James Bond's Theme Song Origin Story Is Completely Bonkers

Discover the bizarre origin of the James Bond theme song and how a scrapped musical helped create one of cinema’s most iconic ...
United States Army

U.S. Army Cavalrymen visit the site of a daring WWII Operation honoring their unit's storied past

BELA NAD RADBUZOU, Czech Republic - U.S. Soldiers from the 2nd Cavalry Regiment “Dragoons”, based out of their garrison ...

Time to end the maritime charade. Our 'port' is simply a drain

Why we should hand back Jervis Bay.
Smithsonian Magazine

Researchers Discovered a Lost Copy of the Oldest English Poem, Composed by an Illiterate Cowherd More Than 1,300 Years Ago

This version of "Caedmon’s Hymn" shows how Old English evolved. It also features early use of a punctuation mark that readers ...

Asian mothers, bad feelings: notes on an all-conquering stereotype

A certain image of the tiger mom – strict, cold and demanding – is ubiquitous in popular culture. Why?

The inside story of the album that took Metallica to the big time

"Every song we came up with was like the greatest thing. Every time we'd write another it was like: 'Oh my god!'" ...