As terrific as the 2014 World Cup was on the pitch, some of the best moments happened away from the ball.

“The Drudge Report trumpeted a poll finding that President Barack Obama enjoys a high approval rating among Muslims on its homepage Friday. The conservative aggregator linked to a Politico article on a newly released Gallup poll, which found that 72 percent of Muslims approved of the job Obama was doing …

Off the coast of Canada’s Baffin Island, polar bears cavort and prowl the ice in search of food. Ice floes are a natural habitat for polar bears, but as the ice melts due to a warming climate, the species faces an uncertain future. Naturalists aboard the National Geographic Explorer share …

The real Piper Kerman speaks with Ezra Klein about the failures of the U.S. criminal justice system. Subscribe to our channel! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=voxdotcom Vox.com is news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what’s really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com to get up to …

“Of the believable things that have occurred on this floating rock, that Richard Nixon would be sitting in a room with Henry Kissinger, Bob Haldeman, and John Ehrlichman, and somehow get onto the subject of gays and the downfall of Greco-Roman civilization is…pretty up there. According to new audiotape released …

David wants to understand the physics of a coin toss, so he meets up with a guy named Jeff, who builds catapults for a living. Also, a goat’s hut is hypothetically threatened. Get ready, this is a Television Event. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world’s …

“Republicans, still flailing in their efforts to come up with their own healthcare plan, are also going to be flailing when it comes to finding a coherent argument for getting rid of Obamacare in the first place. Their arguments against the law keep being shot down by the reality of …

High school dropout turned National Geographic photographer Cory Richards is on a life-long quest to push the limits of adventure and storytelling. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe ➡ Get More Nat Geo Live: http://bit.ly/MoreNatGeoLive About Nat Geo Live (National Geographic Live): Thought-provoking presentations by today’s leading explorers, scientists, and photographers. Get More …

“Isis, the powerful jihadist group pushing toward Baghdad, is waging a parallel war online, flooding social media with updates and riding the football World Cup frenzy to spread its message with corporate-like sophistication. As militants, led by jihadists from Isis, advanced on the ground in Iraq, they also invaded microblogging …

“Dr. Keith Ablow, the resident psychiatrist at Fox News and a member of the network’s Medical A-Team, asserted on Wednesday that legalized same-sex marriage would lead to bestiality. During a Fox & Friends “Normal or Nuts” segment, host Anna Kooiman asked Ablow if it was “normal” for California Gov. Jerry …