The most egalitarian timetable, I recently learned from a friend who loves nonsequiturs, is the French Revolutionary calendar. Implemented for 12 years at the turn of the 18th century, the calendar ...

The Bean is the big, gleaming, metal bean-shaped sculpture in Chicago. It was made by artist Anish Kapoor, and one thing you might like to know about it is that it’s technically named “Cloud Gate,” ...

Ivanka Trump, White House adviser and first daughter, decided to use her lofty position on Tuesday to promote Goya beans. Predictably, memes and jokes followed. To be clear it's not all funny: The ...

“There is a man in The Bean,” five protesters chanted at Millennium Park. Holding signs reading “You wouldn’t put a baby inside The Bean” and “Get him out now,” the group fictionally claimed Anish ...