In the Heat of the Night

Get ready to take your accessory game to a whole new level. Humberto Leon and Carol Lim of Opening Ceremony teamed up with Intel for their first foray into wearable technology with a super-sleek smart...

Sliced bread is synonymous with innovation, but really, how wonderful is it if a chilled pat of butter can trash a piece of pumpernickel toast? Fortunately, a trio of Australian designers, Craig...

They say that necessity is the mother of invention. But for one inventor, all it took actually was a simple request from Mom that led him to create the world’s first one-handed zipper. The “2.0″ take...

A big night out is usually followed by a fry-up, a cup of tea and painkillers. But a Middle Eastern recipe uncovered in a 10th century cookbook could be all you need to cure a hangover. The...

It is a problem that has long puzzled both chefs and snackers alike. But makers of a new high-tech knife claim to have solved the conundrum faced by millions every morning - how to successfully spread...

TOKYO — Scientists have settled a decades-old mystery by naming a cause of death for Japan's most famous dog, Hachiko, whose legendary loyalty was immortalized in a Hollywood movie starring Richard...

Romania, the small country in the center of Eastern Europe, is unique in that it is the only Eastern Block country that speaks a Romance language. Alexandru Niculescu, in his book Outline History of...

In December 2013, a hoax began circulating on the internet claiming that Pope Francis had called a Third Vatican Council that, among other things, purged a literal hell from Catholic doctrine. ‘This...

George Prochnik: I thought your film did a beautiful job of transposing Stefan Zweig’s actual life into the dream life of his stories, and the stories into the fabric of his actual life. You showed...