Poppy farmers are being forced to guard their crops against the drug-addled birds, who get high off the narcotic effects of the plant.

Daytime naps benefit long-term memory relative to taking a break and remaining awake. However, the use of naps as a practical way to improve learning has not been examined, in particular, how memory following a nap compares with spending the equivalent ...

After years of keeping a lid on one of its most scandalous secrets, the Norwegian government now faces a whopping compensation lawsuit running into millions and charges of human right violation.

TIME celebrates E.T.'s 30th anniversary by presenting some little-known facts about Steven Spielberg's family-friendly sci-fi film

One of the best West stories involves an orgy, West’s Batman character, and Frank Gorshin’s The Riddler.

People who live on the Yucatan Peninsula, which includes the Mexican states of Yucatan, Quintana Roo and Campeche, consider the ground of the region so flat that under any mound or hill there must hol

Studies show that pigs can play video games and chickens can learn from watching TV!Animals have brains and emotions. Would you accept if someone offered yo...

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Forget the Revenant, Canadian woman tells tale of quick thinking and why a bear separated from cub tackled a not so big bad wolf on the hunt for 12 hours

Yes, you read that correctly: free land!

Ten years ago, the world was captivated by a little boy thought to be trapped in a runaway aircraft. The truth was a lot stranger.

This one isn't for the faint of heart. When Washington Park zoo decided to mix different types of bears in one home, tragedy and death followed.

The Vebjørn Sand da Vinci Project built a laminated-wood parabolic-arch pedestrian bridge in Norway over European route E18 in Ås, Norway, in 2001. It was a partnership between the Norwegian Public Roads Administration and Norwegian painter and artist Vebjørn…

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She’s got her dedushka’s eyes -- but this gun-toting, punk-rocking gal is as American as apple pie, although she does loves to cook borscht. Tattooed Chrese Evans, 44, of Portland, Ore. -- a

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The G-spot - the mysterious female erogenous zone - may not actually exist, says new research. But has the quest to find it helped or hindered womankind?

A team of researchers working in the Netherlands has apparently found cultivars that might eventually replace Cavendish

Expand your vocabulary, as well as your Yule-hole, with these words for food-lovers.