(Photo: Marina von Stackelberg/CBC)Dr. Michael Persinger is a neuroscientist, but he can cuss like a sailor. He uses profanity prolifically in his lectures to psychology students at Laurentian University in Ontario. To m...

(Portrait by Rembrant Peale)From his youth, George Washington made a studied effort at maintaining a public persona befitting a gentleman and a leader. He guarded his conduct carefully with particular attention to his te...

Cartographer Daniel Huffman measured the propensity of six swear words in tweets by geographic location within the 48 contiguous states. So this map is actually adjusted for population. Redder areas swear a lot mor...

Ever cuss a blue streak after hitting your thumb with a hammer? You may be helping yourself cope with pain: Holy @$#%! According to neuroscientists from Britain’s Keele University, dropping the f-bomb can actually...