By some estimations, Australia hosts around a third of the world’s self-declared mini-kingdoms. There are three good reasons for that

many engrossing and possibly gross stories about historical body parts that we are going to share with you today, from Buddha’s tooth to Napoleon’s …

Time is on our side in this article we breaks down leap seconds, 445-day-long years, and many other fun time facts. You'll learn how an atomic clock

A young Australian man who was critically ill with COVID-19 and suffering early stages of sepsis made a remarkable recovery after being given massive doses of vitamin C, according to his doctors.

Construction crews have removed 635,000 kilograms of pigeon feces from the Sid Buckwold Bridge at a cost of $800,000, according to the City of Saskatoon.

The genetic condition is one of the most common in the UK and may be a leading cause of infertility in men. Why does it so often go untreated?

My mental illness is invisible. If you look at me you would never guess that I am diagnosed with Cyclothymia and PTSD. Only those close to me can tell when something is off.

Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is characterized by obsessions and compulsions.

Sometimes I get in a rut and it seems like I can't get anything done. This happens a lot when I'm in my depressive state.

In 2018 I was diagnosed with cyclothymia. It was one of the hardest things I have been through in my life. My diagnosis was also one of the best things

Meghan Panu had said her tiny house on wheels was stolen over the weekend. It was found Wednesday morning.

Keith Calder has found messages from baffled, distressed women whose male romantic partners literally don't wipe their asses because touching themselves between the cheeks might make them gay.

As if we need another reason to hate Mondays, now comes a report from Eater that shows that if you’re a restaurant server, Mondays are when all the cheap bastards are dining out. Using data from restaurant management technology company CAKE, the story shows how customers are likely to tip the least

It’s no dress, but this optical illusion will surely make your head hurt.

©Lynntte Cook If you cast your eyes toward the constellation Cygnus, you'll be looking in the direction of the largest planet yet discovered around a double-star system.

©NASA Young stars much less massive than the Sun can unleash a torrent of X-ray radiation that can significantly shorten the lifetime of planet-forming disks surrounding these stars.

Stars are born inside a rotating cloud of interstellar gas and dust, which contracts to stellar densities thanks to its own gravity. Before finding itself on the star, however, most of the cloud lands onto a circumstellar disk forming around the star owing to conservation of angular momentum.The manner in which the material is transported through the disk onto the star, causing the star to grow in mass, has recently become a major research topic in astrophysics.

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In the middle of the 19th century, Chicago embarked on a quest to literally lift itself out of the mud. Water couldn't drain from the low-lying city, so its streets became impassable swamps. The most reasonable solution, Chicago decided, was just to raise the whole goddamn city by 4 to 14 feet.

Scientists have discovered an ancient lakebed on Mars that dates to the time period when the Red Planet dried up.