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An illustration of the vagus nerve’s location in the human body.

The vagus nerve does it all—tells your lungs to breathe, controls your heart rate, and even forms the foundation for a whole new medical field.

Don't exact or extract revenge if you get all these wrong.

Time to find out how well you know your correct expressions from your eggcorns.

Common household cleaning products like dish soap and laundry detergent might get forgotten about for years before being found and used. Will they still be effective?

Luigi Galvani, a possible model for Dr. Frankenstein, conducts his famous experiments on frogs.

Who was a model for Mary Shelley’s protagonist? Candidates include a 17th-century alchemist and Charles Darwin’s grandfather.

Satisfy your cookie dough and spice cravings at the same time.

Gregory Peck as Captain Ahab during the shooting of the 1956 film Moby Dick

When Captain George Pollard Jr.’s ship was rammed by a whale, he had no idea it would help make literary history.

Until a few decades ago, Ukraine was almost always referred to as 'the Ukraine'. Then people started dropping the definite article, and now you almost never see it. Here's why.

Besides Connections, The New York Times has The Crossword and The Mini Crossword.

Learn which Connections puzzles had players searching for hints most often in 2024.

Customers will have to hold off on bulk-buying eggs for a while.

Avian influenza is causing top grocery chains to put restrictions on egg purchases.

A record-setting launch of 1.5 million helium balloons was fun until it wasn’t.

Birkenstocks aren’t legally-protected art.

The beloved sandal is a practical design, but it's not art. Not in Germany, anyway.

Rare Commercial Vault: Wendy's Hamburgers (1980 HD)

The square beef patties are here to stay—but the SuperBar and other discontinued Wendy’s menu items weren’t.

The riddle below dates back to the 1600s—can you figure it out?

People have been observing faces and figures on the moon for hundreds (if not thousands) of years. There’s a perfectly scientific explanation as to why.

These mistakes show that little kids know a lot more about the rules than we think.

A bride and groom exchanging wedding rings.

For years, couples have dedicated that finger to romance when any other digit would do.

Some exciting changes might be coming to Wendy‘s.

Wendy’s may be taking a page from the McDonald’s and Dairy Queen playbooks in the coming months.

Sigiriya, Sri Lanka, home of the Lion Rock Fortress, ranks number one on the list.

Planning a vacation? Check out these friendly destinations.

The Chimborazo hillstar is native to the Andes of Ecuador and southern Colombia.

An ornithologist discovered a hummingbird “hive” in Ecuador‘s High Andes—a major departure for the solitary animals.

Today, Amber Valley looks like any number of small, rural communities, but a couple dilapidated log cabins hint at what was once the northernmost all-Black settlement in the world.

A portrait of the Hatfield family, sworn enemies of the McCoys.

If you have a disagreement with your neighbor today, you might head to small-claims court. In 19th-century rural America, such disputes were often solved with the business end of a gun.