Tsunamis are big news for the last few days and there may be an ancient reason along with a current one.  A group of researchers are saying a tsunami likely destroyed the fabled lost city of…

"Ferris Bueller's Day Off" is a pretty good movie until, like with many movies, the final third, where it becomes alarmingly like an indie coming-of-age movie that will wash over film festivals again…

Everyone's heard of the Darwin Awards, right? It's where some poor soul dies in such a monumentally stupid way that it can be considered that they have done the human gene pool a great favour by…

ABBOTT PARK, Illinois, March 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Abbott , through its philanthropic foundation the Abbott Fund, is providing $3 million (245 million yen) to support immediate relief efforts in…

Bananas in their natural state have up to a hundred seeds but all commercial varieties that you see in stores are seedless.   Making seedless varieties made bananas wildly popular, which was…

TOKYO, March 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., and its parent company, Otsuka Holdings Co., Ltd., announced today that the European Commission (EC) has granted marketing…

RESTON, Virginia, March 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- comScore, Inc. , a leader in measuring the digital world, today announced the global launch of comScore Digital Analytix(TM), an evolutionary solution…

Low temperatures in the Arctic 'ozone layer' have recently initiated massive ozone depletion, which means the Arctic could experience a record loss of this trace gas that protects the Earth's surface…

LONDON, March 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- According to industry experts at NASSCOM 2011, the recession in the IT outsourcing industry is over. The industry is expecting growth in IT outsourcing to…

Earthquakes are big news due to the devastating 8.9 magnitude earthquake that struck Japan on Friday.   As a result, some are curious about the worst earthquakes and resulting tsunamis we know…