In his decades of leadership, Jackson introduced a “Prairiebilly” vocabulary that was hatched while growing up on Kansas ...

In an age where typing a few words into a search bar seems more efficient than asking another human being a question, we’re faced with a peculiar dilemma: has Google become the new oracle? The ...

“Prairie Prophecy” is “about the life and life’s work of Wes Jackson,” according to the Stiefel Theatre website. “He deserves a movie,” said Sallaway, who wonders if Jackson shares DNA with Albert ...

Charlie Chaplin was the only person to receive a 12-minute standing ovation at the Academy Awards in 1972, the longest in the ...

On his first and only visit to Japan, in the late fall of 1922, Albert Einstein ... won praise from Einstein, who was a thoroughgoing skeptic about all forms of received wisdom, from biblical ...

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Prince Albert (full name Prince Franz August Karl Albert Emanuel) was born on the 26 August 1819, the younger son of Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (later Saxe-Coburg-Gotha) and Duchess Louise ...