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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…

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…