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Don’t throw money out the (poorly insulated) window this winter. Follow these tips for easy and cheap ways to save money on your heating bill.

The residents of Bayou Corne, Louisiana, woke up one morning in 2012 and found a gigantic sinkhole devouring their town.

The NYPL shares its most-borrowed titles, including a royal memoir and a fictional romance between video game developers.

How a love of drinking and Britain’s 18th-century Toby jugs might have inspired the slang word for ‘face.’

Though it’s now considered one of Pablo Picasso’s masterpieces, ‘Guernica’ didn’t have many fans when it debuted—one critic even called the artwork “one of the poorest things produced in the world.”

In 1900, the global average life expectancy was around 32 years old. Today, it's 71. How did this happen?

Lunar New Year and Diwali are being observed in New York schools in 2024. They also come with some challenges for administrators.

Heritage Auctions is giving you the chance to own all that iconic 'Succession' fashion.

Can you guess which author spent the most time on ‘The New York Times’ bestseller list? (Hint: It isn't J.K. Rowling or Stephen King.)

With dolphins masquerading as whales, lizards as toads, and marsupials as bears, it can be tough to keep track of which animals are which.

The definition of a continent isn't as concrete as you might expect, but a few qualities help earn Australia that distinction.

From record-breaking plants and incredible animal news to space superlatives and the awesome power of Taylor Swift fans, here’s the long list of things we learned in 2023.

Car salespeople use a number of tricks to make a sale.

Losing your nose ring in the shower is a bummer. It’s not an emergency.

These unusual animals are in the same taxonomic group as cats, but there isn’t much family resemblance.

Bioastronautics researcher Kellie Gerardi envisions a future when space is open to all.

Why does the fire department show up for emergency calls if nothing is on fire?

The two dialects have transformed to the point that North Korean defectors often struggle with unfamiliar language when arriving in South Korea—so much that the South Korean government publishes a list of commonly confused words to aid new defectors.

This soy and mirin braised kabocha squash with seaweed butter is both healthy and decadent.

Willis Gibson, an Oklahoma teen, just beat 'Tetris.'