Flea

<!-- -->Michael Kohlhof in the hospitalOne flea bite was all it took for a man from Texas, United States, to develop a terrible illness that led to the amputation of both of his hands and portions of both of his feet.According to a…

Northwestern University engineers have developed the smallest-ever remote-controlled walking robot -- and it comes in the form of a tiny, adorable peekytoe crab. Just a half-millimeter wide, the tiny crabs can bend, twist, crawl, walk, turn…

Talk about not knowing what you have. A British woman was recently combing through some costume jewelry she’d likely purchased at a flea market years ago when she came across a rather large stone. She debated whether to toss or…

A peeling portrait of Frederic Chopin purchased at a flea market in Poland hung modestly in a private house for almost three decades before an expert dated the painting to the 19th century, when the Polish piano composer lived.…

The Flea, a notable Off Off Broadway company that discontinued its most prominent programs for emerging artists in December, effectively eliminating dozens of positions and provoking the ire of resident artists, announced a new model for…

When Kmart opened its first store, in Garden City, Mich., in 1962, the aim was to become an all-under-one-roof retailer. Americans’ shopping habits had gravitated toward the suburbs after World War II, and Kmart was going to cater to…