An addiction to Irish sausages has led Englishman David Harding to seek urgent counseling.

"Bette Davis Eyes" is a song written and composed by Donna Weiss and Jackie DeShannon in 1974. It was originally recorded by DeShannon in that year for her album New Arrangement, but it was made popular by American singer Kim Carnes in 1981 when it spent…

Which car manufacturers are you surprised to see have so many, or so few, people employed in their workforce?

Fisher suffered a heart attack on a flight to Los Angeles on Dec. 23, 2016, and died days later. Her mother, Reynolds, passed away the following day.

Acetaminophen, an analgesic and antipyretic available over-the-counter and used in over 600 medicines, is one of the most consumed drugs in the USA. Recent research has suggested that acetaminophen's effects extend to the blunting of negative as well as positive…

Knuth reward checks are checks or check-like certificates awarded by computer scientist Donald Knuth for finding technical, typographical, or historical errors, or making substantial suggestions for his publications. The MIT Technology Review describes the…

Publishers say digital options make textbooks cheaper. Affordability advocates say it increases their stranglehold on the market.

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Two lost hikers who survived three nights thanks to supplies at a campsite of another hiker who vanished last year.

The recent proliferation of studies examining cross-national variation in the association between parenthood and happiness reveal accumulating evidence of lower levels of happiness among parents than nonparents in most advanced industrialized societies. ...

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It’s encouraged in some cultures but maligned in others, but research comes down on the slurping side

The latest report in the Costs of War series find that the average American taxpayer has spent $23,386 on these wars since 2001.

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When it comes to bad luck, there are few superstitions as pervasive in Western culture as that of Friday the 13th. Here's why.

By now you've probably heard the story: once upon a time, A&W Restaurants released a third-pound burger that failed to catch on thanks to a misunderstanding of fractions. Just how accurate is this tale of math mistakes and fraction flubs? Read on for the…

From person-to-person coaching and intensive hands-on seminars to interactive online courses and media reporting, Poynter helps journalists sharpen skills and elevate storytelling throughout their careers.

In the early 1980s, nerds were mainly perceived as guys who wore pocket protectors and had tape on their glasses. Then 'Revenge of the Nerds' came along.

Surrounded by mountains and left in the dark for three months a year, a town in northern Italy has found a creative solution to its sunlight problem.

term in linguistics; collocation, pair or group of words used together as an idiomatic expression