Profanity sinks deep emotional roots in our brains. When words develop dueling meanings, the bad stuff almost always wins out. But what's going to happen when we get bored of saying "fuck?"
After exhaustive consideration, my former FiveThirtyEight colleague Ben Lindbergh and I concluded that the most likely culprit for 2016’s home run explosion is a change to the construction of the ball.
Puerto Rican Monica Puig stunned the tennis world — and presumably herself — on Saturday night when she defeated Germany’s Angelique Kerber to win gold in the women’s singles at the Rio Olympics. And that made her home country very, very happy.
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With today's gold medal, Biles sets a US record for the most gymnastics gold medals in one Olympics for a female athlete. She also becomes the first American woman to win gold on the vault.
Technically this sport is called dødsing. But it looks like belly flopping, it sounds like belly flopping, and if we had to guess, we'd bet it hurts like belly flopping too.
Rescue efforts are underway in Southeast Louisiana as the state is drenched and battered by what the governor has called an "unprecedented and historic flooding event." More than 1,000 people have been rescued so far.
If you're ever having a bad day, just try to feel good about the fact that you didn't spend six figures on a car that was later completely incinerated.
According to this new analysis, those who view Trump favorably have not been disproportionately affected by foreign trade or immigration, compared to people with unfavorable views of the Republican presidential nominee. The results suggest that his supporters, on average, do not have lower incomes than other Americans, nor are they more likely to be unemployed.
Perhaps proving that punk rock’s rebellious spirit hasn’t yet receded into rock’s history books, London's mayor-approved series of exhibitions celebrating punk has drawn skepticism, a little bit of ridicule and even some mild acts of resistance.
We've got to admit, this recreation of the most famous video game level of all time isn't 100 percent perfectly faithful to the source material, but it beats the hell out of the lame spreadsheets we make.
As a movie, "Suicide Squad" makes no sense. But when you hear the innovative crime-fighting concept explained straight from the inventor– wait, uh, actually it still makes no sense.
In races that are often determined by mere fractions of a second, a quick reaction time is crucial. How do you stand up to olympic athletes? Find out with this neat interactive game.
Even if you’ve never heard someone use the term “zipper merge” or traveled to a country where this is more common, you’ve nevertheless experienced someone trying to execute this maneuver ad hoc.
During the sixth night of an eight night residency at LA's Staples Center, Adele remembered to the crowd how the NFL asked her to play the Super Bowl, and how the bad ass Brit subsequently turned them down.
Comité Régional d’Action Viticole is a standout: a radical fist of fury in an industry suffused with ridiculous stereotypes of gentility, almost culturally stiff with politeness. But what are they after?
She still lacks five classes, a written test and a driving test before she can acquire her driver’s license. But this fall Katie Ledecky will start college as one of the most decorated, dominant athletes in history.
Why the Universe is filled with matter, rather than antimatter, is one of physics’ greatest mysteries. An experiment in Japan has now glimpsed a possible explanation: subatomic particles called neutrinos might behave differently in their matter and antimatter forms.
In tough news for the bricklayers of the world, this machine can build you a brick structure in any shape you want without breaking a sweat (because it's a machine).
High floods in Baton Rouge, Louisiana put a woman and her dog in danger when her car hydroplaned and began floating in deep water. Luckily, a handful of first responders were able to take decisive action to save them both.
When Rick Astley first sang the words "never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down," he had no idea an audience of millions would hear them on the internet, even if it was usually by accident. But he still kept his promise, and after years of retirement, Rick is back on the scene releasing new music.
I asked 1,071 people which baseball team they supported (if any), how strongly they supported the team and how upset they would be if their child married a fan of an opposing team. I asked this question about baseball because I think it can help us understand something important about politics.
You didn't know it, but all that time you spent trying to rescue Princess Peach from Bowser subconsciously taught you a ton about high culture entertainment and art.
More than a decade ago, the earliest era of blogging provided a set of separate but related technologies that helped the nascent form thrive. Today, most have faded away and been forgotten, but new incarnations of these features could still be valuable.