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Great question, and it gets to the heart of what we are as humans. Think about your own family – do you have cousins? If so, you and your cousins share grandparents and these are your common ancestors ...

Seeing photos of cold-stunned iguanas in Miami during a winter cold spell brought back an early memory. I was a seventh-grade intern in the reptile house at Audubon Zoo in New Orleans, when I jumped ...

We will post the results of the ever-popular Super Bowl coin flip prop bet as soon as it occurs in Santa Clara, CA. One of the top Super Bowl 60 novelty props will focus on the pre-game coin flip.

All the twists, turns, and thrills bridge North Carolina and Tennessee. Tail of the Dragon offers over 300 turns in less than 11 miles. The North Carolina entrance is sharper and more challenging; the ...

Fighter plane tails were dramatically reshaped after the advent of “fly-by-wire” controls, rendering the aircraft’s stability irrelevant. What’s in a tail? The tail of a fighter aircraft, specifically ...

What if we told you that some Boeing planes can lift their nose without anyone touching the yoke — oh, and this can happen while the plane is parked at the gate? It's a very real phenomenon called ...

Premiering in the Un Certain Regard strand at Cannes, the latest from directors Matteo Zoppis and Alessio Rigo de Righi also features Nadia Tereszkiewicz and Alessandro Borghi. By Leslie Felperin ...

Cannes Exclusive: Alessio Rigo de Righi and Matteo Zoppis co-direct the feature that premieres in the festival's Un Certain Regard section. Alessio Rigo de Righi and Matteo Zoppis co-direct “Heads or ...

A Soledad prison, a group of inmates is working to rescue dogs from being euthanized. They're not only training these animals for adoption, but to find healing and purpose in the process. A Soledad ...

If you picture an aircraft, chances are you will probably think of a traditional two-winged aircraft with one vertical and two horizontal stabilizers at the rear. This is a design concept that has ...