The British Singer-Songwriter Amy Winehouse failed to attend her own birthday party on September 14, 2008. Winehouse said she looked "ugly" and refused to go out even as her friends ...

Dr. Xiang Xhang is a scientist at the University of California at Berkeley. Dr. Xhang and his colleagues developed metamaterials that have unusual light-bending abilities. The scientists say that with ...

Minnesota congresswoman Michele Bachmann taped an advertisement to be aired on October 24, 2008, apologizing for calling Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama anti-American. Bachmann appeared on Hardball with Chris Matthews ...

On June 23, 2008, New York Senate Leader Joseph L. Bruno announced that he would not run for re-election in November. Bruno was elected to the Senate in 1976 and ...

The Mauthner (M-)cell of teleost fish, first identified by the Viennese ophthalmologist Ludwig Mauthner, and its associated neural circuit mediates an escape response called the C-start or C-startle ...

Franz Schubert was an Austrian composer during the late Classical and early Romantic period. He composed over 600 songs, as well as hundreds of symphonies, sonatas, string quartets, and operas.

At the 2008 Democratic Convention, Michelle Obama's speech was preceded by a biographical video titled South Side Girl. The video began with Mrs. Obama speaking about her father's ...

Angstro is a web service that will collect and organize business news about any friends or colleagues in a user's social networks. Supported services include LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter ...