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DALLAS (AP) — Dr. Alfred Gilman, a 1994 Nobel Prize-winning scientist and former dean of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, has died after a lengthy illness. He was 74.

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As a college freshman, David J. Peterson became fascinated with languages. He then began inventing his own words and grammar.

“It was kind of like crocheting,” he says. “Except you can make money with crocheting.”

Peterson finally hit payday in 2009, when he won a competition to design the Dothraki language for Game of Thrones. Soon, he was crafting fictional tongues for TV shows like Defiance and The 100.

How do you start inventing a language?

I separate the process into three distinct branches... Читать дальше...

Discoveries and developments brought on by NASA, planetary scientists, and the commercial space industry in 2015.

A special album dedicated to former Indian batsman Sachin Tendulakar’s hundred hundreds has been created by city based cricket lover Prasad Bhivpathaki. Sachin Tendulkar retired on December 24, three years ago.

The private security guard who took down a machete-wielding man outside a downtown Toronto shopping centre yesterday says he wasn't afraid while tackling the suspect.

Mark Heathcote from Westerham describes what he saw at the scene after a car crashed into a Costa coffee shop

Mark Heathcote from Westerham describes what he saw at the scene after a car crashed into a Costa coffee shop

According to a joint Russian-Indian statement, countries agree that the fight against terrorism is possible only through joining of efforts worldwide without double-standard policies.

KIGALI, Rwanda - Burundi edged closer toward a civil war Thursday with the announcement of the launch of a new rebel group that aims to oust President Pierre Nkurunziza.

KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Burundi edged closer toward a civil war Thursday with the announcement of the launch of a new rebel group that aims to oust President Pierre Nkurunziza.

Predators prospect Vladislav Kamenev has been named captain of Team Russia’s World Junior Hockey squad. #Preds prospect and @mkeadmirals forward Vladislav Kamenev has been named captain of Team Russia for the upcoming World Juniors. — Brooks Bratten (@brooksbratten) December 24, 2015 The 19-year-old was Nashville’s second round pick, 42nd overall, in the 2014 NHL Entry […]

They call him "Fashion Santa" but moms and the Internet he broke with his hotness call him "Sexy Santa." Is the hair real? We asked him.

Het nummer Flappie van Youp van 't Hek schalt elk jaar rond Kerstmis weer uit de speakers, maar dit jaar nét een beetje anders. Radiostation Sky Radio, dat zich profileert als The Christmas Station, giet de hit in een gloednieuw jasje.

Iraqi military says troops "need time" to dislodge militants from Ramadi; around 50 families trapped in city manage to reach safe areas

Russia becomes Santa’s first stop this year, according to NORAD.

The US decided to extend sanctions against Russia, at a time when the Ukraine crisis is deescalating, as a result of its plan for unopposed world domination, Jon Hellevig told Sputnik.