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Oddities, backstories, and other weird things... Human nature During the eighteenth century, books that were considered offensive were sometimes punished by being whipped. Kellogg's Corn Flakes were invented by a Dr. Kellogg in hopes that they would...

Word Count: 3690 When I had a house in Sri Lanka, my parents came out one winter to see me. Originally I had felt some qualms about encouraging their visit. Any one of several things–the constant heat, the unaccustomed food and drinking water...

Each week, Roads & Kingdoms and Slate publish a new dispatch from around the globe. For more foreign correspondence mixed with food, war, travel, and photography, visit their online magazine or follow @roadskingdoms on Twitter. Victos Fernando had...

At just 22 and having already become the first Yorkshireman in history to make his maiden Test hundred at Headingley, Joe Root’s prime place in English cricket’s future seems assured. But what lies behind the cherubic darling of the development...

Narendra Modi was sworn in as India’s prime minister in an elaborate ceremony at New Delhi’s presidential palace May 26, after a sweeping election victory that ended two terms of rule by the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty. Millions of Indians watched...