A new generation of online games don't just provide entertainment – they help scientists solve their trickiest puzzles. Dara Mohammadi picks 10 of the best

A Texas woman convicted of neglecting two horses in her care has been sentenced to serve 30 days in jail — the first three of which will be spent with a diet of only bread and water, a judge said Tuesday.

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'Console Wars' is finally being adapted as a limited series.

The accelerated decomposition method transforms remains into soil and uses just an eighth of the energy required for cremation

Since early 2016, the European nation has had a law in place requiring grocery stores to donate food to food banks rather than tossing it.

Never-Ending Man​: Hayao Miyazaki is a fascinating, fly-on-the-wall documentary about one of the greatest living animation directors. It’s a film that asks the tantalizing question, will Hayao

Frustrated by a battle to open a store in New York City, Wal-Mart’s chief said, “I don’t think it’s worth the effort.”

While I was in Santa Fe earlier this week, I spent some time at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture researching Native American weaving, basketry, and ceramics patterns for the book. Pretty much every culture on Earth makes patterns—on walls, objects, or…

When the actor Morgan Freeman was growing up in Greenwood, Mississippi, there was only one movie theatre in the town.

China, Brazil and members of the EU have weighed the potential risks and outlawed chemicals found in US loaves

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The "Me" generation in the United States is a term referring to the baby boomers generation and the self-involved qualities that some people associate with it. The 1970s were dubbed the "Me decade" by writer Tom Wolfe; Christopher Lasch was another writer…

Wharton professor Adam Grant just unraveled one of the most pervasive myths about success out there.

The National goes undercover to investigate some of Apple's controversial business practices including allegations of overpriced repair charges and the battery/slowdown scandal.

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When, in early-1986, Disney executives decided to change the noscript of their upcoming animated feature from 'Basil of Baker Street' to the l...

The China Central Television recent broadcast of V for Vendetta, in which an anarchist rebels against a totalitarian government and persuades the people to rule themselves, has stunned viewers and raised hopes that China is loosening censorship.

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U2 debuts at No. 33 as featured on Kendrick Lamar's "XXX."

Utah court allows Barbara Bagley to seek damages from herself following fatal car crash which killed her husband