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Get to know the fussy, controversial, and utterly delicious Windy City specialty.

Modern detention is nothing compared to kneeling on peas.

We're giving whole new meaning to the phrase "question everything."

Hint: there's no physical contact involved.

These bar-stash side-players are taking center stage.

How one mysterious medical case helped map the brain.

Meg Murry—the time-hopping heroine at the center of Madeleine L'Engle's 'A Wrinkle In Time'—transported sci-fi into a new dimension.

Making the world a better place can be tough. But as these tenaciously altruistic moves prove, sometimes all you need is a great idea.

More than a century before Indiana Jones first cracked his whip, Sir Richard Francis Burton had already mastered the daring art of scholarly adventure.

The discoveries, innovations and high-flying developments in store for us in the next 10 years.

During the 17th and 18th centuries, people knew electricity was the next big thing—they just weren’t sure how to use it. So they tried it all.

The story of how department stores taught us about language and prestige.

In 2014, Penn State researchers found that adults who successfully tackled a new language strengthened their neural pathways, benefiting overall brain function and slowing deterioration. We scoured some recent research for tips for mastering a second tong

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Those ubiquitous Greek-themed coffee cups have an unlikely father: a Czechoslovakian Holocaust survivor.

Ghana's top journalist uses silly props and disguises to expose atrocious crimes. Luckily, he's got a lot of them.

In 1966, a beluga whale swam the wrong way up the Rhine—and wound up paving the way for environmental reform in Germany.

Ten revealing true stories of how our nation’s greatest romantics in chief put a ring on it.

Humans have had a long-running affair with foods believed to entice or enhance sexual performance, and it's led to a host of recipes for stirring up some mojo.