Dollar bills are made of 75 percent cotton and 25 percent linen. The blend helps them last longer than regular paper. Franklin argued that the turkey was a more respectable symbol than the bald eagle.

Science is the spice that keeps things nerdy. And nerdy, as our dedicated readers know, can be tons of fun. To help you out this holiday season, we here at the Gizmodo science desk rounded up our ...

Hollywood's Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande are currently busy touring the world to promote their recent release, Wicked: For Good. The duo's seemingly “touchy” moments from the promotional tour have ...

Target these high touch surfaces to reduce your family’s risk of contracting viruses that spread through contaminated surfaces. Picture this: You just finished washing your hands, only to grab your ...

In “Morbidly Curious,” the behavioral scientist Coltan Scrivner takes a look at our addiction to the gory, the morbid and the grotesque. By Emily C. Hughes Emily C. Hughes is the Bram Stoker ...

Two months after she was born, Eliana Nachem got a cough that wouldn’t go away. Three weeks later, she also started having runny stool, prompting a visit to her pediatrician. Eliana didn’t have ...

The question: Is it true that your shoes can spread germs to the floors in your home and make you sick? On any given day, you might trudge through a variety of stuff, including dirt and dog poop — and ...

With a PBS show and a fine dining restaurant in rural North Carolina, Vivian Howard became a culinary superstar. The acclaimed chef, cookbook author and fried collards evangelist has a new show set to ...

The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Theatre and Dance will present the children’s musical, “Curious George: The Golden Meatball” this summer, along with the drama, “Steel Magnolias.” ...

Many people say they’d like to change aspects of their personality — to be more outgoing, more patient, or more emotionally resilient. But can traits like these really change? Recent research suggests ...

Proper handwashing could save a million lives a year, according to an expert — and yet many people are doing it improperly, often due to misconceptions surrounding the practice. Doctors recommend ...

In some ways, George Floyd's story was an Everyman's story. He grew up poor, he struggled in school and eventually fell into substance abuse. Most of the people he crossed paths with remember him as ...