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The seven-time Oscar-nominated filmmaker behind M*A*S*H and Gosford Park, who would have turned 100 this year, changed how we watch—and hear—movies. He also tattooed Harry S. Truman’s dog.

It was about modernization—and also politics.

Sometimes the letter of the law has tough things to say about, well, letters.

Throw the grammar rulebook out the window.

We’re taking Strunk and White and grammarians everywhere to task in the latest episode of The List Show.

Slipping and falling on the ice is always a serious risk during winter, but this sock hack from TikTok could help.

Lyft has autonomous cars in store for 2026.

Your Lyft ride could arrive driver-free as soon as next year.

February 14 is often celebrates as a day of love—but it has also been marked as a day of tragedy.

From 'chickabiddy,' to 'tootsicums,' these terms of endearment are more evocative than any garden-variety 'babe.'

Spoiler alert: They’re still around.

Thomas Edison’s 146-question employment test was so difficult that the inventor’s own son—as well as Albert Einstein—reportedly flunked it.

Ashlee Simpson, Milli Vanilli, and Luciano Pavarotti.

From Milli Vanilli to Mariah Carey and beyond.

Pillows work tirelessly to hold your head up. Here's how to know when they've had enough.

These words are the language of love (literally).

Whether it's bacteria, a city name, or a day of the week, love can be found in unexpected places—including our vocabulary.

Several factors make people more susceptible to the flu in winter.

Like clockwork, flu viruses seem to strike more people in winter than in any other season—and there are several reasons for that.

There‘s a FasTrak toll scam running rampant.

Received a text about unpaid tolls? You may be the target of a new phishing scam.

Fossilized human footprints in New Mexico’s White Sands National Park are between 21,000 and 23,000 years old and pre-date the Clovis people in North America.

Archaeologists used to think that the Clovis people were the first inhabitants of the Americas some 13,500 years ago. The evidence from these ancient sites says otherwise.

The OneCourt tablet permits fans with no or low vision to experience a game in real time.

A new tablet uses haptic feedback to put live plays into the hands of sports fans with no or low vision.

The torrid love affair you've never heard of.

‘Leonardo: The Musical: A Portrait of Love’ didn’t exactly soar on stage. But don’t blame the bird poop that helped get it there.

Pixar really knows how to make some good ones.

These words are often mistaken for one another. See if you can break the cycle.

The initialism was originally a bit of shipbuilder marketing—and now there are many different kinds of ship designations.

‘The Gashlycrumb Tinies’ author was born 100 years ago on February 22—here’s what you need to know about him, from what classic book he found boring to how much he really helped with PBS’s show ‘Mystery!’