Powerful figures have used — or created — mental illness to manipulate and control a given time's undesirables. We explore it, starting with the Bible.

Saint Veronica was one of those annoying "I'll be happy even though my life is miserable" types. It's that trait that excludes most of us from sainthood.

The recent discovery of Homo floresiensis makes the story of human evolution all the more interesting.

Considering that you use it every day, understanding the oil production business is kind of a must.

These sci-fi movie blunders prove that no matter how sophisticated we try to make space on the silver screen, it's going to be fraught with errors.

North Korea tends to grab the headlines as the world's favorite ideological basket case, Turkmenistan offers just as much potential for lulz.

Why reduce dramatic weather to small talk fodder when, as these images show, it's clearly so much more?

A country is only as strong as the propaganda it sells to its people and the world. In that case, Kim Jong Il's North Korea is a heavyweight champion.

The human race is not very well equipped to live on Earth. And yet, in spite of that, they still choose to call some of the most extreme climates home.

Dumb borders: the bad tasting fruit of colonialism, nationalism and ego.

Far from signifying the end of slavery and racism, the Civil War's finish only initiated a new wave of discrimination: Jim Crow.

Welcome to the favelas, slums so underserved that they maintain a state of cold war with Brazilian officials.