The practice finally came to an end when the Spanish arrived in the 16th century and decided to make it illegal
With this little fish facing down extinction, a global hunt turned up a few remaining wild individuals
In 2009, doctors noticed that children who got a particular strain of swine flu vaccine were suddenly much more likely to develop narcolepsy
"If one wanted to go to less trouble in undermining the world's unity, one could start with a dodgy internet connection obstructing conversational flow"
Historian Amy Henderson searches for the spoonfuls of sugar-coated truth in the new film, "Saving Mr. Banks"
There's a Stephen Colbert beetle, a Lady Gaga genus of plant, and a Beyonce bee. And now, a Game of Thrones slug
The long-held misconception can be traced to claims made in advertisements for Postum, an early 1900s coffee alternative
The Automatic Smart Driving Assistant is designed to warn drivers when they accelerate too quickly and make other fuel-costly choices
Using ribbons, buttons, LEGOs and 3D printing, this scientist is trying to make it easier and cheaper for doctors and nurses to create medical devices
A young MIT-grad and game designer named David Sirlin says he's come up with something better than the timeless board game
Being unable to sleep on a red-eye can have occasional advantages
If Americans turned down the heat when washing their hands they could save 6 million metric tons of CO2 every year
As Peter Jackson ventures further from J.R.R. Tolkien’s original text, the source material becomes harder to pin down but is still satisfyingly nerdy
Trials for the DARPA Robotics Challenge this weekend will put these robots to the test
From Modernist reconstructions to favorite museums, these confectionary constructions are sights to behold
A contentious issue may have a bright side
A new survey of 20-year-old studies shows that poor archives and inaccessible authors make 90 percent of raw data impossible to find
Satellite tags map great white shark movements
When four gallons of whiskey were smuggled into a West Point Christmas party, a third of the academy erupted into chaos
How an engineer, video analyst and musician created a pioneering artwork that makes music from the sky
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