Foreign language anxiety (also known as xenoglossophobia) really comes into play for Americans visiting these countries.

The reason for the concentration of alarms in or near sleeping areas is obvious: Fires may have a chance to spread before a sleeping resident is aware of them. According to the Fire Administration, ...

Saving on construction time wasn’t the only benefit. Owing to its three-dimensional surface, a popcorn ceiling could easily hide imperfections in the underlying material. It was also good for sound ...

Documenting fish noises isn’t exactly easy. The underwater creatures aren’t as loud as birds or whales; they also make noises subtly while swimming in groups, which makes it even harder to identify ...

So why do urban legends spread? Folklore experts believe it has a lot to do with a human desire to warn others of potential danger. Most stories of this type are cautionary tales. Check your backseat ...

Whether you’re making your daily commute to work or going on a trip, road conditions make all the difference. Nowhere offers ...

Portland, Oregon, earned the No.1 spot—the same as last year’s ranking. The city tied three others for the highest number of ...

Entertainers in the rock genre mainly fall on the opposite end of the spectrum. The artists with the easiest lyrics to follow are the British rock band Keane. Two more rock bands, 3 Doors Down and ...

Some believe that tuning our music to 432 Hz rather than 440 will make it sound better—and make us feel better. What gives?

While Tender Is The Night never quite reached the level of acclaim of his other works like The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald ...

One of the potential benefits of the legs-up-the-wall pose is that it can improve blood circulation, particularly for ...

“It is from the fancied resemblance of the bent and flattened point of the instrument to the bill of a crow, that it is called a crow-bar,” wrote one Buffalo News columnist in 1934. (The word was ...