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Don't get burned.

Math whizzes may have noticed something particularly pleasing about today's date.

Norma Jean Baker was born June 1, 1926, but the legacy of Marilyn Monroe lives on decades after her death.

President Reagan was a fan of the film, which was released 35 years ago, and based a policy decision on the movie.

Lab-grown luxury.

Sometimes less is more.

How to interpret them correctly, how accurate they are, and what's next on the horizon.

Data from the South Pole may show how the continent will respond to climate change.

You may know how to spell “victory,” but here are 25 things you might not know about the country’s best-known gathering of logophiles.

Even though the show was meant for middle-schoolers, its audience was 80 percent adults. Here's why.

Have you checked the settings on your ceiling fan lately?

There's more to ceiling fan settings than "on" and "off"—and if you've noticed that your fan works better on cold days than on hot ones, you may have it on the wrong setting.

Start your day with two scoops of horror.

We tried to bomb lava into submission. It didn't work.

Could you be mine?

A new simulator is designed to break household chores down into robot-friendly steps.

Can you solve the lighthouse problem?

And why do they have to be so loud?

Should've seen it coming.

How embarrassing.

The country's new diplomacy plan involves Big Macs.

Salvador Dalí's self-promotional antics and bizarre artwork made him an international celebrity early in his career, and there are still traces of him littered throughout pop culture.