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Recent experiments performed on mice suggest that regular travelers who experience jet lag, or employees who alternate working day and night shifts, may face greater risks than they are aware of. A team at the University of Virginia found that aged mice undergoing weekly light-cycle shifts similar to those that humans experience with jet lag or rotating shift work, experienced significantly higher death rates than did old mice kept on a normal daylight schedule.

DEFINITION: (noun) A canoe made from a hollowed tree trunk. SYNONYMS: dugout canoe, dugout. USAGE: Then I'll take you some night in the pirogue when the moon shines.

General Nguyen Khanh was a major player in South Vietnamese politics after WWII. He first fought alongside the Viet Minh for the expulsion of French forces and later switched sides to ally with the US and help form a new government in South Vietnam. He was a leading proponent of spreading the war into North Vietnam to crush the Communist regime and unify the nation. He currently serves as Chief of State of the Government of Free Vietnam. Where is this entity located?

While experimenting with electricity, German physicist Röntgen produced peculiar wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation that he called x-rays. His x-ray machine gave medicine a critical view inside the body and allowed bones to be photographed to help identify fractures and other abnormalities. He received the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901 for his discovery. X-rays had been produced, but their significance missed, at what US university two years prior to Röntgen's discovery?

Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of a great fear.

Sakura, the Japanese name for ornamental cherry trees and their blossoms, are a well-known symbol of Japan, where they are considered a metaphor for the ephemeral nature of life. As such, they are frequently depicted in art and are associated with both the samurai and kamikaze. Japan gave 3,000 sakura as a gift to the US in the early 1900s to celebrate the nations' growing friendship. These trees have since lined the shore of the Tidal Basin in Washington, DC. What is hanami?