Because of soil depletion, crops grown decades ago were much richer in vitamins and minerals than the varieties most of us get today

The CIA's experimentation with LSD led to disastrous results.

Intelligence and personality have some common features; for example, they both follow a relatively stable pattern throughout the whole of one’s life, which is genetically determined in different degrees. In addition, they are both significant predictors of…

Sure they can. At least that’s true for the wild turkey, but not so much for the domesticated bird. And while it may not surprise most hunters that turkeys…

American singer-songwriter and actor

Scientists say marine life has proved ‘remarkably resilient’ despite the Pacific island being declared a wasteland in the 1950s

The 37-million-year-old colossus penguin would have been comparable to LeBron James in height and weight.

Dear Alice, I live in a medium-size city in Saitama Prefecture and am puzzled by a speaker system mounted on a huge pole right outside my apartment. Every

Rowan Sebastian Atkinson CBE (born 6 January 1955) is an English actor, comedian and writer. He is best known for his work on the sitcoms Blackadder (1983–1989) and Mr. Bean (1990–1995). Atkinson first came to prominence in the BBC's sketch comedy show Not…

dissociative disorder in which the sufferer is affected by persistent or recurrent feelings of depersonalization and/or derealization

And the odds of spinning a penny are even more skewed in one direction, but which way?

While on safari in Tanzania you will not only see animals, but also trees. Tanzania has hundreds of tree species but today I am highlighting one in particular, the acacia family. East Africa has around 62 species of which six are endemic to Tanzania.  Acacias…

Using lots of emojis in an online dating profile can turn potential matches away, according to a research project.

The soundtrack to Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange was released to accompany the 1971 film of the same name. The music is a thematic extension of Alex's (and the viewer's) psychological conditioning. The soundtrack of A Clockwork Orange comprises classical…

The animal trekked an average of 28 miles per day, covering a distance of 2,175 miles during her journey from Spitsbergen to Ellesmere Island

<p>Mysterious blue and green honey comes from honeybees feeding off remnants of M&M candy shells.</p>

Alan Jackson staged a hilarious protest during his performance of 'Gone Country' at the ACM Awards.

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (Persian: محمد رضا پهلوی‎, pronounced [mohæmˈmæd reˈzɒː pæhlæˈviː]; 26 October 1919 – 27 July 1980), also known as Mohammad Reza Shah (محمد رضا شاه), was the last Shah (King) of Iran from 16 September 1941 until his overthrow in the…

Bog bodies are an archaeologist’s dream come true. They can bring history alive more than any old document. But now, exploitation of the preservative peat in which they are found stands to rob us of this crucial link, writes Michael Pitts Given that he was…

Carol Highsmith is a distinguished photographer who has traveled all over America, aiming to chronicle for posterity the life of the nation in the early 21st century.