Comedians
Best Clean Comedians: Family-Friendly Stand-Up
Stand-up the whole family can watch together, from Brian Regan and Jim Gaffigan to Nate Bargatze, Leanne Morgan and Bob Newhart. Clean doesn't mean tame.
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Rare & Remarkable Human Traits
Can Your Eye Color Change as an Adult?
Baby eyes change color, but what about adult eyes? Here's when a change is just lighting, what can really change eye color later in life, and when to see an eye doctor.
Amazing Feats
Hysterical Strength: People Who Lifted Cars to Save Someone
A mom lifts a car off her son. A bystander lifts a Camaro off a teenager. Here are the reported cases, what really happens when someone lifts a car, and why scientists…
Rare & Remarkable Human Traits
Photic Sneeze: Why Sunlight Makes Some People Sneeze
Step into bright sun and sneeze? You're one of roughly 18 to 35% of people with the photic sneeze reflex, nicknamed ACHOO syndrome. Here's what's going on, from Aristotle to the gene…
Comedians
Best Irish Comedians of All Time
From Dave Allen on his stool to Dara Ó Briain, Dylan Moran and Aisling Bea: the Irish comedians who shaped stand-up and TV comedy, with their best-known work.
Rare & Remarkable Human Traits
Supertasters: Why Some People Hate Broccoli
About 1 in 4 people are supertasters: bitter foods taste much stronger to them. Here's where the idea came from, the gene involved, the blue food dye test, and what it means…
Comedians
Best Deadpan Comedians: Funny Without Cracking a Smile
Deadpan comedians say the strangest things with a straight face, and that's the joke. From Buster Keaton and Bob Newhart to Steven Wright, Mitch Hedberg and Nathan Fielder, the best of the…
Amazing Feats
Everest Without Oxygen: The Few Who've Done It
Doctors once said it couldn't be done. In 1978, Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler did it. Only 232 people have summited Everest without bottled oxygen, about 1.7% of all summiters. Here's why…
Amazing Feats
The Barkley Marathons: The Race Almost Nobody Finishes
A $1.60 entry fee, a secret application, a cigarette for a starting gun, and a course so brutal that only 20 people have ever finished. In 2026, nobody did, for the second…
Mind & Character
Super-Recognizers: People Who Never Forget a Face
Super-recognizers can pick a face out of a crowd years after a glance. The term dates to a 2009 study, and London police built a unit around them. How rare it is,…
Rare & Remarkable Human Traits
Dimples: Genetics, Rarity, and Why They Charm
Cheek dimples are often called a dominant trait, but the science is shakier than the textbooks say. What causes them, how common they are, why some kids lose them, and why people…
Rare & Remarkable Human Traits
Gray Eyes vs. Blue Eyes: What Makes the Difference
Gray and blue eyes both have very little pigment. The difference is in how the front of the iris scatters light. Here's the science, how rare gray eyes are, and why they…