A cold snap has knocked the reptiles from their trees, and into our consciences.

Don't ever send your cheek swab off to the DNA lab. It can cause political heartburn.

My new smart watch may give me more years of life, but will it make them more worth living?

If you travel overseas, you're carring a little-noticed literary and patriotic classic around with you.

Sicily has had many occupiers -- Greeks, Romans, Normans, Arabs -- but the most recent one has been all but overthrown. There's a lesson here for America.

Despots have a knack for staying on top. A new book tells the secrets of their success. It doesn't involve governing well.