A cultural analyst and political activist, Barbara Ehrenreich is arguably one of the most astute, acerbic and witty critics in the United States. She belongs to the generation of feminists who came to maturity in the 1960s as student dissi...

Charlotte Anna Perkins Gilman (1860-1935) was a writer and lecturer who tried to create a cohesive body of historical and social thought that combined feminism and socialism. Charlotte Perkins was born on July 3, 1860, in Hartford, Connect...

Byzantine or Russian emperor. The title, derived from caesar, was used in the Middle Ages to refer to a supreme ruler, particularly the Byzantine emperor. With the fall of the Byzantine Empire in 1453, the Russian monarch became the only r...

Save The Last Dance is a 2001 film that parallels Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet play, set in the suburbs of Chicago. Directed by Thomas Carter Contents 1 Sara Johnson 2 Derek Reynolds 3 Chenille Reynolds 4 Dialogue 5 Cast 6 External links...

Egypt is the most populous country in the Middle East and the second-most populous on the African continent. Nearly 100% of the country's 78,887,007 (2006 est.) people live in three major regions of the country: Cairo and Alexandria and els...

Sleep debt is the cumulative effect of not getting enough sleep. A large sleep debt, for example, would suggest that a person is mentally or physically fatigued due to insufficient sleep. There is debate in the scientific community over the...

Tom Stoppard, a leading figure of the British theater since the mid 1960s, ranks as a dramatist of brilliant and original comic genius. His first major success established him as a master of philosophical farce, combining dazzling theatric...

(born June 6, 1944, Clarksville, Texas, U.S.) American sprinter who held the world record for the 200-metre dash with turn (1966–71), his best time being 19.83 sec—the first time that the distance was run in less than 20 sec. H...

Brain freeze, cold headache, ice cream headache, shakeache, frigid face, freezie, Frozen Brain Syndrome, cold-stimulus headache, or its given scientific name sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia are terms used to describe a form of cranial pain ...

Cleopatra (69-30 BC) was the last of the Ptolemaic rulers of Egypt. She was notorious in antiquity and has been romanticized in modern times as the lover of Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. Third daughter of Ptolemy XII Auletes, Cleopatra VI...

Generally recognized as one of the best essayists of the twentieth century, E. B. White was also a major force in the success of The New Torker magazine, a writer of some of the best children's stories of our time, an inspiring advocate of...

Meramec Caverns is a 26 mile cavern system in the Ozarks of Missouri, USA. It was formed from large limestone deposits over millions of years. Pre-Columbian Native American artifacts have been found in the caverns. Currently the caverns are...

The development of effective pharmacological treatments for alcohol and drug abuse depends on our understanding of the biological mechanisms that start and maintain these behaviors. Studies in animals and humans have confirmed that SEROTON...

Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf (born October 29, 1938) is the current president of Liberia, Africa's first elected female head of state and Liberia's first elected female president.The Liberian elections commission announced her victory on November ...

The biological basis of sexual orientation (heterosexuality, homosexuality, or bisexuality) has long been a topic of controversy in both science and society. A growing body of research supports the view that genetics and the environment wo...

Christopher Johnson McCandless (February 12, 1968 – 18 August 1992) was an American wanderer who died near Denali National Park after hiking alone into the Alaskan wilderness with little food or equipment. Author Jon Krakauer wrote a book...

Riding Giants is a 2004 documentary film directed and narrated by Stacy Peralta, a famous skater/surfer who helped to define modern skateboarding. The movie traces the origins of surfing and specifically focuses on the art of big wave ridin...

one of the five boroughs of New York City, southwestern Long Island, southeastern New York, U.S., coextensive with Kings county. It is separated from Manhattan by the East River and is bordered by the Upper and Lower New York bays (west),...

Raimond Gaita (born 1946) is Professor of Philosophy at the Australian Catholic University and Professor of Moral Philosophy at King's College London. He attended Melbourne High School in Victoria. He is married to Yael Gaita, who is a teac...