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"A former separatist rebel has been sworn in as the first directly elected governor of Indonesia's Aceh province," reports the BBC. He won last...

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill Monday to expand his Solar Roofs initiative: My ‘Million Solar Roofs Plan’ will provide 3,000 megawatts of...

An ambitious plan for using renewable energy: Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski wants all the electricity used by state agencies to come...

217 years ago today, the Slave Trade Act of 1807 entered into force in Great Britain, abolishing the British participation in the Transatlantic Slave...

Here’s a stat most Californians have likely never heard: for every five gas stations in California, there’s now one electric vehicle fast charging station. 105,000...

467 years ago, Cuenca was founded in Ecuador, a city of such beauty that it has become known as the "Athens" of South America....

A 20-year restoration project on the island of Sicily has led to the reconstruction of a 26-foot (8-meter) tall statue of Atlas, the god...

California's Department of Health Care Services launched two free behavioral health digital services for all families with kids, teens, and young adults up to...

On this day 39 years ago, and in a charming little stint of political theater, the mayor of Rome, Ugo Vettere, and his counterpart...

239 years ago today, The Times of London published its first ever broadsheet. Originally founded as The Daily Universal Register, The Times used contributions from...

25 years ago today, comedian Jon Stewart took charge as the host of the satirical late-night talk show The Daily Show, on Comedy Central....

49 years ago today, Ella Grasso became the first woman to be elected to serve as a state governor in the US. A member...

119 years ago today, the National Association of Audubon Society, the nonprofit dedicated to wildlife conservation, was incorporated—and not a minute too soon. Americans...

On this day 375 years ago, perhaps the greatest physicist the world has known, Isaac Newton, was born. Widely recognized as one of the most influential scientists of all time, he invented his own calculus when he was 26 years old. An English mathematician, astronomer, and theologian, his book Principia, “Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy”, formulated our understanding of the mechanics of motion and gravity, which dominated scientists’ view of the physical universe for the next three centuries. This farmer’s son also built the first practical reflecting telescope, and made pathbreaking observations in optics, figuring out that white light is really made of multiple colors. WATCH a cool video... (1543)

18 years ago today, Stardust, the NASA spacecraft flew past the comet 81P/Wild and collected samples of rock and comet dust which were returned...

In a win for public health, pollinators, and the environment, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled this month in favor of farmworkers...

140 years ago today, Joseph Pilates, the German-American physical trainer who leant his last name to one of the most popular forms of exercise...

A sacred Native American headdress is set to be returned to its original owners, after being displayed in a UK museum for more than...

120 years ago today, Konrad Lorenz, the father of modern ethnology and Nobel laureate, was born in Vienna. In 2002, he was ranked as...

Last Wednesday, WBEZ (91.5 FM) reported that a civic leader of St. Louis visited the Chicago Mayor's Office to discuss a program whereby migrants...