List of All Articles with Tag 'big questions'

( )Parentheses (the single one is called a parenthesis), also known as curved brackets, have plenty of uses in everyday written language. Their most common use, as I’ve demonstrated already, is segregating subordinate material or asides. Usually, this is

Just how many miles can you drive once your car alerts you that you're running out of gas? The answer might surprise you.

The unwanted gourds can wind up in a variety of places, including your local zoo.

It’s often said that Barbie is 19 years old, but the answer is a little more nuanced than that.

History is filled with figures who were single-handedly—yet often undeservedly—held responsible for epic societal failures. But what do goats have to do with it?

In the U.S., the terms ‘bison’ and ‘buffalo’ are used interchangeably—but they’re actually two different animals. Here’s how to tell them apart.

Despite what people often claim, the Gros Michel isn't to blame.

Tennis’s U.S. Open has only been an “open” since 1968. Here’s why.

It's known as "middle-aged groan," and it afflicts millions who dare try to get off the couch.

You may have been taught the old cowboy trick of applying a tourniquet and using a blade to cut the bite wound to suck out the poison. It looks dramatic, but does it really work?

“We concluded that birthdays end lethally more frequently than might be expected."

The barrels we see around St. Bernards' necks in paintings and cartoons is the invention of an artist named Edwin Henry Landseer.