List of All Articles with Tag 'art'

More than 50 million Americans will travel this holiday weekend. Here's how to avoid most of them.

If you have an iPhone, you can identify plants without downloading a third-party app.

Her tricky smile and timeless allure have inspired academic study and artistic emulation for more than five centuries. But the story of this perplexing portrait of 'Mona Lisa' is even richer than it looks.

It’s summer and cars have become ovens. But you don’t need to suffer.

The deputy mayor of Finland’s capital is facing possible legal action and calls for him to pay compensation for damages and to resign after he was caught red-handed spray-painting graffiti in a railway tunnel last weekend

The connections between words aren’t always as straightforward as the link between run and runner; often, figuring them out requires the subtle unraveling of linguistic evolution, the kind of detective work that makes etymology so fascinating.

Most of us never find ourselves in a battle for our lives. That makes these incredible survival stories all the more memorable.

'Ten Little Rabbits: A Counting Story With Mino the Magician' was originally part of a museum fundraiser.

The late film critic had an open mind, but one 2010 film caused him to throw in the towel.

Back in 1919, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. sort of made it seem like it was against the law to yell “fire“ while in a crowded theater, so we understand if you’re confused.

Apple's iconic logo is rumored to have been inspired by Eve's bite into the apple of knowledge, Newton's discovery of gravity, and Alan Turing's untimely end. Are any of these stories true?

A still-life fresco recently discovered in the Pompeii archaeological site features a flatbread with colorful toppings that looks like a pizza, which was only believed to have been invented many centuries later