Jessica's motivation was to inspire little girls everywhere to see themselves setting a Guinness World Records title.

A new study reveals that Srinivasa Ramanujan’s century-old formulas for calculating pi unexpectedly emerge within modern theories of critical phenomena, turbulence, and black holes. In school, many of ...

One of the greatest public-health achievements of recent decades has been driving down child mortality around the world. Now, that long-running decline is reversing. The number of deaths of children ...

Abstract: The feeder pipes in a pressurized heavy water reactor (PHWR) suffer from flow-assisted corrosion (FAC), which makes the wall thickness of the pipes thin. This effect is a well-known ...

Objectives Neck circumference has emerged as a predictor of obesity and metabolic syndrome, but its clinical usefulness for different groups of population is not clearly defined. The aim is to ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...

Abstract: Wood utility poles are central to many electrical distribution networks, yet there have been no published studies to determine what operational characteristics of utility poles are ...

Aims: This study aimed to explore the relationship between mid-upper arm circumference and perceived stress in Chinese adults and older adults. Methods: The present study employed cross-sectional data ...

Nov. 20 (UPI) --A New York woman's afro was certified as the world's largest -- measuring 6 feet, 2.87 inches in circumference -- and she was officially crowned by her predecessor. Aevin Dugas, who ...