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The Scarlett Johannson thriller "Lucy" imagines what a person could accomplish with all brain-cylinders running. But are we actually already there?

We’ve got a bonafide humanitarian crisis on our border. Should we turn to the past for direction?

For all who have wondered about, but never dared try, quizzical Japanese snacks: This one’s for you!

The modern trajectory of psychology—choose dumb topics to study; study those dumb topics poorly—has us worried.

The 20th century Commander-in-Chief sure had a naughty way with words.

No one is sure what (or who) formed a recently-discovered pit in the tundra. Aliens? Biological weapon developers? You decide.

With the latest Malaysian airlines disaster looking like a takedown by military forces, we remember the tragic history of these incidences.

Weird Al's newest album is nigh upon us, and we all know what that means—it's time to gorge on pop parodies!

Women’s achievements on this season’s show have been stellar—as has the male response to them.

See how it all began for the subject of our arachnophobia nightmares.