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The LRAD sound cannon has been used to subdue protests, deter pirates and, now, slow down speeding drivers.
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Romulus and Remus were 100 years late to the party
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But we can’t say for sure whether it's pot that made them that way
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From solidifying friendships to driving evil spirits away, legends abound about these sweet dough balls
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Islamic extremists from the group Boko Haram have kidnapped 200 girls from a boarding school
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Illegal marijuana grow ops use thousands of gallons of water a day
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Intimate encounters between dogs and wolves are relatively common in Georgia's Caucasus Mountains
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Video games are becoming increasingly adept at reading our emotions
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Downtown New York used to have an entire neighborhood of type foundries, before they all disappeared
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As we age beyond about 24, we become mentally slower and slower
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As one glacier melts, locals are pushing for tourists to visit rival pile of ice
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This is the first time health officials have encountered a Typhoid Mary-like situation for measles
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People who frequently take naps tend to die younger than those who don't, according to a new study
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These brief write-ups are surprisingly personal
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The Netherlands has tulips, Japan has cherry blossoms, and now China wants in on the action too
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The new system is meant to be easy to read and understand, no matter how foreign the place
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They've created a system that will tell you exactly how much light to get in order to fix your circadian rhythms
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Rather than feed the paper through the printer, why not just put the printer on wheels?
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