BIG QUESTIONS

It looks like something out of a sci-fi movie, but it's perfectly normal.

Robert Downey Jr. and Sammy Davis Jr. are arguably two of the biggest celebrities ever to rock nominal suffixes—but why aren't they Robert Downey II and Sammy Davis II?

Just like undertakers have the world’s most secure job, vultures have the world’s most secure food source.

It comes down to the possibility of a split second of interference.

It was a tricky task!

Some believe February once boasted 29 days and that Augustus Caesar stole a day so he could add it to August, which was named for him. (If there’s a month named after you, why not milk it?) But that’s a myth.

Since George Washington’s first appointment, 112 people have served on the highest court in the land. With the recent death of Antonin Scalia, that number will soon rise to 113.

It takes years, and you can be denied at every turn.

The voting process that determines the Oscar nominees is a long and complicated undertaking that involves approximately 8000 voting members and hundreds of eligible films and filmmakers.

A new video from the American Chemical Society breaks down the science of a substance that we can't break down.

Warren G. Harding was the first president with an official speechwriter, but even George Washington’s famous farewell address was prepared with the assistance of James Madison—five years before he delivered it.

All it takes is a slight curve in the glass.