The middle finger is one of our species' oldest and most ubiquitous insulting gestures. But why is waving one of your fingers offensive? David Clark answered this question for us back in 2009, and ...

Here’s how it became the human hand’s most obscene digit. The cheeky Greeks “probably relied on the use of the middle finger to represent an erect penis,” wrote Max Nelson, who teaches ...

Patriots Tom Brady explained why he can’t bend the middle finger on his throwing hand all the way Brady showed off the wear and tear on his throwing hand during a friendly cooking competition.