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Teen Decodes Ancient Egyptian Father's Lessons

Michael Hoffen is a new author, and like him, the central character of his book is a teenager. But there’s quite an age gap between them—about ...

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The Hidden Rhythm of Cicadas

Every 13- or 17-years a remarkable event of nature happens - cicadas emerge from more than a decade underground. How do they keep track of time? This ...

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Hero Who Prevented Nuclear Disaster Dies of Cancer

The ex-head of Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, Masao Yoshida, 58, died at a Tokyo hospital of esophageal cancer on July 9, 2013.

When the ...

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The Holocaust Started with Words, not Actions

As a prisoner in Nazi death camps during World War II, Lily Engelman vowed that—if she survived—she would one day bear witness to the systematic ...

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Black Bear Breaks into a Zoo

A black bear broke into the Knoxville Zoo in Tennessee. NBC News reported the following story: "A neighbor called the Knoxville Zoo late Monday night ...

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