The Bikini Atoll is a now uninhabited atoll within the Marshall Islands. Between 1946 and 1958, the United States military conducted more than 20 nuclear weapons tests on and around ...

Jonathan Haidt is a social psychologist who currently teaches psychology at the University of Virginia. His research and writings involve the concepts of emotion and morality, and he studies the ...

The trailer for the animated Pixar film Toy Story 3 was unveiled on the Internet, a year before the movie's release.

Book publishing is the process of printing and distributing books. Book publishing was born in 1455 when Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press. Although books were around for centuries before ...

Salam Fayyad is the current prime minister of the government of the Palestinian National Authority in the West Bank.BBC: Profile: Salam Fayyad (June 17, 2007)

Some of the best home businesses are the ones people have created themselves – not the ones in the gimmicky ads or the one your friend is promoting. The secret of ...

The New York City neighborhood known as Harlem lies between the East and Hudson Rivers. First settled by Dutch immigrants in 1637, Harlem became an enclave for African-Americans beginning ...

The history of Iran dates back to the 8th century BC. During its long and tumultuous existence, the country was at times a highly organized, flourishing society, and at times ...