People in the UK spend more time sitting on the toilet every week than exercising, a study has found.
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Air travel is better than ever. So why do we feel like it sucks?
At some point, we were socialized to hate flying.
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The Untold Story of the Assassins of North Korea
Two women had the most audacious task. Killing the brother of the North Korean leader. Right out in the open, using deadly chemical weapons in an international airport. And the craziest thing? They had no idea what they'd gotten into.
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Ancient Papyrus Reveals How The Great Pyramid Of Giza Was Built
In a new documentary, aired by Channel 4 on British television last week, archaeologists presented new evidence describing how the Great Pyramid was constructed. The new insight comes from papyrus discovered in the ancient port of Wadi al-Jarf, on the Red Sea.
Among the documents discovered there over the last six years, a joint French-Egyptian team unearthed the diary of Merer, an official involved in the construction of the Great Pyramid.
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The Unlikely Return of Cat Stevens
He was giving us back the songs he’d taken away so many years ago, validating their worth again, and our love for them.
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Why you should really start doing more things alone
On any given Friday night, bars, restaurants and movie theaters tend to fill up with people spending time with friends, lovers, and family. But when the weekend comes, those who find themselves on their own are likelier to be found on the couch, at home.
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The Etruscans Were Expert Beekeepers, Ancient Honeycombs Suggest
The charred remains of 2,500-year-old honeycombs, as well as other beekeeping artifacts, have been discovered in an Etruscan workshop in northern Italy.
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The ancient abandoned city Teotihuacan was designed in a remarkably modern way
Entire city was planned on a carefully thought-through grid system.
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The Closing of a Great American Dialect Project
The lexicographic community learned this week that the Dictionary of American Regional English would be shutting down.
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“all this male nudity and gay sex!” – meet harris dickinson, star of ‘beach rats’
Harris Dickinson is totally chill about playing a Brooklyn bro exploring cruising sites and his sexuality during one hot summer day in the city
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