If there’s one topic that’s guaranteed to whip a crowd into a frenzy (good or bad), it’s religion, so feel free to use these maps from the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies using information from the 2010 census to stir up conversation around the dinner table when things get slow.

I have a thing about icebergs and this is the time of year to be thinking about them. One of the best places in the world to see them is the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. There, you can see them off Cape Spear just outside of St. John’s: North America’s most easterly point …

Mashable’s Yohana Desta takes us back in time to exactly seventy years ago today, when the Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy in the largest seaborne invasion of all time, and took Europe back from the hands of the Nazis with these nine key military code names.

If Pinterest is one of the social media sites you’ve chosen to market your business, graphics are the star of your show, but how do you create irresistible pins on the cheap?

Julia Campbell offers these twelve free or low cost options to make every pin pop and get the biggest bang for your buck (or lack thereof).

The ‘end of the world’ swing in Banos, Ecuador, overlooking an erupting Mt. Tungurahua. Photo by Sean Hacker Teper, submitted recently to the National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest. Sean says: “The eruption took place on February 1st, 2014. Minutes after the photo was taken, we had to evacuate the area because of an incoming ash cloud.” Send …

Whether it was to remove the offensive image of a dead animal or simply to have the painting “View of Scheveningen Sands” better fit the buyer’s market, the beached whale painter Hendrick van Anthonissen originally put as the focal point of his painting in 1641 has finally been restored to its rightful place.

Since it was founded in 2004, Facebook has spent over $22 billion on disclosed acquisitions. We’ve all heard about the $19B they spent on WhatsApp, $2B on Oculus, and $1B on Instagram, but there were some smaller purchases totaling $426 million as well. Last year the entire country of Honduras brought in a total of …

Summer’s here, and that means it’s time to fire up the grill! The question now is how do you avoid spending your summer feasting on burnt chunks of what was supposed to be a gourmet, outdoor meal?

Look no further than this infographic from Column Five featuring grill guides for everything from corn in the husk to oysters.

The world lost a treasure when Maya Angelou died late last month, but true to the form of a brilliant writer, her words will continue to inspire us for generations to come.

Genetic analysis by researchers at Cornell University and the University of Florida reveals that the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine in the 1840s came from central Mexico, not the Andes. A single clonal lineage of P. infestans had invaded the US by 1843, and by the summer of 1845, the potato late blight …

Whether the setting be a resume, cover letter or interview, there are certain words you should never use to describe yourself, though they might be great when used in a recommendation or other instance where people are describing you.

Nothing like a good cat people vs. dog people debate to kick off the morning right!