Get ready for the onslaught of endless summer movies with this quick guide to what's coming out and when. Look for the box of popcorn icon next to movies that are kid friendly.
By Jennie Wood…
Fascinating but Deadly Sharks, snakes, sea wasps, and blue-ringed octopuses by David Johnson SharksSharks are one of nature’s most perfect hunting machines. But despite publicity, shark…
Negro League BaseballHistory and key players in baseball's gone—but not forgotten—league
by Michael Morrison Have you ever heard of Oscar Charleston? He's recognized by some as one of…
WHO BUILT MEGALITHIC MONUMENTS? WHAT WERE STONE CIRCLES USED FOR? CHAMBER TOMBSFIND OUT MOREBetween c. 3200 BC and 1500 BC, peoples in northwest Europe began to build monuments from massive…
A Not-So-Traditional Thanksgiving Part 2: Voice of Native Americans by Neil Miller The campaign to make a regional holiday into a national celebration was realized on October 3, 1863, when…
The World's Most Notorious Despots by Borgna Brunner Top Ten Despots TamerlaneIvan the TerribleRobespierreJoseph StalinAdolph HitlerMao ZedongFrancois DuvalierNicolae…
(Encyclopedia) Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), civil-rights organization founded (1942) in Chicago by James Farmer. Dedicated to the use of nonviolent direct action, CORE initially sought to…
(Encyclopedia) falcon, common name for members of the Falconidae, a heterogeneous family of long-winged birds of prey similar to the hawks but genetically more closely related to the parrots and…
