Norman Ernest Borlaug (/ˈbɔːrlɔːɡ/; March 25, 1914 – September 12, 2009) was an American agronomist who led initiatives worldwide that contributed to the extensive increases in agricultural production termed the Green Revolution. Borlaug was awarded multiple…

More than 33 years ago, the world’s worst nuclear disaster took place in a Ukrainian town near the Belarus border. The Chernobyl nuclear disaster happened overnight on 25-26 April 1986 in the

"Breaking Bad" actor Bryan Cranston went to Comic-Con dressed as his character from the show.

UW Philosophy Emeritus Professor Marc Cohen recently contributed commentary to an episode of Malcolm Gladwell’s Revisionist History, a podcast in which Gladwell looks back and reinterprets events, people, or ideas from the past that have been overlooked or…

Although the East German government fortified the barrier with everything from watchtowers to guard dogs to beds of nails, a few people managed to slip over the border in amazing ways.

Lesbians and gay men report being happier with their sex lives than heterosexuals

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a 1931 American pre-Code horror film, directed by Rouben Mamoulian and starring Fredric March, who plays a possessed doctor who tests his new formula that can unleash people's inner demons. The film is an adaptation of The Strange…

Sometimes, keeping soldiers safe means understanding their bowel movements.

Blood type, metabolism, exercise, shirt color and even drinking beer can make individuals especially delicious to mosquitoes

It could actually be your brain keeping you safe.

Award-winning actor Matthew McConaughey talks growing up in a household where his parents were “badasses and complete outlaws.”

Watch him tell Howard Stern about winning his Oscar and what he misses most about his father in an extended clip on the SiriusXM…

Your teenager's brain is still development and is far from how an adult brain works. Find out what's going on. It'll help your brain stress less.

An online archive highlights the astronaut’s little-known life as an academic.

This remarkable relationship between man and beast has been kept alive for 50 years thanks to one family's tradition.  

Timothy Darrell Russ (born 22 June 1956; age 62), better known as Tim Russ, is an actor who has portrayed different characters in various Star Trek television series and movies; however, he is...

McDonald's iconic "M" design had to be tweaked for one location—and the reason is pretty funny. Here's the story behind these unique "turquoise arches."

The Stone of Scone (/ˈskuːn/; Scottish Gaelic: An Lia Fàil, Scots: Stane o Scuin)—also known as the Stone of Destiny, and often referred to in England as The Coronation Stone—is an oblong block of red sandstone that has been used for centuries in the coronation…

Eric V. Money (born February 6, 1955) is a former American professional basketball player born in Detroit, Michigan.

The Woozle effect, also known as evidence by citation, or a woozle, occurs when frequent citation of previous publications that lack evidence misleads individuals, groups, and the public into thinking or believing there is evidence, and nonfacts become urban…

Khutulun (c. 1260 – c. 1306), also known as Aigiarne,Aiyurug, Khotol Tsagaan or Ay Yaruq (lit. Moonlight) was an ancient Mongol noblewoman and wrestler. The most famous daughter of Kaidu, a cousin of Kublai Khan, her father was "most pleased by her abilities"…