World’s Strangest

ETHAN MILLER/Reuters The way this summer is going, you’ll soon run out of ways to say, “It’s ridiculously hot.” Lucky for us, we have a direct line to Joan H. Hall, editor of the Dictionary of American Regional English. Here are 11 phrases you can fall back on next time someone asks what the weather [...]

Scientists previously skeptical about global warming have conceded that the planet is getting hotter. Climate change has been a topic of controversry …

A Japanese observatory has discovered glowing embers 10,000 times hotter than the Sun left behind following a supernova. The embers are still glowing …