Those who love driving a car with a manual transmission really love it, though they may or may not be able to tell you what the difference is, technically speaking, between the two.

Dream of leading the pack, but always end up bringing up the rear?

A new light could be on the horizon for treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, but can it make the jump from mice to humans?

New Year’s Eve often seems more about — ahem — efficiency than class, so it could be the perfect time to have your wine and eat it, too.

Think you feel bloated after a holiday meal?

In a war-torn world, it pays to be on the defensive, yet such a stance doesn’t necessarily require the biggest, baddest military in the region.

Perhaps the reason we don’t hear much about Mrs. Claus is that the woman must spend months in the kitchen getting Christmas dinner ready for Santa, the reindeer, and all those darned elves, but that’s not actually an official part of her story (even if it should be).

Generations of women spent nights by the fireside embroidering samplers, pillowcases, etc., before the practice fell out of favor. From the look at the work of these seventeen artists, though, it appears to be making a comeback.

Ballet is no stranger to precision movements, but rarely have they been as mathematically exact as those featured in the works of 1920’s German choreographer Oskar Schlemmer, pioneer of the Bauhaus School.

Once upon a time, boys and girls, fake news was pretty darned obvious, and our favorite source was The Onion.

Live in one of those modern houses without a fireplace for Santa to make his big entrance?

No problem if you happen to have a few pieces of scrap wood laying around to make this clever foldable fireplace.

If there’s one thing we all need, it’s clean water, and you don’t necessarily need a fancy filter if an emergency should strike.