Merriam-Webster recently announced its latest slate of additions to the dictionary—some 200 new words and definitions that, as usual, are an eclectic blend of ones you probably assumed already had ...

Play interactive games and learn about Nintendo’s history at the company’s new museum.

People used to believe that the blood of the freshly executed was a health tonic and would pay executioners a little money to let them drink it warm.

If you’re looking for a unique dinner recipe, make this Chengdu noodle dish from the Institute of Culinary Education.

Zsuzsanna Fazekas, a folk physician who provided abortions as well as veterinary care, was also an amateur chemist. She had a unique way of boiling flypaper in vinegar to produce arsenic. Women ...

Severance’ author Ling Ma is a 2024 MacArthur Fellow; here are some other famous authors who were awarded the grants.

Using computer modeling, researchers estimate Everest grows about 2 millimeters annually. That could add up to anywhere from 50 to 165 extra feet since the Arun and Kosi rivers merged roughly 89,000 ...

We give you an obscure word with four definitions—one correct, three made up. Can you identify the correct one?

Roborock’s S8 MaxV Ultra robot vacuum became the first robot vacuum to go to space as part of the company’s “Cleaning Beyond Limits” campaign.

While squash and gourds are both members of the genus Cucurbita, they’re bred for different purposes.

One such necropolis was erected on property once occupied by Father François de La Chaise d’Aix, the onetime confessor for Louis XIV—hence the name. ( Père means “father” in French.) The government ...

From succubus chickens to hyena hybrids, here’s a list of 10 strange and terrifying creatures from around the world that you ...