The Palace of the Parliament (Romanian: Palatul Parlamentului) is the seat of the Parliament of Romania. It is located on Dealul Arsenalului in the national capital city of central Bucharest (Sector 5). The Palace has a height of 84 metres (276 ft), a floor…

The popular perception of Americans is that they are independent and rootless, but the reality is that people tend not to move very far from their parents.

A Norwegian walks into a chiropractors…

'Billboard' takes a deeper look into the sampling history behind Drake implementing Lauryn Hill's "Ex-Factor" on his latest No. 1 hit "Nice For What."

It's still on the Montana Law that if a student rides a horse to school the principal has to feed, water, and walk your horse.

Idiocracy is a 2006 American science fiction dystopian comedy film directed by Mike Judge and starring Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph, and Dax Shepard. The film tells the story of two people who take part in a top-secret military human hibernation experiment,…

"She didn't want to come to Sundance. She doesn't want to participate in the press. She wants to remain anonymous."

Marvel Studios released a new television spot for the highly-anticipated Avengers: Infinity War [...]

Sea urchins or urchins (/ˈɜːrtʃɪnz/) are typically spiny, globular animals, echinoderms in the class Echinoidea. About 950 species live on the seabed, inhabiting all oceans and depth zones from the intertidal to 5,000 metres (16,000 ft; 2,700 fathoms). Their…

The White House Reconstruction, also known as the Truman Reconstruction, was a comprehensive dismantling and rebuilding of the interior of the White House between 1949-1952. A century-and-a-half of wartime destruction and rebuilding, hurried renovations,…

30% of people develop an avoidant attachment pattern. Read about why this dismissive attachment style forms and how someone can overcome it.

This is a public information piece. Maintaining bone health during pregnancy and breastfeeding is important for lifelong health and osteoporosis prevention.

If ever you needed an answer to get your head in a spin then this is the one.

Recently, when we were writing our book Numericon, we came across what has now become one of our very favourite numbers: Graham's number. One of the reasons we love it is that this number is big. Actually, that's an understatement. Graham's number is mind…

How a rogue Romanian economist escaped poverty, wrote an algorithm, and gamed more than a dozen lotteries around the world.

A British band has worked with sound therapists to create a tune described by scientists as the "most relaxing song ever".

We’ve all seen this situation: an exquisite, drop-dead gorgeous woman walking hand in hand with a dude who is much, much less attractive than she is...right?

Industry vet Tom Ryan shares the stories behind his career-defining innovations, including McGriddles and Meat Lover's Pizza.

According to the FDA, the one test that authenticates honey is the presence of pollen. If the liquid gold doesn't contain pollen, it isn't honey. Alarmingly, a recent study found that 76% of grocery store "honey" had no pollen in it!

Ever step on a rusty nail? It was, in all likelihood, rapidly followed by your parents dragging you to the doctor’s office for a painful (but safe!) tetanus shot. The memory of my first tetanus shot

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1903 was divided, one half awarded to Antoine Henri Becquerel "in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered by his discovery of spontaneous radioactivity", the other half jointly to Pierre Curie and Marie Curie,…