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Popcorn has been around for a long time.

Humans have had plenty of opportunities to discover new foods and transport them to new places over the past 12,000 years.

How a massive volcanic cloud from halfway across the world redefined the American Midwest

For Rod Serling, TV was the perfect landscape to battle bigotry and corporate censorship. But was the nation ready for it?

Mikey Burton (Illustration). ALAMY (1-8, 10-13). CORBIS (9)

With recipes!

When you think about it, scooping the innards out of a large squash, carving a scary face into it, and jamming a candle inside is a bit weird.

They say that patience is a virtue, but the following eight inventions prove that laziness, slovenliness, clumsiness and pure stupidity can be virtues, too.

The Federal Duck Stamp Contest is the most prestigious wildlife art contest you’ve never heard of.

Harry Potter might have worn the glasses, but the truth is it's Daniel Radcliffe who's a bit of a nerd. A self-professed history buff, lover (and sometimes writer) of poetry, collector of books, and trivia enthusiast who makes quizzes for fun, Radcliffe i

A friend asked me, “What are you writing for yourself?” I realized I’d never written anything just for myself.

Cliff Young was not your typical marathon runner. A scrawny, 61-year-old Australian potato farmer who still lived with his mom, Young didn’t even own a pair of running shoes. So in 1983, when he signed up to compete in one of the world’s most grueling ult