Salmon is a staple of sushi now, but it used to be unheard of in Japan to eat raw salmon. The story of how Norway convinced Japan to love salmon sushi.

Alleged largest man in history

Fierce warrior Khutulun lives on in Netflix series, Marco Polo’s writings and the Puccini opera Turandot, plus Mongolia’s Nadaam games.

1987 film directed by Brian De Palma

In November 1930, in Indiana, United States, one of the great feats of modern engineering was executed: a team of architects and engineers moved an...

If you want a workout, go with soccer or field hockey over baseball.

Today, we may not think of Coca-Cola as a “risk-taking” company, being as established as they are, but it was actually a well-timed risk and some good old-fashioned goodwill that made them the international behemoth that they are today. At the time of World…

A short, hilarious story

As it turns out, some Australian birds of prey actively spread bushfires to smoke out their victims and bar...

architectural structure

The world as a CIA ruse just to trick and impress foreigners

THIS is a hard one: Zimbabwe’s health minister is complaining that condoms — imported from China — are proving too tight for his nation’s members.

If you want to learn what makes a typeface dyslexia-friendly, then look no further. We’ve created a design guide for you with everything to keep in mind while designing your new typeface. #NothingComicAboutDyslexia

I bet this sounds familiar: You draw your bow and watch as the pin floats back and forth around the bullseye. You struggle to keep still, and then as soon as it’s about to touch the center of the target, you hammer the trigger. Or, maybe you draw your bow…

Tamar the Great (Georgian: თამარ მეფე, romanized: tamar mepe, lit. "King Tamar") (c. 1160 – 18 January 1213) reigned as the Queen of Georgia from 1184 to 1213, presiding over the apex of the Georgian Golden Age. A member of the Bagrationi dynasty, her position…

The house sparrow (Passer domesticus) is a bird of the sparrow family Passeridae, found in most parts of the world. It is a small bird that has a typical length of 16 cm (6.3 in) and a mass of 24–39.5 g (0.85–1.39 oz). Females and young birds are coloured…

New research suggests that climate change, not a tsunami, doomed the now-submerged territory of Doggerland

Evans is from Portland

<em>Toxoplasma</em>, a common parasite in mammals, increases boldness in several species

means of rapid conveyance of firefighters from a non-ground floor of a fire station to the ground floor when responding in an emergency