The urban legend that train track gauge descends from Roman war chariots falls apart at every link in the chain.

In which we hear, analyze, and attempt to explain the ghostly personal stories you've sent in.

A controversial mental health framework is also being peddled by unqualified coaches.

An exploration into the chupacabra, and how that word came to be applied to so many unrelated things.

Popular tales of the occult underpinnings of the Nazis are largely modern fiction.

Concrete will remain one of our most important materials for decades — but there's a big problem with it.

20 years ago, Portugal decriminalized all drugs in an effort to reduce addiction, incarceration, and negative health impacts. How has it worked?

Trying to treat pain or cancer by exposing yourself to a radioactive carcinogen provides only risk without the benefit.

After the 2017 earthquake in Mexico City, rescuers dug through the rubble for a little girl named Frida Sofia — who never existed.