We've all followed this wax-covered ritual a hundred times without ever asking why. Turns out, it's got layers—like a really ...

Eighteen years ago, the New York Yankees were a broken team. The clubhouse was divided into factions, ace Mike Mussina had just retired, a young generation of arms had floundered, and for the first ...

Kevin Lieber of Vsauce2 explores why the famous birthday paradox defies common mathematical intuition.

A second family in Colorado says a little-known insurance rule has left them fighting two companies to get medical bills paid ...

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has issued an Air Quality Advisory for the following counties: Brown, Calumet, ...

My wife, “Lauren,” and I have two boys, ages 5 and 7. Last month, when our older son “Connor” had a birthday, my parents were ...

Crews are draining the Lincoln Memorial's Reflecting Pool again as President Donald Trump's problem-plagued effort to ...

How can you have a proof without proving anything? Mathematicians found a way and, in the process, came to blows over it – ...

Trump delivered a 28-minute speech at Mount Rushmore followed by a 23-minute fireworks display featuring quotes from past presidents in the Black Hills.

A family dinner, calls from well-wishers, an evening show – President Donald Trump’s 80th birthday is in some ways typical for a milestone celebration, with a few big twists. Trump also spent his ...

"There is no way such a coincidence could happen"—the events we intuitively feel are "miracles" in our daily lives are, in fact, occurring inevitably with surprisingly high probability in the world of ...

A reflection on how a simple birthday question exposed the quiet equation between wanting and being a burden — and what it takes to start unl My wife asked me what I wanted for my birthday on a ...