In 2011 almost 9.5 million people were affected by severe drought. So few people dreamt that beneath the sun-scorched, cracked earth was enough water to supply the entire country of 41.6 million people for 70 years.
Under extreme heat conditions, the body's organs begin to shut down. The brain, too, is affected by reduced blood flow. That's why people in the throes of heat illness begin to make poor, often life-threatening decisions.
Marie Curie's contribution to physics was immense, not only in her own work, the importance of which was demonstrated by her Nobel Prizes, but because of her influence on future generations of nuclear physicists and chemists.
Russia has agreed to build a nuclear power plant in Venezuela, part of its efforts to expand its global clout and counter U.S. influence in Latin America.
How you move can give away a lot. Maybe too much, if the wrong person is watching. We think, for instance, that the way we walk can influence the likelihood of an attack by a stranger.
How you move can give away a lot. Maybe too much, if the wrong person is watching. We think, for instance, that the way we walk can influence the likelihood of an attack by a stranger.
How you move can give away a lot. Maybe too much, if the wrong person is watching. We think, for instance, that the way we walk can influence the likelihood of an attack by a stranger.
How you move can give away a lot. Maybe too much, if the wrong person is watching. We think, for instance, that the way we walk can influence the likelihood of an attack by a stranger.
How you move gives a lot away. Maybe too much, if the wrong person is watching. We think, for instance, that the way people walk can influence the likelihood of an attack by a stranger.
New features could unleash a torrent of updates about what you and your Facebook friends are doing which, in turn companies hope, will influence what you consume.
Spellbound before his own portrait, Dorian Gray utters a fateful wish. In exchange for eternal youth he gives his soul, to be corrupted by the malign influence of his mentor, the aesthete and hedonist Lord Henry Wotton.
Martin Luther King's summer spent working on a tobacco farm in Connecticut helped influence him to become a minister and to heighten his resentment of segregation.
Martin Luther King's summer spent working on a tobacco farm in Connecticut helped influence him to become a minister and to heighten his resentment of segregation.
Like wine, cacao flavor is influenced by the region where it's grown, inspiring researchers to catalog Peru's "cacao varietals," and identify the beans that chocolate lovers covet.
Like wine, cacao flavor is influenced by the region where it's grown, inspiring researchers to catalog Peru's "cacao varietals," and identify the beans that chocolate lovers covet.