American geologist and volcanologist

It’s a well-known principle of economics that “if you tax something you get less of it.” Exhibit A: DC-area jazz musician Eric Felten explains in today’s WSJ how the federal excise tax on “cabarets” that was enforced from 1944 to 1965 at an initial ruinous…

Have you ever had a dream that your teeth were falling out?

Discount (or even grey market) electronics can be economical ways to get a job done, but one usually pays in other ways. [Majenko] ran into this when a need to capture some HDMI video output ended …

If they fail, the marriage is expected to end soon.Therefore, to avoid such supposed turmoil, people still perform this ritual diligently.

American bus driver defied by Rosa Parks (1912-2002)

General elections were held in Liberia in 1927. In the presidential election, the result was a victory for Charles D. B. King of the True Whig Party, who was re-elected for a third term after defeating Thomas J. Faulkner of the People's Party.

In December 1997, a tiger prowled the outskirts of a small town in Russia's Far East. In his book The Tiger, John Vaillant re-creates the events of that terrifying winter in an environment where man and tiger live side-by-side.

For the first time in over two years, Bhutan is set to welcome international tourists on September 23. Visitors will no longer have to join an organized tour…

poem by Gaius Valerius Catullus

There are several reasons why sports floors are always made of maple wood, including maple's hardness rating, shock resistance, and availability.

India's unique Kharai camels can swim in the sea. But their habitat is slowly disappearing.

“He was always manipulating the experience with a heart. He wasn’t a Machiavellian manipulator; he was a Mother Teresa manipulator,” the actor says of his director.

US Officer

THE Battle of Jarama in February 1936 during the Spanish Civil War served as a brutal reality check for the anti-fascist volunteer army known as the

The 84-year-old woman in Alberta had lost the ring in 2004 but kept it a secret from her husband.

Research shows that snapping too many pictures may harm your ability to retain memories. But selfie addicts, don't despair! There are techniques to make photography enhance memory, not undermine it.

John O'Neill, the FBI's expert on Al Qaeda, warned of its threat. But his maverick style doomed his career.

YVO gets a lot of questions about whether Yellowstone, or another caldera system, will end all life on Earth. The answer is—NO, a large explosive eruption at Yellowstone will not lead to the end of the human race. The aftermath of such an explosion certainly…

Years later, Jacob Miller was able to recount the events of his injury and escape despite a bullet to the brain.