John is a freelance writer based in the suburbs of Atlanta. A longtime sports scribe with too much time covering college sports, the NFL, the NBA and Major League Baseball, he now writes on science, health, history, current events and whatever other weird non-sports stories that he and the editors at HowStuffWorks dream up. He has a journalism degree from Arizona State, a wife, a son, a dog that sheds too much and a bad case of eyestrain.
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Since "The Secret Annex" was first published in 1947, scholars have dissected every page and entry of Anne Frank's diary to put Anne and her work into a proper perspective. In doing so, a new image of Anne slowly has emerged.
Starlings are short and thick, with dark feathers and long, pointy bills. Collectively, however, they transform into something else entirely.
George P. Burdell has registered for classes, signed petitions and even lettered in football and basketball, but on the campus of Georgia Tech in Atlanta, he is the man who never was.
Is graphically recounting the horrors of the Holocaust the only way to honor the dead and educate the living about this tragedy? One sociologist doesn't think so.
Hypertrophy is just a super-science-y way to say you're building muscle. And there are lots of ways to do it.
There's been a steady uptick in Lyme disease across the United States since 1997, but the news isn't all bad.
Humans are a diverse lot. We can look distinctively different. But is that because of race or ethnicity?
Magda Herzberger is in her 90s and was silent for years about the horrors she witnessed. But today she speaks freely of the Holocaust, and with a sense of urgency.
Taekwondo features dramatic, aerial, jumping, spinning kicks, but it's also about building character.
The story of the "Portuguese Oskar Schindler" who lost everything trying to save thousands during the Holocaust is finally being told by descendants of those he saved.
Coroners and medical examiners both help investigate unusual or violent deaths. The two jobs are different, but deeply connected.
The soldiers who stand vigil over the Tomb are the Sentinels of The Old Guard, a hand-picked group dedicated to honoring the memory of those who gave their lives for their country.
Since Google launched as a privately held company on Sept. 4, 1998, it's evolved from a two-man enterprise into a multibillion-dollar corporation. How did a Ph.D. project become one of the most influential companies in the world?
Ignoring a subpoena can land you in jail. So why would anybody do it?
When the U.S. president comes to town, it's time to get off the roads. As fast as you can.
The food we're feeding those incarcerated in the U.S. prison system is not only bad for their health, but it's also bad for John Q. Taxpayer's wallet.
We've been hearing the words constitutional crisis tossed around a lot lately. But what is one, really?
It's easy to equate "Caucasian" with "white." But that one word — Caucasian — touches on issues much deeper than skin color.
Sinking a hole-in-one is way more difficult than Tiger Woods and those other professionals make it look.
Defining plagiarism is not always cut-and-paste easy. But it usually involves deliberately passing off somebody else's original expression or creative ideas as one's own.
