For many years, I’ve been a devotee of full-moon walks. We’ve walked by balmy summer moons in t-shirts with katydids singing ...

Let's get real: Kids like, no, love presents, and Santa and Christmastime is magical because he brings them their ...

It’s the most wonderful time of year, and we at Defector are proud to bring back our series discussing some of the most, uh, ...

H e was the most famous magician of the 20th century. Yet Harry Houdini’s peers were often scathing about him. His tricks were “awful stuff” and “a bunch of junk”, they sniffed. “Watching him play the ...

How do DJs and MCs coax people onto the dance floor at office parties, bat mitzvahs and weddings? NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to an MC, Chris Schultz, about the best tricks for working the crowd.

Sometimes you just want Windows to shut down. But instead of shutting down quickly, the system seems to ponder, blocked by running processes, background services, or open apps. However, for decades ...

Clinical psychologist that I am, I aim to fulfill every reader's request. So when a female reader asked for a list of five ways to make husbands happy, not including being intimate, as a companion ...

Python has become one of the most popular programming languages out there, particularly for beginners and those new to the hacker/maker world. Unfortunately, while it’s easy to get something up and ...

Family photographer Allison Burriss was under a lot of pressure to do a promotional shoot for her photography business. But her kids were not interested in participating. "My kids were overtired, ...

The Horsemen are back with more mind-bending illusions in “Now You See Me: Now You Don’t,” the third installment of the magic-fueled heist series — and this ...