“A ‘pygg jar’ was not yet shaped like a pig. But the name persisted as the clay was forgotten.” It seems that even though “pygg” would have been pronounced “pug” by locals in the ...

On the Chinese calendar, 2019 is the Year of the Pig. And while this might sound ... Many are written by brush on a diamond-shaped piece of red paper. Flowers are another important part of New ...

Shapes have sides and corners and are completely flat, like a drawing on a piece of paper. Circles don’t have corners and have got just one long round side. Wheels, they're circles and are one ...

A pair of escaped pigs managed to duck and dodge police in West Kelowna, B.C., in front of a crowd of cheering schoolchildren Wednesday. The chase unfolded outside Mar Jok Elementary on Wednesday ...

"It was glass and we had to get a butter knife and shake it to get coins out, as there was no other opening." The first true ...

But truffles grow underground and, unlike mushrooms, come in one fairly standard shape. Now that we understand what truffles are and where they come from, we can take a closer look at how this wild ...

Researchers believe kirigami, the ancient Japanese art of cutting and folding paper to create intricate ... or squeezing to slightly shift its shape. The proof of concept is significant, according ...

(Photo: WhistlePig Whiskey) On Tuesday, WhistlePig Whiskey announced the release of PiggyBank Rye, a whiskey contained in a ...

Peppa Pig is a lovable but slightly bossy five-year-old pig. In this series, Peppa and her family have new exciting adventures travelling far and wide and staying closer to home to visit new places we ...

Analyzing the genomes of 68 ancient humans, including a 45,000-year-old sample from Siberia, the researchers found that ...