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Percy Bysshe Shelley: Fragment: To Byron
by Percy Bysshe Shelley SonnetFragment: Apostrophe to SilenceFragment: To Byron Published by Dr. Garnett, "Relics of Shelley", 1862. O mighty mind, in whose deep stream this age Shakes…The Devil's Dictionary: Brandy
by Ambrose Bierce BRAINBRIDEBRANDY -n. A cordial composed of one part thunder-and-lightning, one part remorse, two parts bloody murder, one part death-hell-and-the- grave and four parts…The Devil's Dictionary: Damn
by Ambrose Bierce DANCEDAMN -v A word formerly much used by the Paphlagonians, the meaning of which is lost. By the learned Dr. Dolabelly Gak it is believed to have been a term of…Ellen Ochoa Biography
Ellen OchoaAstronautBorn: 5/10/1958Birthplace: Los Angeles, California Astronaut Ellen Ochoa first left Earth in July 1991 and became the world's first Hispanic female astronaut. A mission…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: To The Beautiful Miss Eliza J-N
by Robert Burns To Dr. MaxwellOn ChlorisTo The Beautiful Miss Eliza J-N On her Principles of Liberty and Equality. How, Liberty! girl, can it be by thee nam'd? Equality…Arthur Galston Biography
Agent Orange researcherDied: June 15, 2008Best Known as: plant biologist whose research led to the creation of Agent Orange Deathplace: Hamden,…Hwang Woo-suk, 2006 News
South Korean scientist, suffered a stunning blow when former colleagues and a group of young scientists made a series of disclosures that undermined the advances Hwang had claimed to have…Percy Bysshe Shelley: Fragment: To Italy
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Fragment: A Tale UntoldFragment: Wine of the FairiesFragment: To Italy Published by Dr. Garnett, "Relics of Shelley", 1862. As the sunrise to the night, As the…The Devil's Dictionary: Leviathan
by Ambrose Bierce LETTUCELEXICOGRAPHERLEVIATHAN -n. An enormous aquatic animal mentioned by Job. Some suppose it to have been the whale, but that distinguished ichthyologer, Dr. Jordan, of…Should We Play God?
Because the same procedure used to make a carbon copy of the sheep is also theoretically applicable to cloning human beings, many ethical and philosophical questions have been raised. The…