What do Bigfoot, alien abductions and faked moon landings have in common with popular theories about word origins? More than you might think.

Kid, meaning a young goat, is a word that was borrowed from the Vikings around the 9th century. Centuries later, it came to ...

James Cameron Sold Aliens Without Saying a Word tells the legendary story of one of Hollywood’s smartest pitches. When Cameron met studio executives to propose a sequel to Alien, he skipped ...

It's a big universe out there, and while we're all for exploring it, a specific subgenre of science fiction movies has hinted that it might be a bad idea. Alien invasion movies have come in droves ...

Here’s how a report on alien abductions in the United States begins: “Most alien abduction stories begin quietly — a strange light, a missing moment, something that feels off.” Sounds like something ...

Usually the final Front Porch column I write every year, or sometimes the first one of the new year, is my very favorite one of all – the word of the year column, in which I chew on the words or ...

EXCLUSIVE: A mother is speaking out after an illegal alien DUI suspect allegedly killed her 8-year-old daughter in a Thanksgiving weekend crash that also critically injured her U.S. Marine husband, ...

Respondents to an annual Michigan college survey of overused and misused words and phrases say "6-7" is "cooked" and should come to a massive full-stop heading into the new year. Those are among the ...

Year 1 of President Trump’s quest to conduct the largest deportation campaign in U.S. history turned towns and cities into battlegrounds. Todd Heisler/The New York Times Todd Heisler/The New York ...

Much of the world follows the Gregorian calendar, named after Pope Gregory XIII, who put the finishing touches on a Roman system that integrated... Why do so many people ring in the new year on Jan. 1 ...

Re “Words of the year: Members of Globe Opinion weigh in with their favorites for 2025” (Opinion, Dec. 22): I think one of the obvious candidates for the word of the year is “accountability.” It has ...