Marshall Brain, educator and founder of the popular edutainment company HowStuffWorks, died last week at the age of 63. Born in California, Brain moved to Raleigh in the 1980s to complete a master’s ...

HowStuffWorks is about the stuff that makes the world go 'round. It's truly incredible to see the ingenious lengths people go to in order to extract rubber and iron, corn and wheat, and water and salt ...

Though SIFF isn’t as complex as it used to be — running May 9-19, it’s now much shorter than the 3 ½-week length it maintained for many years — navigating the sprawling festival can still be a little ...

Helen Siff was a part of many other TV shows over the years, where she portrayed minor roles, along with some short films.

Let’s get right to the point: Corn is much more than a backyard barbecue side dish. In fact, there are more than 3,500 different uses for corn products: Chewing gum, peanut butter, vitamins, paint, ...