"To many, the speech sounded presidential. But to others, it sounded like a twig snapping in the woods"

Just about every country has one. Welcome to the weird world of "cryptids"

U.S. gymnast Gabrielle Douglas won gold in the all-around competition. Here's a look back at her road to the podium

New research on chimpanzees in Africa suggests that bipedal behaviors evolved differently than previously believed

We want vital third parties and serious alternatives — instead we get Gary Johnson, Evan McMullin and Jill Stein

The trend of racist, threatening incidents outside cultural institutions in the nation's capital continues

"The training is also highly entertaining"

Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, Dec. 15, 1999

This should have been the greatest week of her career. And then the attacks came, as they have for so many others

More surprisingly, researchers could even distinguish between a rural and a city-slicker orangutan accent

New advances in neuroscience are explaining why people just do it, exactly as they're told to, when that commercial comes on.

Cute aggression is real. That chubby cat jumping through soda boxes could make you a danger to yourself

Judge Jackson's findings are music to prosecutors' ears -- but Microsoft says it's guilty of nothing more than embodying "the most basic American values."

Things are great for straight men on MTV. Everyone else is having a tougher time!