Dogs: they're man's best friend. They're our loyal companions. They stand by our sides when times get tough, assuming that we keep feeding them our unfinished jerky sticks and scratching those hard-to-reach places. But which dog has the best sense of smell?
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Mitten's sleepy zone twitches can be quite expressive, as its paws, tail and/or whiskers can all get in the moving-about game.
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You've probably seen some pretty rare eye colors at some point in your life, but what exactly are the rarest in the world? Let's take a look.
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Forget curing cancer, of finding a vaccine to prevent coronavirus. Science has finally put its money where its mouth really is by coming up with what must be the greatest discovery since Albert Einstein invented sliced bread. We're talking, of course, about a recipe for better soap bubbles.
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No matter how overbooked a flight might be, one traveler that always lands a spot on the plane is latent regret. One of the times that feeling kicks in is when you realize how utterly dirty and disgusting a commercial aircraft can get.
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There are many things a human body simply can't do without. A lack of food, water or air can easily kill us in awful ways, but there's another, stranger danger that most people don't really think about: Not being able to sleep.
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It turns out that there's no such thing as clean money. At least not microbially. Here's how dirty your money really is.
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Whale shark. Even the name conjures up some kind of Jurassic Park chimera, with Jeff Goldblum stuttering a warning about how teeth will find a way. But what do they eat?
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There's a bad new dinosaur in the fossil record, and paleontologists believe it may be a direct ancestor of the dreaded Tyrannosaurus rex.
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If life were fair, the worst thing you'd ever find in a public pool is the unwrapped Baby Ruth from Caddyshack or a shaved gopher wearing a bikini. But life is fairly terrible, and in real life, public swimming pools aren't scenes of chocolatey comedy but rather commode-themed tragedy.
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There are some weird dogs that don't seem to shed at all, while others drop piles of hair everywhere they go. What's the reason for this?
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More endearingly known as "water bears" and "moss piglets," tardigrades are water-dwelling micro-cuties that usually measure less than a half a millimeter long. And they're very hard to kill.
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Great news, people of the paranormal persuasion: According to Live Science, the U.K.'s Ministry of Defense is finally feeding the world's collective curiosity by releasing its collection of UFO sighting reports.
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Even the most joyous drug can come with side effects, and Viagra is no exception. The "more common" problems include nosebleeds, nausea, vomiting, and a runny nose, and an erection that lasts way too long. 2020 saw an even freakier addition to the list: "intensely blue-colored vision."
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Albert Einstein is often quoted as saying, "If the bee disappears from the surface of the Earth, man would have no more than four years to live." A new study says signs are pointing to a bee extinction.
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In news that will have Jeff Goldblum just livid, scientists at the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies in Israel have resurrected a group of long-dead plants using seeds uncovered at three archaeological sites in the Judean desert. And yeah, these things are incredibly old.
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A scientist underwent an experimental procedure called deep brain stimulation in which a pair of holes "about the size of a nickel" were bored into the top of his skull and two electrodes were implanted in his brain. Here's what happened.
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Before you grab that Purell bottle and start pumping your way to chemical bliss, you should know that drinking hand sanitizer isn’t exactly a whole lot of fun, and yeah, it can really mess up your body.
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Whether we're talking about chinstraps, soul patches, mustaches or the full Duck Dynasty, the male beard is a fashion statement that has been floating in and out of style since World War I. But when it comes to growing one, some men have more luck than others. Here's why some men can't grow beards.
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Some things, like kale and proctology, are objectively good for you but still pretty awful. Such is the case with the weird scientific discovery made by researchers at the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research, who discovered the technology to knit things out of human skin.
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Dogs are wicked smart, and loyal, which makes most humans love them. Unless, of course, you're allergic. And according to the American Kennel Club (AKC), about 10 percent of you are. So which dog is both small and hypoallergenic?
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If you're hoping for scientifically proven powers of seduction and masculinity by way of wax -- don't hold your breath. The pros are pretty short, and the potential side effects are more about what could go wrong. But first, the history.
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NASA will be returned to the Red Planet with the Mars 2020 mission, which looked just like the last mission with a few notable exceptions.
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With 213 reported deaths and just shy of 10,000 confirmed cases across twenty countries, the Wuhan coronavirus has now been categorized by the WHO as a global public health emergency of international concern.
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If there were ever a domesticated animal that doesn't feel domesticated, it's cats. If you've ever fantasized about going bigger, though — such as, you know, having a pet tiger — you wouldn't be the first one. Here's a good compromise -- that cat breed that's closest to a tiger.
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It's always difficult to compare good dogs, because by definition, all dogs are good dogs. Without further ado, the most loyal dog breed in the world is ...
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