Tell us, readers -- haven't you dreamt deeply about shoving your hand into a toasty, moist hamburger at work in order to warm your digits without cranking the thermostat and irritating the Antarctica-born top brass? And tell us, haven't you always wanted a USB hub that doubled as an airplane toy? An …

TIME looks at what's on the agenda for the talks in Copenhagen which begin on Dec. 2

As I've previously stated, I am all for revamping a broken (make that disaster) of a health care system. So, while I am pleased by the results, the results show how broken the political system is AND how much it SUCKS.First, take a look at the votes. 218 votes were needed and a "whopping" 220 were r …

After a long, hard, bloody, awful debate that brought out the worst in our national conversation, the Democratic health care package just passed by a vote of 220-215. An anti-abortion federal funding amendment sealed the deal. So: now what?

Flip the Frog, Oswald Rabbit, Koko the Clown and Toby the Pup will return to the screen Tuesday night, at the Billy Wilder Theatre in the Hammer Museum in Westwood, CA. Ragtime pianist Reginald Robinson will play in concert with a screening of 1920s and 30s animated cartoons from the UCLA Film Archi …

Filed under: Etc., Safety, Videos, Humor Spectacular pole mishap - Click above to watch video Spending all day blogging from the comfort of our mothers' basements and/or top-secret Dr. No-style lairs, we sometimes forget that there's a world out there filled with people who engage in truly quest …

Unraveling the mysteries of Vietnam may prevent us from repeating its mistakes.

Crossing the street in Delhi can be a tricky proposition. Photo by [Satbir] via Flickr. With just 139 cars for every 1,000 residents -- compared to 209 in New York City, and a whopping 765 in the United States as a whole -- many parts of Istanbul are already clogged with traffic. More residents n …

Here's an on-set shot of Carrie Fisher in her iconic "bikini Leia" mode, along with her stunt double, catching some rays during the filming of Return of the Jedi. Bikini Leia and her stunt double nap in the Tatooine sunshine (via JWZ)