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.

1988 film directed by Robert Zemeckis

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

Think about which hand you write with or how you hold your fork. Are you a righty or a lefty? Now think about your dog. It may surprise you to learn that,

Layne Thomas Staley (born Layne Rutherford Staley; August 22, 1967 – April 5, 2002) was an American musician best known as the original lead singer of the rock band Alice in Chains, which rose to international fame in the early 1990s as part of Seattle's…

If J.K. Rowling wasn't so discerning, we would have seen a Disney World Harry Potter mini-land instead of Universal's sweeping Wizarding World.

Are you disgusted, disgruntled and disheveled? Well, unfortunately you’re never going to be gusted, gruntled or sheveled.

Anglo-Irish engineer

An Unearthly Child (sometimes referred to as 100,000 BC) is the first serial of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was first broadcast on BBC TV in four weekly parts from 23 November to 14 December 1963. Scripted by Australian writer…

Apple Corps reached a second settlement in their on-going legal battles with Apple Computer on October 9, 1991.