Irish parliamentarian Gerry Adams is known for many things, including his association with some of Northern Ireland’s ugliest sectarian violence. But he will also be remembered for his tweets.
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On Jan. 2, staff at the luxury Adare Manor Hotel in Ireland’s County Limerick were clearing away breakfast when they discovered a lost guest in the dining room.
The image above is the official seal of Whitesboro, NY. This rendering, which shows a white settler in the process of wrestling a Native American man to the ground, is currently emblazoned on municipal vehicles, police cars, and official letterhead.
What makes a joke funny?
How do you like your man to smell? Powerful, inscrutable, a little bit like horse?
For all the moaning about modern dating culture—The Tinder! The sexting! The ghosting!—finding love has always been a complicated affair.
For one short day, as ephemeral as a ripple on a puddle’s surface, it was glorious.
There was “The School of Athens,” “The Wedding at Cana,” and now, ”The Creation of Manchester.”
As of Jan. 1, Oregon became the first US state to make birth control pills available over the counter. California will follow suit in March, meaning that soon, more than one-eighth of America’s female population will no longer need a doctor’s prescription to get oral contraceptives.
“Luckily, there are a few techniques that can help you stop dwelling on negative thoughts and refocus your mind on something positive . . . it just takes a bit of distraction and a healthy dose of willpower.” —Happify Daily
There was the eggnog on Christmas, the champagne on New Year’s Eve, the wine that flowed so festively all season long. If cutting back on booze is one of your health goals for the new year, researchers in the UK have a suggestion: Try going sober for a month first.
If the review site Yelp has taught us anything, it’s that some people are nearly impossible to please. This is doubly true during the holidays, when high expectations and holiday crowds can result in a less-than-magical experience for some customers.
‘Tis the season for family homecomings, when young travelers arrive at the door of loved ones waiting with hugs, food, and a six- to 12-month backlog of technological complaints.
He was a data specialist running an Excel training class at a large US newspaper. The trainee was a reporter who put a hand up with a question. This was the exchange, as told to Quartz by the trainer:
A new poll has revealed unsettling insight into the foreign policy savvy of US voters. Amid unsurprising numbers on the presidential race (Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are still ahead) the Dec.18 survey by Public Policy Polling offers this tidbit: Nearly 25% of respondents—30% Republicans and 19% of Democrats—say they would support the bombing of Agrabah.
The email that prompted this week’s closure of the LA Unified School District claimed to be from a bullied Muslim student planning to exact revenge with the help of a “local jihadist cell.”
It was not even 8am when I saw a man planking in a corner of the Pasadena Convention Center. He was off in a corner by himself, just getting a little core work done, in a trade hall replete with an oxygen bar, a hyperbaric chamber, and a table of free butter samples set out on plastic spoons.
Here’s the situation: You’re out for a stroll in a London park on an icy winter’s day. You look at the pond. There’s a swan swimming there. You are certain he’s cold.
Artificial Christmas trees are bad, the National Christmas Tree Association says. They are flammable. They make you sick. They are terrible for the environment.
An estimated 24.8 million Americans have been stalked in their lifetime, and 74% are women. While all 50 states have laws against stalking, charges are rarely filed—and when they are, most victims report dissatisfaction with the criminal justice system’s handling of their case.
It’s hard to walk through Princeton University’s picturesque New Jersey campus without passing a tribute to former US president Woodrow Wilson, an alumnus and favorite son.
People who crave certainty and a sense of order are more critical of people who appear to deviate from stereotypes, a new study suggests (paywall), highlighting a psychological quirk that could have important implications for policy makers.
The office coffee maker isn’t just a gathering spot for gossip and awkward small talk. It’s also a breeding ground for a veritable zoo of bacteria, as researchers have found after conducting a microbiological survey of the waste trays of capsule-style coffee machines.
