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Is water a good electrical conductor? Most of us would say yes, but the answer is not so straightforward. Standing in it while in contact with electricity is not a good idea, but the truth is that this is not due to the water, but more so what is in it.

The fossil record clearly shows a line of evolution from a dog like, land-dwelling creature called Pakicetus to transitionary animals like Ambulocetus and Rodhocetus that showed…

Thomas Harvey, the pathologist on call at the time of Albert Einstein’s death, stole Einstein’s brain, later promising to share it with the scientific community for the sole purpose of scientific study. Harvey stole the brain despite Einstein’s wishes to be cremated and was fired from Princeton Hospital for refusing to return it.

Adolf Hitler’s decision to take on the world and instigate World War II cost the lives of millions of people over the six-year period. He wanted Germany to be leading figure on Earth, but he soon met his match…

Nowadays, with the multitude of threats that exist in this world, airport security is extremely robust, stringent and diligent. You’d never find anyone waltzing onto a plane with anything remotely dangerous anymore, which provides reassurance…

Mother Nature is always unpredictable, and in some corners of the Earth, extremely unforgiving too. Some places in this world experience horrendous hurricanes or catastrophic earthquakes…

In a Nutshell When tragedy strikes and mass lives are at stake, there’s often a fine line between keeping yourself out of danger and saving other human beings. But, one man in Bangladesh completely ignored his own safety, in a...

Enrolling into the military is patriotism at the highest level, but dying in combat is the ultimate sacrifice for your country. Back in 1944, Lieutenant John Robert Fox and his tight-knit squad were facing enemy fire…

On April 6, 1945, deep into the second World War, a German navy submarine titled U-1206 departed from a port on the coast of Norway. The mission was plain and simple for the 50-strong crew – search…

The Chamizal dispute is a forgotten border conflict between the United States and Mexico concerning 600 acres of land. The dispute lasted about a century and almost caused the assassination of President Taft and Mexico’s President Porfirio Díaz in 1909. The century-long dispute held a lot of twists and turns for both the United States and Mexico.