"Knowledge is power," said philosopher Francis Bacon, and nowhere is that more relevant than when it comes to heart surgery.

For decades, Elizebeth Smith Friedman worked in near-total secrecy, cracking codes that shaped the outcome of two world wars.

Many of Plutarch’s essays also have a practical focus that can seem very timely in our social media age. He writes about how ...

​Thomas Jefferson, a superb wordsmith, was the primary author and drafter of the Declaration of Independence rather than the document’s sole author and drafter.

The actor is temporarily becoming "Kevin Bean" to encourage people to swap meat for beans one day a week as part of a new animal welfare campaign Kevin Bacon is putting a new spin on his last name.

Since his meteoric rise to fame in the 1984 movie “Footloose,” fans have known actor Kevin Bacon as, well, Kevin Bacon. Not any more. The veteran star of film and television has decided to turn over a ...

Quote of the day are often phrases that survive for centuries because they continue to speak to questions people still wrestle with. One such observation comes from Scottish philosopher David Hume, ...

Quote of the Day by the Father of Empiricism Francis Bacon: 'If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts....'- Online Library of Liberty People often believe confidence is a sign of ...

Tom Francis, best known for appearing opposite Nicole Scherzinger in Jamie Lloyd’s unconventional revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Sunset Boulevard,” may be ordering his martinis shaken, not stirred.

Kraken president Ron Francis and the team have mutually agreed he will step down from his position upon next week’s conclusion of the regular season, ending a nearly seven-year executive run by the ...

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