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Canadian musician and author Leonard Cohen in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 1976.

An illustration depicting the brain-spine interface: a microarray of electrode on a primate brain, a pulse generator and spinal implant composed of 16 electrodes.

Scientists show that a wireless link between the brain and the spinal cord can help paralyzed monkeys regain control of their legs.

Homemade fruit jam in the jar, jelly, preserves

Just how many ways can fruit be spread?

Agnes with a lamb near her feet. St. Agnes (Saint Agnes) design drawing for stained glass window by J&R Lamb Studios, ink, mount size 10.5 x 14.5 in.

“All you holy men and women pray for us.”

President-elect Donald Trump shakes hands with Vice President-elect Mike Pence as he gives his acceptance speech during his election night rally

On November 8, 2016, Republican Donald Trump surprised pundits and pollsters by defeating Democrat Hillary Clinton in the U.S. presidential election.

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The court-martial of Alfred Dreyfus, illustration from Le Petit Journal, December 1894.

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Political crisis, beginning in 1894 and continuing through 1906, in France during the Third Republic. The controversy centred on the question...

Steve Buscemi in Boardwalk Empire

Behind the Scenes: 9 Infamous Mobsters of the Real Boardwalk Empire

Coffee. Coffea. Caffeine. Coffee berries on a branch.

Francis Ford Coppola

Francis Ford Coppola won the Oscar for best director for The Godfather: Part II (1974).

Paramount; The Kobal Collection

American motion-picture director, writer, and producer whose films range from sweeping epics to small-scale character studies. As the director...

Edgar Allan Poe, American poet, short story writer, editor and critic c1909. Poe (1809-1849) was one of the leaders of the American Romantic Movement. Edgar Allen Poe

The Works of Edgar Allan Poe

golf. Competitive and cheating golfer wears golf gloves on golf club greens and prepares golf ball for lucky hole in one. Unsportsmanlike, sports, cheater

7 Unsportsmanlike Sportsmen

Aphrodite was the ancient Greek goddess of love, beauty, and fertility.

12 Greek Gods and Goddesses

Asparagus.

A Serving of Asparagus: Fact or Fiction?

Tollund Man

9 Noteworthy Bog Bodies (and what they tell us)

Banana fruit peel. (peeling)

Top Banana: Fact or Fiction?

Bilby (Macrotis lagotis) in the Simpson Desert, Queensland, Australia.

Minden Pictures/SuperStock

Macrotis lagotis small, burrowing, nocturnal, long-eared marsupial belonging to the family Thylacomyidae (order Peramelemorphia) and native...

“The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.”

Anthropocene Epoch

A simulated night-time image of the world during the Anthropocene Epoch, an informal geologic time interval characterized by the substantial influence humans over many of Earth’s natural processes, showing the extent of artificial lighting across Earth’s surface.

Visible Earth/Data courtesy Marc Imhoff of NASA GSFC and Christopher Elvidge of NOAA NGDC; image by Craig Mayhew and Robert Simmon, NASA GSFC. (1438/earth_lights)

Unofficial geologic time interval characterized as when humanity began to substantially alter Earth's surface.

Advocacy for Animals

Action Alert from the National Anti-Vivisection Society

With the presidential election behind us, it is time for the current Congress to get back to work to consider legislation introduced in 2015 and 2016 before the session is over.

Alain Elkann Interviews

Alain has been writing a weekly interview column for the Italian newspaper La Stampa since 1989. His interviews celebrate some of the best known and successful personalities of the present day.

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