Jake Rossen

Dogs can tear up a lawn with an overwhelming desire to dig and bury things. Where does that impulse come from, and what do they think they’re accomplishing?

Everyone knows a buck means a dollar. But not everyone knows why.

‘Hershey’ will depict the life and times of the chocolate king.

Some of your favorite kitchen tools and cookware could get destroyed inside of a dishwasher—and here’s why.

The 6-second start-up anthem joins “My Heart Will Go On” and the ‘Hamilton’ soundtrack as “one of the defining sounds of history.”

Here’s why the seemingly worst color to use for a messy job is actually the best.

Hearing the phrase ‘souls on board’ usually portends bad news. Why do we use it?

One vendor’s dispute against a 19th-century import tariff led the U.S. Supreme Court to classify the tomato as a vegetable. But botanists disagree.