A RIFF on what country is really about.

prose work by John Donne published in 1624

"Twenty-four days, no land, nobody to talk to. Don't know what to do, don't know where you are. It was rough," Elvis Francois said, per reports.

In the Indian state of Meghalaya, one of the wettest places on Earth, villagers are separated by rivers and valleys. To stay connected, they coax tree roots to grow together into living bridges.

optical and meteorological phenomenon

A fly does some of its digesting outside its body before it even eats any food.

Findings hold true for those with or without college degrees

A fisherman who miraculously survived 438 days lost at sea has been sued for $1 million for allegedly eating his fellow castaway to ensure his own survival.

Basque (/ˈbæsk, ˈbɑːsk/) (euskara [eus̺ˈkaɾa]) is a language spoken by Basques and others of the Basque Country, a region that straddles the westernmost Pyrenees in adjacent parts of northern Spain and south-western France. Linguistically, Basque is a language…

Something is clearly missing at such natural wonders as Angels Landing, Devils Hole and Dantes View, but unless you’re a grammar teacher or a copy editor you probably never noticed.

The Canon Law (Codex Iuris Canonici), promulgated in 1917, was a classification of laws and jurisprudence which ruled the early Church, governed the ecclesiastical condition of Roman Church until its reorganisation in 1983. It forbade to be ordained or to…

brand of potato-based chips

The National Football League's 100th season launched at Super Bowl 53 in Atlanta. And a century of NFL football is good reason to celebrate.

"In the Navy" is a song by American disco group Village People. It was released as the first single from their fourth studio album, Go West (1979). It was a number one hit in Canada, Flanders, Japan and the Netherlands, while reaching number two in Ireland…

We currently know there are about 1.2 million species to be recorded by science. What’s left to be discovered, however, is very interesting.

American songwriter, singer and vaudeville performer (1879-1959)

Art has long been identified, even romanticized, as an ideal way to launder money. There’s a thread of logic here: the art world accommodates anonymous, high-dollar buyers and the industry allows large cash deals. For racketeers, it’s difficult to conjure…

transatlantic liner

Who knows how to play with money better than billionaires? A Chinese billionaire Liu Yiqian Liu certainly does, as the taxi-driver turned mega art

The PlayStation 2 (PS2) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. It was first released in Japan on 4 March 2000, in North America on 26 October 2000, in Europe on 24 November 2000, and in Australia on 30 November…

law granting U.S. citizenship to all Native Americans