Renaming New York

Liberty Street in New York, the street on which the Federal Reserve Bank is based on, was originally called Crown Street. When did it change? 1793. What changed it? The American Revolution, which concluded in 1783. "No taxation without representation" was the revolutionary motto.

Browse the Human Genome

You can browse the human genome with the Genome Browser hosted at the University of Santa Cruz. International mirror sites are hosted at the University Bielefeld in Germany and RIKEN Yokohama (a hub of three life science research centers). A version of the software can be installed with VirtualBox.

What is a Flying Stovepipe?

A "flying stovepipe" is another name for a ramjet - a form of jet engine that uses forward motion to compress air without an axial or centrifugal compressor.

Ajwain

Ajwain, also known as "bishop's weed" or "carom", is a herb in the Apiaceae family. It has seed like fruits with a bitter and pungent taste (the term "carom seeds" is a misnomer, it is more accurately "carom fruit"). It is cultivated mainly in India and Iran, with Rajasthan being a major producer. It is used in Ayurveda for stomach disorders.

20 Years of the SIB - Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics

The SIB celebrates 20 years. SIB provides HPC facilities to Switzerland's life scientists. SIB's locations are spreads across various competence centres in Switzerland including Vital-IT in Quartier Sorge in Lausanne as well as UNIL (University of Lausanne). Another location is sciCORE at the University of Basel (Switzerland's oldest university) which has strategic focus in Life Sciences and Nanosciences.

Who was Alexander Hamilton?

Alexander Hamilton was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, and Secretary of the Treasury under George Washington. 

He was born in Nevis, in the then British West Indies.  

He founded America's financial system as well as the New York Post. 

On the finance side, he founded the Bank of North America, the US' first de facto central bank (opened in Philadelphia in 1782). Loans from France and the Netherlands were used to shore up the assets underlying the paper currency.