here, is to have life and then freedom taken away. The first loss is fundamental, horrible, and irretrievable. The second loss might seem for us now an inconvenience, and trivial, but it is pernicious.
Most awful about being here, is to have life and then freedom taken away. The first loss is fundamental, horrible, and irretrievable. The second loss might seem for us now an inconvenience, and trivial, but it is pernicious.
Most awful about being here, is to have life and then freedom taken away. The first loss is fundamental, horrible, and irretrievable. The second loss might seem for us now an inconvenience, and trivial, but it is pernicious.
Most awful about being here, is to have life and then freedom taken away. The first loss is fundamental, horrible, and irretrievable. The second loss might seem for us now an inconvenience, and trivial, but it is pernicious.
A seven-foot evergreen will bear 350,000 needles, more or less. The Christmas tree industry is funding research to make sure that precious few end up on the floor, by cultivating a tree with perfect needle retention.
A seven-foot evergreen will bear 350,000 needles, more or less. The Christmas tree industry is funding research to make sure that precious few end up on the floor, by cultivating a tree with perfect needle retention.
A seven-foot evergreen will bear 350,000 needles, more or less. The Christmas tree industry is funding research to make sure that precious few end up on the floor, by cultivating a tree with perfect needle retention.
An Indiana museum has to sell a long-lost Picasso found in storage because it would cost too much to insure. If there is a silver lining, it's that after the sale, the museum will have plenty of funds for new works.
"One Paleontologist's Quest to Activate Atavistic Genes" lesson uses fundamentals of protein synthesis as a context for evaluating whether expert, Jack Horner, will be able to "create" a live dinosaur in the lab.
An Indiana museum has to sell a long-lost Picasso found in storage because it would cost too much to insure. If there is a silver lining, it's that after the sale, the museum will have plenty of funds for new works.
Under the auspices of the Public Art Fund, Japanese artist Tatzu Nishi has built a well-appointed penthouse around the 13-foot-high marble sculpture of Columbus that presides over Columbus Circle.
Under the auspices of the Public Art Fund, Japanese artist Tatzu Nishi has built a well-appointed penthouse around the 13-foot-high marble sculpture of Columbus that presides over Columbus Circle.
Under the auspices of the Public Art Fund, Japanese artist Tatzu Nishi has built a well-appointed penthouse around the 13-foot-high marble sculpture of Columbus that presides over Columbus Circle.
There is also the question of how medical studies are funded. "The morehomogeneous the group, the more rapidly you can explore the question you're asking," explains Doctor Jo Wainer.
There is also the question of how medical studies are funded. "The morehomogeneous the group, the more rapidly you can explore the question you're asking," explains Doctor Jo Wainer.
Using your cell may seem like an innocuous act, but research has shown that, by fulfilling the fundamental need to connect with others, it naturally reduces our inclination to feel empathy or engage in helping behavior.
Using your cell may seem like an innocuous act, but research has shown that, by fulfilling the fundamental need to connect with others, it naturally reduces our inclination to feel empathy or engage in helping behavior.
Breaking another contemporary art auction record, hedge fund billionaire Steven A. Cohen privately scooped up a de Kooning “Woman” painting for roughly $137.5 million.
A harried park system, pressured by federal funding cuts and urban development, now faces hungry bears. Heat and dryness is killing the core of the bears' diet, making them desperate.
A harried park system, pressured by federal funding cuts and urban development, now faces hungry bears. Heat and dryness is killing the core of the bears' diet, making them desperate.
The recent arrest of International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn for sexual assault has prompted other hotel maids to share stories of sexual harassment.
The recent arrest of International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn for sexual assault has prompted other hotel maids to share stories of sexual harassment.