We all know that dialect and slang can vary widely across cultures within a country but, did you know that the actual geography of a place can influence the way we speak?
A recent study of almost 600 languages around the world by a University of Miami researcher found that languages spoken in high altitudes tend to have “ejective... Read More
Well, the dorks have done it. They're about to corrupt the world of extraterrestrial lifeforms with a GIF The short animated online images, technically known as Graphics Interchange Forms, have already been proven to be more annoying than useful on Earth, but fans of the GIF weren't satisfied. They wanted to show aliens just how abrasive... Read More
If there's one topic that quickly leads to passionate debate, it's abortion. Although it’s been legal for forty years (since the landmark case of Roe V. Wade), abortion has remained an issue that is passionately discussed and hotly contested. Few issues lead to such vitriolic hyperbole and violent outbursts. And the latest ruling on the... Read More
So-called “food deserts” have shouldered much of the burden of blame in determining the cause behind American obesity, especially throughout the Obama administration.
According to that line of thinking, folks who don’t have a large supermarket that offers healthy foods and fresh produce close to their homes or their work basically have... Read More