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A rotating circle of plants in Argentina, a boiling river 400 miles from any volcano, and the founders who got voted off the board.

The Puritans banned alcohol? Invented happy hour rules? A look at what they actually did — and the 1781 hoax we still quote.

The Ivy League is an athletic conference, not an academic body — and that tells you everything about how university rankings actually work.

Realists beat optimists and pessimists on long-term well-being. Here's what the research says about keeping expectations accurate.

Every strange thing about Teletubbies was a deliberate design choice — built around how two-year-olds actually perceive the world.

What if a task force treated light and time as public infrastructure? The science of circadian alignment — and the policies that follow.

Same chopped tomatoes and cucumbers — a morning staple in Israel and Turkey, a symbol of joyless dieting in America. How did one dish mean two oppo...