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Petra Andalee and Calder Pillay get caught up in an international art theft and use a series of unrelated coincidences, puzzles and patterns of twelve to solve the crime.

In 1966, the scrolls that Joseph Smith used to produce the Book of Abraham were uncovered in a New York museum. These scrolls contain the Breathing Permit of Hor.

Around five hundred and eighteen years before the birth of Jesus, Darius I, perhaps the greatest of all the Achaemenid kings, founded the Persian city of Persepolis.

Students at the University of Chicago and the University of Iowa are assisting Iranian protesters in getting their stories out to the world.

A new study cites TV in India as liberating for women housewives in rural areas.

What is the best university in the world? One clue lies in the THES's annual ranking of the world's best universities. Here's the 2007 top ten for all subjects.

A brief biography of Robert A. Millikan, who won the 1923 Nobel prize in physics for his famous Millikan oil drop experiment.

Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town was Leacock's best known work but his most financially rewarding effort was a text book which became a university standard for 20 years

In "The Arts and the Creation of Mind", Eisner discusses why Arts Education is important to the wider curriculum.

Brief biography and works of American novelist Philip Roth.

What is the best university in the world? Each year the Higher (formerly the THES or Times Higher) publishes a list claiming to identify the world's best universities.

To help students decide on a masters of business administration program, BusinessWeek magazine ranks full time and part time MBA programs. Here are their 2009 rankings.

Barack Obama was elected to be the next President of the United States on November 4 2008. But who is Barack Obama?

Recent brain research at the University of Chicago leads to a conclusion that bullies empathize with their victims, but not in a socially healthy way.

Clark gives a fascinating, yet heart-warming first-person account of what children in the United States really believe about the tooth fairy, Santa, and the Easter Bunny.

Stress, lack of sleep, and even dieting can cause a person to have overeating habits. These habits lead to weight gain in patients.

Never reaching the celebrity of Hunter S. Thompson, Kurt Vonnegut remains one of America's great writers.

A closer look at the American illustrator and artist, Leroy Neiman, perhaps best known for his work in Playboy magazine.

Architectural Record's 6th annual Innovation Conference in NYC, with the theme of Net Zero energy buildings, will be a showcase of sustainable design.

Three years after the looting of the Iraqi Museum in Baghdad, the FBI has little to show on their website.

By the time Augustus came into power, the Romans had forgotten which god this festival honored. Highly practical people, the Romans invented a new god to explain it.

Two young college students write "Twitterature: Classic Literature in Twenty Tweets or Less" to recreate classic literature in a micro-novel format.

It is important to study facts in order to vote for the best possible presidential choice. For over 6.2 million American educators in public schools: Who is it?

Capricorns are the high achievers of the zodiac. Michelle Obama is a perfect example of her astrological sign.

Being an athlete or a sports fan changes the neural networks in the brain and improves language skills, according to new research from the University of Chicago.

Florence Price was the first African-American woman to have her symphonic compositions performed by a major American orchestra.

Consider free online social networking clubs, volunteering and professional meetings as networking group.

Oberleutanant Adolph Hofrichter, in an attempt to gain promotion, set out to murder ten officers ahead of him for an appointment to the General Staff Academy in 1909.

Mankind's greatest atomic power was harnessed through the invention of the nuclear reactor by two physicists, Enrico Fermi and Leo Szilard.

Milton Friedman considered himself a Libertarian who backed the Republican party of Ronald Regan for lowering taxes and reducing government regulation.

According to U.S. News & World Report, Harvard and Princeton are the best national universities, while Amherst and Williams are the top liberal arts colleges.

Visit a planetarium or observatory in Wisconsin and learn more about astronomy.

In our never-ending quest for better health, there is something you can do that benefits both your body and your world. Organic gardening will lead to a healthier you!

A drug used to treat drug addicts and alcoholics with their addictions appears to help women stop smoking. It's cheap, relatively safe, and it may help save your life.

On his way to fulfill his destiny, young Perseus saves a beautiful maiden from the wrath of Poseidon.

Ben Folds enlists the assistance of some of the country's top college a capella groups to create new interpretations of his catalog.

Carl Sagan (1934-1996) is probably best known for hosting the TV series Cosmos, but the famous scientist had a rich, lifelong career of popularizing science.

In a tight credit market, lenders and investors want to see verifiable information in a business plan's analysis. When seeking financing or investors, show the facts!

New medicine will reduce the diabetes of obese people. But the cost of diabetes treatment will keep rising.

Echo and Narcissus were desperately in love. Echo, with the handsome young Greek, and Narcissus, with his own reflection.

You must consider several criteria when choosing the best cancer hospital for you or your loved one.

The Frailejones are tall daisy-like plants with distinctive lifeforms, found in the high altitude grasslands of north-western South America. Their habitat is threatened.

In the past, museums used to be some of the most important centers for research in the world. These same museums would then utilize their new research in their exhibits,

A recent study has analyzed over 12,000 reports of HPV vaccine side effects. Researchers have identified a higher-than-expected incidence of some adverse events.

A recently published study finds that patients in the U.S. have better management of their hypertension than patients in Europe.

Just before St. Patrick's Day, Father Greeley offers readers another dose of the charming "Irish Tiger," Nuala Anne McGrail and her family.

Jason was a Greek hero celebrated for retrieving the Golden Fleece with his crew, the Argonauts, along with some divine intervention, and the help of a woman in love.

This April marked the second anniversary of the death of Kurt Vonnegut, humorist, satirist, novelist, and artist.

Brief biography and work of American writer Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., best-known for Slaughterhouse-Five.

The idea of liminality, or inhabiting two worlds, permeates mythology and modern literature, particularly in genre fiction.