Across the globe, a race is under way to crack some of the last mysterious forms of writing that have never been translated.

ON AN OCTOBER night in 1989, a 4-year-old girl was shocked awake by a phone ringing and then a scream. She crept out of her bedroom and tiptoed barefoot along the hallway’s clammy vinyl tile, ...

People love to debate the timing of dinner, but no meal drums up divergent opinions quite like breakfast. The popular thinking pushed by cereal companies calls breakfast “the most important meal of ...

After the shock and confusion surrounding the leak of a 28-point peace plan containing some of Russia’s most maximalist demands, and the marathon weekend talks to revise them, the US and Ukraine ...

You’ve probably had that eerie feeling before—knowing what’s about to happen before it actually does. Coincidence? Or something deeper? In Pop Mech Explains: Precognition, host and contributor ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Fortnite's worst kept secret--the upcoming Simpsons-themed season, which leaked back in the spring--is fast approaching, and at this point, Epic is ...

The time change is this weekend, so remember to adjust your clocks accordingly. Here's what to know about the practice. Daylight saving time (DST) claims a variety of other names: daylight savings ...

“That’s enough screen time for today,” you tell your kid, urging them to turn off the video-game console or iPad. As for what they should do instead, you are not quite sure. And what about you? If ...

Amid the return of seasonal menus and cooling temperatures, the next major indicator of the approaching winter is the end of daylight saving time. In the early hours of Nov. 2, time will fall back one ...

Daylight saving time is not only jarring but also unhealthy, according to a new study by Stanford scientists. The findings published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences show ...

“A Truce That Is Not Peace,” the Canadian novelist Miriam Toews’s first nonfiction book since 2001, is a discursive reflection on her father’s and sister’s suicides, 10 years apart. Miriam Toews’s new ...

Having a sire with staying power is something every breeder, owner, and stud farm dreams. And, yes, sires such as Into Mischief , who annually dominate the standings based on progeny earnings, which ...