Libraries are usually quiet, secluded spots. But not all are as peaceful as they may seem. These six supposedly haunted libraries are said to see more than just readers and scholars perusing their ...

In Tune Twist, we run the lyrics of a hit song through multiple languages, then translate them back into English—and this October, we’re featuring songs that wouldn’t be out of place on your Halloween ...

The freeze response affects people of all kinds, but it only started getting significant attention in the 1970s, when psychologist Gordon G. Gallup Jr. equated tonic immobility— the freezing of ...

In 1956, two highly-regarded party figures stepped in for candidates Eisenhower and Stevenson to tackle election issues.

It has been said that Sherlock Holmes author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was among those who read newspaper notices of the Burnham and Lofty deaths and found their misfortunes oddly similar. Doyle dashed ...