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No man's land is waste or unowned land or an uninhabited or desolate area that may be under dispute between parties who leave it unoccupied out of fear or uncertainty. The term was originally used to define a contested territory or a dumping ground for refuse between fiefdoms. [1]
The man was found naked on a farm and claims to be an exile from a galaxy-wide civilization. No one on Earth has heard of such a civilization, though records, likely myths, indicate that some ships attempted to cross interstellar space millennia before. Ishrail is declared insane and Davi recognizes the exquisite cruelty of the people who ...
This image makes the Paranal Observatory's laser guide stars' meeting point feel closer than it really is. In reality, the beams extend to an infinite distance. Forced perspective is a technique that employs optical illusion to make an object appear farther away, closer, larger or smaller than it actually is.
One of the astronauts stranded on the International Space Station since last June explained in a new interview that she is struggling to remember what it feels like to walk and lie down.
Charles Person, the youngest member of the original Freedom Riders who faced racial violence to challenge segregation in interstate travel, died Jan. 8 in Fayetteville, Georgia.
Boo hags are an African-American folklore legend of the Gullah culture telling of evil souls who stay behind after death and become skinless, vampire-like witches who take other people's skin for a "ride". The Brown Lady of Raynham Hall is a folklore legend that describes a ghost that reportedly haunts Raynham Hall in Norfolk, England.
A 91-year-old man, whose longtime home burned down in the ongoing fires in Los Angeles, is grieving the loss — but looking forward.. Dale Short got emotional as he reacted to the news that his ...
Two years after he came home from his second combat tour, Tremillo is still haunted by images of the women and children he saw suffer from the violence and destruction of war in Afghanistan. “Terrible things happened to the people we are supposed to be helping,” he said. “We’d do raids, going in people’s homes and people would get ...