All posts by Jamie Frater

Scientific breakthroughs have the power to transform our understanding of the world, influence public policy, and even change the course

Authors like Shakespeare and Dr. Seuss came up with so many words that people use daily, like “critic” and “nerd.”

The four decades of ideological confrontation between the democratic West led by the United States and the communist bloc led

Fiction has given us several fantastic sports. These made-up pastimes are part of the world-building process, making a given setting

There are a million facts from history, and every year, we seem to learn more of them. With as long

No matter what you call the bathroom—the latrine, loo, john, lavatory, or powder room—one thing is for certain. The bathroom

A pizzeria in Germany was recently busted for selling more than just pizza. A major undercover operation revealed that customers

Throughout history, governments have sometimes enacted policies based on flawed data, misunderstandings, or even myths. Some of these policies had

Innovation in technology often means thinking outside the box. This list highlights some of the most ingenious tech experiments that

“Lord” George Sanger was about as close to an A-list celebrity as one could be in Victorian Britain. He traveled