Just as well for Ziggy the parrot his owners were not married, or he would probably have been called before a divorce court to offer his testimony. In 2006, newspapers reveled in the tale of Ziggy, an 8-year-old parrot in Britain who exposed the sec...

Where can trains that run on time take me anyway, except away from the vista at Mortlake?

Many rules, with many exceptions, seems to be the best way to describe martini making. The variables to be found in a simple martini soon become unwieldy. It’s a fine task to match up gins and vermouths – and one we undertook with solemnity and...

One of Virgin Galactic’s sub-orbital space craft has been dubbed the VSS Enterprise. On a cold and windy night at the Mojave Air and Space Port, the VSS Enterprise was unveiled to the public tonight. Attached to its mother ship, the vehicle better...

While not all train timetables may be accurate, at least some are pleasant to look at.

Anyone can learn how to toss a coin to their advantage – most of the time anyway – with one person managing to make a coin land heads up 68 per-cent of the time from 300 tosses. This study shows that when participants are given simple instructions...