Real life

For US$9 a day, workers toil in the bowels of a mine that once funded an empire.

The wrestling ring is a place where stereotypes are turned on their head and left locked in a half-nelson.

On Saturday morning October 15, 1910 Walter Wellman and his five-man crew set off on their daring attempt to cross the Atlantic in the airship 'America'...

Get ready for it, pet owners are now encouraging their canines to paint, and then proudly displaying the "muttsterpieces" in well attended art shows.

Can online porn and vegan strip clubs save the rainforest? The erotic industry believes there’s a market for idealists who want to hug more than just trees.

An increasing number of women are practicing medication-free birth control as part of a countrywide return to a back-to-basics lifestyle.

Never before have there been so many things to be afraid of, a situation that has kept researchers busy compiling catalogues to keep up with the new fears.

A new wave of slang collectors are trying to keep up with language as it evolves.

As an Oregon high schooler might say: dankidy!

In most states, drivers must prove they're legally in the country to get a license. But tightening requirements make it impossible for even some legal immigrants to get behind the wheel.

Researchers at the Williams Institute at UCLA found a large income gap between same-sex couples and married heterosexuals - even more pronounced among non-white gays and lesbians, who make up 20% of same-sex parents.