This 1925 painting depicts an idealized version of an early Thanksgiving celebration in Plymouth. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons If not for a few lines written by English colonist Edward Winslow, ...

It’s fortunate that liars’ pants don’t really catch on fire. If they did, much of the world’s population would be ablaze at any given moment. “People lie most days,” says Kevin Colwell, a professor of ...

Anyone who’s tried to learn another language knows that doing so can come with little victories but a lot of frustrations. For four students in a suburban Tehran classroom studying for the Test of ...

When Dr. Priya Mistry asks people if they clench their jaws, they usually say no—yet she can see clear signs suggesting otherwise. So now, she words the question differently: Are they aware of their ...

In the 1800s, catching your train on time was no easy feat. Every town had its own "local time," based on the position of the sun in the sky. There were 23 local times in Indiana. 38 in Michigan.

“Took me until my early twenties to learn how to read an analog clock, and it is still very difficult,” says Lifehacker reader Albert Peters, commenting on our post about basic life skills. Others ...

In the modern age, most of what we do is on a screen. Whether it’s watching Netflix, checking Facebook or even doing homework, we all scan screens — all the time. The Telegraph reports it’s had an ...

You know another season of “The Bachelorette” is nearing its end when it’s time for “The Men Tell All” episode. Tonight brings Season 20′s edition of that staple, which features guys the Bachelorette ...

As “The Bachelor” Season 27 nears its end, that means it’s time for “The Women Tell All,” the episode in which women who were sent home reunite to get some more camera time. Adding to what’s usually ...