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He sat on his heliocentric theory of the universe for 30-some years, and only published his ideas on his deathbed.

Let’s explore why we wear—or once wore—socks up to our knees, cloth around our neck, and pants down to the floor.

In 1992, the King of Pop became Michael Jackson Amalaman Anoh, Chief of the Agni and King of the Sanwi.

"The eight corpses swung in their chains, a fetid, blackened, hideous, and indistinguishable mass."

The rainbow of jars at the Straus Center can tell us a lot about how art comes into being—and how to save it.

Poets and writers are always playing around with words and their meanings—but some take that linguistic jiggery-pokery to the next level.

Leonardo was a polymath, and the very definition of a Renaissance man. He also had beef with Michelangelo.

When she didn't like how men covered her campaign for Senate, she started her own paper.

Some so-called bacon bits are 100-percent vegan. Here's what really goes into the shelf-stable convenience food item.

Some predictions CNN shared about the internet in 1993 turned out to be fairly accurate (and others less so).

From memorable misprints to fake words to eggcorns to phrases you might be mispronouncing, here are 13 English language mistakes you should know.

Rita Mae Brown wasn’t even 30 when her debut novel, 'Rubyfruit Jungle,' was published, but she had already made her mark in the realm of feminist and LGBTQ activism. Here’s what you should know.