What started as a simple question about why fried food feels so addictive quickly turned into a full breakdown of nearly ...

We've listed our five most read stories on The Mainichi news site, from top to bottom, that were published between June 13 ...

I didn’t plan to spend my evening spiraling into an existential puddle while reading random facts on the internet. I thought I was going to “learn something interesting.” You know, enrich the mind.

Several popular food products and consumer goods have been recalled over the past week, with one of the recalled products potentially at risk of exploding while in use. Here’s a look at various ...

This week’s recalls and consumer warnings at America’s largest retailer include imported frozen shrimp and carbonation bottles that can explode. With thousands of products on shelves and available ...

Two weeks ago, “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver” took one of the show’s pivots away from focusing on serious current topics to feature a hilarious segment on the over-the-top names, mascots, and ...

Early in 1942, the Army fitted some of its coastal minefields with underwater microphones. Its purpose: to listen for enemy craft, and blow them sky-high by exploding appropriate mines. For a while ...

That fast-casual Mexican restaurant opens on Oct. 4 — known as National Taco Day — at 8915 Christenbury Parkway in Concord. It marks the first North Carolina location for the brand. “The ...

Sign up to get Matt Kettmann’s Full Belly Files, which serves up multiple courses of food & drink coverage every Friday, going off-menu from our regularly published ...

A rustle among the great oak trees of a deciduous forest. The swish of a tail, deep in the tropical rainforest. The soft, deep breaths of a giant in slumber. The hushed footsteps of a four-legged ...

“Earthsounds,” now streaming on AppleTV+, is a nature series with a mind-blowing difference. Filmed over four years in 20 countries on all seven continents, it’s a world-class tour: Australia’s ...

This is the fifth post in the Wonderful Things series. This creature is not an insect, nor something you need to worry about exploding from your chest. This creature is not an insect, nor something ...