Why Do Car Rides Make You Feel Tired?
You're excited to set out on a road trip. By hour two, you're nodding off. The answer may have something to do with "highway hypnosis."
You're excited to set out on a road trip. By hour two, you're nodding off. The answer may have something to do with "highway hypnosis."
The Bronx’s appellative history began with Jonas Bronck, an intrepid Swedish settler who didn't even live there for that long.
Dogs have a tendency to soak furniture and shirt sleeves in their saliva. In humans, this would be cause for concern. So why do dogs do it?
The drink may be orange and it may be juice-like, but Sunny D isn't orange juice. After reading the ingredients list, you might never drink it with breakfast again.
The difference between jealousy and envy comes down to what’s motivating your feelings—but there’s often overlap.
In the more than 200 years since Mary Shelley’s 'Frankenstein' helped shape the horror genre as we know it today, there have been dozens of interpretations of Frankenstein’s Monster. But when and why did he become green?
MetaBallStudios is helping you visualize ocean depths and other underwater spots, from the ‘Titanic’ shipwreck to the Mariana Trench.
“Why is my internet so slow?” is an evergreen question, but people tend to ask it more often during bad weather. Here’s why.
Is this a cat’s version of a happy dance? Are they showing off for spectators? What’s going on here?
‘More than’ or ‘more then’ isn’t a matter of opinion. But there was a time when they were interchangeable.
The dimples on a golf ball aren't just for show or design aesthetics. They can dramatically change the game of golf.
What does a fire department chaplain do? It all depends on where they work—here’s how they help out.
Getting a traffic ticket can be an expensive mistake. But is there a difference between a ticket and a citation? And what about a warning?
The reason your refrigerator light doesn’t have a friend in the freezer comes down to cost-benefit analysis.
The phrase "tying the knot" originated in medieval times during the practice of handfasting, but still holds strong to this day.
Settling in for a night of binge-watching can have a significant effect on our potential for binge-eating.
The smelly gunk coming out of your ears is actually good for you, which is more than we can say about anything else oozing out of your body.
There is a good reason why baby carrots tend to be slimier than their full-sized counterparts—and it has to do with the white stuff you sometimes see on the outside of them.
What does an epidemiologist do? Not the same thing as an immunologist or a virologist. Here’s how to keep them straight.
Decks of cards include jokers due to the power of one very popular 19th-century card game called euchre.
The lieutenant governor is to the gubernatorial line of succession what the vice president is to the presidential line of succession. Yes, there are exceptions.
Your favorite dining establishment may lock its doors at the beginning of the week. Here's why that's not such a bad thing.
If you remember the Berenstein Bears or the movie 'Shazam' starring Sinbad, you're a victim of the Mandela effect.
The tongue-in-cheek—and superstitious—saying "break a leg" has several possible origins in the theater world.