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In their new book, Tyler Thrasher and Terry Mudge explore the origins of colors found rocks, animals, plants, and even space.

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The phrase made famous by ‘Good Will Hunting’ is much older than the 1997 film—and doesn’t have anything to do with actual apples.

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Severance’ author Ling Ma is a 2024 MacArthur Fellow; here are some other famous authors who were awarded the grants.

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Roborock’s S8 MaxV Ultra robot vacuum became the first robot vacuum to go to space as part of the company’s “Cleaning Beyond Limits” campaign.

In our latest word game, we’re challenging you to fill in the blanks and figure out the words. In each of these words, there are only two missing letters—e.g., if the example is HA__ __OW ...

In an email interview with Mental Floss in 2015, Hause shared the original title and direction of the film, and shared his thoughts on how the film turned out: “We had originally called it ...

Shirley Jackson is one of the most famous horror writers of the 20th century. The author‘s best-known works include her short story “ The Lottery ” and her 1959 novel The Haunting of Hill House, which ...