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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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…