With the novel coronavirus at the forefront of the public consciousness, it's only natural to try and put it into context, filing it away with other potentially deadly diseases. And no illness gets compared more frequently to coronavirus than the flu.
Read MoreThe beginning of spring typically sees a reduction in flu-like infections, but with the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the globe could we see a late season resurgence?
Read MoreWhat started as a local skirmish in Wuhan has now reached global status has now escalated to a point where the World Health Organization has classified the outbreak as a pandemic. Still, while we might be dealing with this particular virus for a while, surely it must die down at some point?
Read MoreFlorence Nightingale invented the modern nursing profession and changed the course of public health forever. But the woman who did so much to improve health care spent much of her own life sickly, reclusive, and averse to media attention. This is the tragic life of Florence Nightingale.
Read MoreIn March 2020, Afghanistan learned firsthand that the saying "two heads are better than one" doesn't apply to heads of state.
Read MoreOne of the Wild West’s most iconic outlaws, John Wesley Hardin shot down rivals, lawmen, and soldiers, and his real-life story was crazy.
Read MoreThe notion that we are all organic life forms existing in a universe created through natural processes may seem like an unassailable fact. But there's evidence that points to a different possibility: like Neo before he took the red pill, we might be living inside an artificial simulation.
Read MoreThere is, in fact, a verified holder of the record for most world records. Known to the world as Ashrita Furman, he is a pinnacle of human achievement.
Read MoreThe coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, has caused global upheaval, bogus claims about the illness have spread. While the urge to latch onto any semblance of certainty like a desperate barnacle is understandable, misinformation about the virus can cause immense harm to individuals who believe it.
Read MoreBeing the U.S. head of state is not the best job. But that didn't stop Victoria Woodhull, the first woman to ever run for President of the United States.
Read MoreArt Recovery International founder Christopher Marinello called it "a theft of epic proportions," according to the BBC. In 2019, a pair of men dressed in black ransacked the lavish Green Vault (Grünes Gewölbe) at the Dresden Royal Palace.
Read MoreThe deadliest civil war in human history, the Taiping Rebellion broke out in the middle of the 19th century. What started as a small sect of violent Christians quickly transformed into a rampaging army of more than 2 million. And buddy, things got bloody.
Read MoreCode Blue! We have a strange story about thousands of people who dressed as smurfs and gathered in a tiny French village despite the risk of spreading COVID-19.
Read MoreMozart was a genius with a gross sense of humor, an inability to handle money, and a life filled with tragedy right up to his dying moments. Here are a few heartbreaking facts about him you might not know.
Read MoreThe Ozzman cometh, and he's bearing some bizarre words of wisdom. Former Black Sabbath frontman and reality TV pioneer Ozzy Osbourne is known for quite a few eccentric behaviors. Over a lifetime of wild statements, which are the words that stand out the most?
Read MoreDog food, like sausage ingredients and supreme court nominees, is one of those things that you probably don't want to look at too closely. It's a part of everyday life, but you'll stay happier longer if you don't spend too much time thinking about what went into making it.
Read MoreIf Charlize Theron hadn't played her in a movie (and earned the 2003 Best Actress Oscar for her efforts), would Aileen Wuornos still be remembered? Probably, because Wuornos has the dubious distinction of being one of the few convicted female serial killers in the United States.
Read MoreAustralia has a strange and fascinating history, particularly the part that involves the island once being one gigantic prison.
Read MorePigs are often viewed through food-colored glasses, but they're more than just the other white meat. Sweet, loyal, and with remarkably human-like intelligence, they make great pets. And when danger strikes, pigs go ham, protecting people they care about from becoming the other dead meat.
Read MoreFew great historic disasters are without precedent, and before the catastrophic Fyre Festival there was the legendary screw up that was Woodstock '99. So what went wrong?
Read MoreWhat drives a person to see how long they can stay on a pogo stick, or how many things they can juggle underwater, or how fast they can punch?
Read MoreJames Dean is one of those actors who had an incredibly short career, yet still holds a firm place in the zeitgeist of American show business.
Read MoreMagicians are, by their very nature, big fat liars. That's their whole job -- to confuse the senses and mystify their audience. Their tricks (no, Michael, illusions!) are a series of artistically constructed con jobs designed to make you, the viewer, go "wha?"
Read MoreCommunity spread of the coronavirus within the United States has thrown a real wrench into the 2020 campaign season. So what are Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders doing to avoid getting the coronavirus?
Read MoreFinding the optimism in Sixx's dire recollections and warnings often feels like sifting for diamonds on a beach. You'll find them, though, if you look hard enough.
Read MoreMerle Haggard's youth really does sound like a country song: raised in a converted boxcar during the Great Depression, his father died when he was eight years old, after which he became a juvenile delinquent. In 1957, though, he pushed his luck a little too far.
Read MoreSam Cooke gave us such standards as "Another Saturday Night" and "Wonderful World." And then in the space of a single evening, it all went south.
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