Researchers have time and again observed that the public, and perhaps especially the American public, is drawn to stories in ...

I was a queer kid in Appalachia. I knew better than to think I’d ever get to experience the magic of a first slow dance. I’m ...

When we hear about taking flights, we remember all those long airtime and tiring journeys, but amidst all of this pattern, the total air time of a Scottish flight is less than two minutes, which is ...

The film, set in Australia, explores love, loss and life’s imperfections against some very recognisable backdrops.

Award-winning author Elly Griffiths discusses the long art of the short story, including how it offers opportunities that ...

Female reunions are just so wholesome! Joey King reunited with Sabrina Carpenter, her best friend of ten years, at one of her ...

Maggie Smith shared the story of her "shortest first date ever" on TikTok, opening a conversation about how to treat others even if they aren't your 'type.' ...

Overall, 60 UN member states (31%) have ever had a woman serve as head of government. The first was Sri Lanka, then called Ceylon, where Sirimavo Bandaranaike began her first term as prime minister in ...

Please verify your email address. This coming winter, the US will have a typical 457 daily take-offs across the Atlantic to Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and more (double for both ways). The ...

Mayflies hold the record for the shortest lifespan among animals ... They reproduce rapidly, which helps maintain their population despite their short lives. Fruit flies have a lifespan of around 30 ...

In one version of the story, Currey needed to fell the tree to ... dated back almost 5,000 years—one of the oldest trees ever recorded. Great Basin bristlecone pines are some of the longest ...