The sandy-looking, greenish mold in question—which is preserved within a glass medallion—is a specimen of the fungus that led to the discovery of penicillin.

The gravesite belongs to Indiana native Nancy Kerlin Barnett, who died in 1831. The spot is considered by some to be one of the state’s most haunted locations, but the real reason road workers were ...

Gathering around a campfire to share bone-chilling ghost stories is a classic camping ritual. But why do we love these terrifying tales?

In our latest word game, we’re challenging you to fill in the blanks and figure out the words. In each of these words, there are only two missing letters—e.g., if the example is HA __ __ OW __ __ N, ...

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

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

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.

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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