The duty of a coroner is to determine the truth about how a person died. This not only helps determine whether further criminal investigation is necessary, but it also helps bring answers and closure to grieving families. Coroners and medical examiners are basically the same thing, except coroners are elected and, as such, don’t need …

For centuries, researchers have studied the brain to find exactly where mechanisms for producing and interpreting language reside. Theories abound on how humans acquire new languages and how our developing brains learn to process languages. (Click on the infographic below to learn more) Via @ColumnFive for VOXY Like infographics? So do we.

If the binary code underoos have failed to adequately nerd-ify your wardrobe, consider adding the circuit board tie to your outfit rotation. Via Laughing Squid. Up your style game.

In what looks like something out of a fairy tale, trees in areas of Pakistan affected by flooding have transformed into ghostlike cocoons. Millions of spiders trying to escape the rising waters have spun a massive network of webs encasing entire trees. While the sight of trees may cause a few cases of heebeejeebies, the …

Learning a new language can be difficult, but some languages can be trickier than others. For native English speakers, the difficulty level of a new language depends on a variety of factors. So which are the most difficult to learn? And which languages would you be able to master in under a year? View the …

Both male and female adolescents experience shifts in overall satisfaction with their appearances after having sex for the first time, according to a study published in the journal Adolescence. Researchers found that in the short-term, male subjects were more satisfied with their body image after having sex for the first time, while female subjects were …

Looking to make your dog the talk of the neighborhood bitches? Skip a trip to the groomer and pick up the Doggie Boob Scarf from Etsy user boobsRUs. For the low, low price of $20, your pooch can strut around the neighborhood looking like a Playboy reject or a lost member of a nudist colony. …

Auckland-born Nadia Vessey is a double leg amputee who lost her legs at a young age due to a medical condition. While removing her prosthetic limbs at a beach a few summers ago, a small boy asked her a series of “why” questions about her legs. Vessey responded with the explanation that she was a …

Once upon a time, this was known as newspaper, but in a digital world wrapping Mom’s birthday gift and your anniversary present in the funnies is more trouble than it’s worth. Enter universal wrapping paper, designed by Fabio Milito and Francesca Guidotti, that’ll do for any do provided the wrapper is smart enough to find …

A construction crew in the UK stumbled upon the remains of a man who died a violent death 2,500 years ago. Inside the skull, researchers were able to remove a completely intact brain! The damp soil preserved the brain and prevented it from decomposing, but not before altering it chemically, turning it into a durable …

Some people claim that rising divorce rates and high incidence of infidelity are proof that monogamy, even with someone you truly love, just doesn’t work. So where does that leave us? Is it possible to love more than one person? Those who practice polyamory think so, taking on multiple romantic relationships at the same time. …

Now that tax season is upon us, many are wondering, how are our tax dollars spent by the Federal Government? TurboTax’s blog has come up with an interactive infographic to explain how our tax dollars have been spent by the Federal Government over the past decade. It’s a critical year for Congress and the President …