anthropomorphic sexual device

Talking Heads were one of the strangest groups to come out of the punk and New Wave movements of the mid-to-late '70s, and not just because frontman David Byrne was a total oddball. In an era where fans were forced to take sides among the classic rock 'n'…

Wiesel and his wife also lost $15 million for their foundation

Remember when a group called Hackers Unite announced they had gained access to every single Hotmail account, simply by using a web browser?

Songs written by 'Weird A.I. Yankovic' are getting flagged for violating copyright. Its creator says they should be protected by Fair Use.

A new cultural history shows that until the 1950s, forward-thinking couples regarded sharing a bed as old-fashioned and unhealthy

traditional Japanese weapon

Moving Day in New York City

Loosely translated, the message reads, ‘I went to Rome and all I got you was this stylus’

A milestone document in the history of human rights, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights set out, for the first time, fundamental human rights to be universally protected. It has been translated into over 500 languages.

Travolta's movie career was all but over until he met with Tarantino.

A saucy redhead strolls into the pizzeria and spots the veteran actor who performed countless TV and film cameos throughout the 1960s and '70s.

The Sages taught the following baraita: For two and a half years, Beit Shammai and Beit Hillel disagreed. These say: It would have been preferable had man not...

The Orange Years chronicles the rise of the Nickelodeon network, featuring interviews with the actors, writers, and creators from all the golden age Nickelodeon shows that shaped your lives. It’s wild. It’s crazy. It changed the world.

The wolf’s effective hunt of large prey and striking, soulful appearance have attracted both haters and lovers of this wild predator.
Wolves were so despised that the U.S. government established a bounty program that helped to eliminate all but a few hundred…

ancient Greek military unit

Austrian woman held captive for eight years

The suffix -stan (Persian: ـستان‎, romanized: stân after a vowel; estân or istân after a consonant) has the meaning of "a place abounding in" or "a place where anything abounds" in Persian language. It appears in the names of many regions in Iran, Afghanistan…

Katie Bouman, 29, has earned plaudits for helping develop the algorithm that made the photo possible.

Alex Hern: Manipulating users' emotions is not the act of a socially responsible company, and we should not tolerate it

American avant-garde composer (1912-1992)