Transcendence is a newly released film which stars Johnny Depp with Rebecca Hall and Morgan Freeman. In the film Depp plays a scientist named Will Caster, who is working on a computer that is 'alive' with human feelings and also has the full sum of human... (read more)

Yes, this is something that happens in American football. The National football league draft is carried out by the NFL (national football league) in the US. It can also be called the player selection meeting.... (read more)

Maypole dancing, like some other May Day festivities, seems to have started among the ancient Germanic peoples, though it became common in a lot of countries close to Germany and also spread to... (read more)

We don't know the exact date of his birth. We do have a record of his baptism, which was on 26 April 1564. It was usual for babies to be baptised within a few days of birth as there was a... (read more)

The UK has two May bank holidays. The first is on 5 May this year. It's the modern version of the 1 May or May Day holiday, which in many cultures is still always celebrated on 1 May and is a public holiday... (read more)

May Day is a very old festival, still celebrated in a number of European and American cultures especially. It goes back to the pre-Christian festivals such as Beltane, which was celebrated by the European Celts, and other similar traditions. The main... (read more)

Chelsea have won 6 league trophies - 4 first division and 2 second division awards between 1950 and 2010. They have also won the FA cup 7 times, the FA community cup 4 times, the Football league cup... (read more)

As usual, this Easter the newspapers and TV were full of stories about traffic jams, overcrowding etc as everyone tried to get away. The main problem with having a break at Easter is that it's too popular. It's the only time of year when most people can... (read more)

The word Easter is derived from the Old English word Eostre. This itself is thought to be the name of a pagan goddess, Eostre to the Anglo-Saxons... (read more)

There will be 22 teams taking part in the 2014 Tour de France in total - 18 World Tour teams and 4 wildcard teams. The World Tour teams are drawn from all round the world. There are three French teams, for example, three from the USA, one from Australia,... (read more)

This translates into Korean as 'dangsin eun jeongmal meosjida' or if you want to see it written in Korean characters please click here.... (read more)

Different breeds of tortoise have somewhat different eating habits, so if you know the breed of your tortoise it would be a good idea to put that name into a search engine and add 'food' or even 'eat raw meat'. There is some evidence that certain types... (read more)