As a Chinese author has been convicted of four murders – claiming his works were influenced by what he’d done – Hephzibah Anderson looks at gruesome cases that featured in novels.

Pantheon profile of Emilio Palma, First person born on the Antarctic mainland. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia making him the NaNth most popular celebrity.

Slave labor as a legal institution extant 1492–1804

One Virginia teen fell into a coma and nearly died after guzzling the sauce

Demand for construction sand is rising faster than supply, pushing even countries in the Middle East to import it from as far away as Australia and Canada.

Rob Lowe originally had the David Spade role.

From its humble price tag and distinctive rye spice notes and rich history, here are 10 things you should know about Old Grand-Dad.

People high in psychopathic personality traits often don't "catch" the contagious yawn, a new study finds.

American journalist, war correspondent

2007 film by Greg Mottola

A look at simian astronauts over the years.

For over three years now, my friends and I have had an obsession with collecting pop tabs, those metal pieces on the tops of aluminum cans. The idea behind collecting the pop tabs is that they can be donated to the Ronald McDonald House Charities, an organization…

Olympic Perspective from the Past for the Present generation coming to terms with a shift from Tokyo 2020 to 2021 that offers hope not finality This weekend, Swimming World is trawling

genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family Solanaceae

Rare cranes have flourished in the world's unlikeliest sanctuary, the heavily mined demilitarized zone between North and South Korea

The big, black-necked Canada Goose with its signature white chinstrap mark is a familiar and widespread bird of fields and parks. Thousands of “honkers” migrate north and south each year, filling the sky with long V-formations. But as lawns have proliferated…

On 25th of May 1935 the 21-year-old Owens averaged a world record every nine minutes at the Big Ten Championships. Five world leading marks and one world equalling effort, all completed with an injury severe enough for his coach to seriously consider pulling…

wireless local area network based on IEEE's 802.11 standards

From the female Paul Revere and a Hollywood starlet-turned-inventor to a political pioneer and the first female sports star, explore the legacies of these daring women.

Funnel-web spiders, the most notorious members of our spider fauna, are found in eastern Australia.

On the field, Lawrence Taylor destroyed players with ease. Off the field, his addictions curtailed his career and nearly destroyed him.