If you’re human, you’ve probably hollered a curse word or two (or three) when barking your shin on a table edge or hitting your thumb with a hammer. Perhaps you’ve noticed that this seems to lessen ...

Letting out a swear word in a moment of frustration can feel good. Now, research suggests that it can be good for you, too: Swearing can boost people's physical performance by helping them overcome ...

Think of strength as insurance. Maybe you don't care about how much you can lift, but you should want to know how to get stronger so you can live life to the fullest. Strong legs help you kick a ball ...

After three years of mysteriously absent email-checking, Strong Bad has finally smashed his boxing-gloved fists onto the keyboard once more, returning with a brand-new message for his loyal fans. And ...

It's been a long time since we've gotten a new email from beloved animated internet weirdo Strong Bad, but the drought is over. For the first time since 2022, the lucha-masked star of the Homestar ...

A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It ...

The practice of combining materials to achieve better performance has accompanied humanity since the earliest constructions. One of the first known examples emerged over five thousand years ago, when ...

The Naruto franchise embodies a core shonen concept: the gradual rise in power levels as the story progresses. Naturally, Sasuke Uchiha, being the deuteragonist, grows stronger throughout the series, ...

Kevlar has met its match. For decades, it has been the gold standard for impact protection, from bulletproof vests to armored vehicles, and is still widely used. But scientists have now developed a ...

The Naruto series culminated with its titular protagonist, Naruto Uzumaki, undoubtedly becoming one of the strongest characters in the franchise. By possessing the power of every tailed beast and ...

Illustration by Colin Hunter / The Atlantic. Sources: 20th Century Studios / Everett Collection; Briarcliff Entertainment / Everett Collection. Jeremy Strong as Roy Cohn in The Apprentice. (Briarcliff ...

After years of development, an ultra-strong, wood-based material is commercially available for the first time. The creators of the chemically treated and compacted wood product claim it can be up to ...