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Comedic actors know how to deliver lines in just the right way with just the right timing to make an audience laugh. But true comedians are often funnier when they're allowed to go off-script and let their gift for spontaneous humor shine. Enter Bil...
Retired teacher Robert Beattie, now 82, has been digging up remnants of the past ever since he was a child. Recently, some of his fossil specimens have led to a scientific breakthrough. Uncovering a New Species Based on Beattie's fossils, resear...
The Monteath Mausoleum in Jedburgh, Scotland The Monteath Mausoleum is a spectacular Victorian-era structure commissioned by General Sir Thomas Monteath Douglas. It stands atop Gersit Law, overlooking the village of Ancrum below. Thomas Monteath...
Austrian sculptor Heinrich Krippel had already designed and produced a few statues of Ataturk to help cement the iconography of the newly founded Republic of Turkey. The goal was to portray a self-confident new country, led by a great man and claimin...
'Incredibly serious and unbelievably funny' Philip Roth biographer, in Harvard talk, digs into novelist's contradictions, 'true loves,' and recurring themes from lust to Jewish life. Steven J. Zipperstein, the Daniel E. Koshland Professor in Jew...
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How The Next Administration Can Support Families Experiencing Housing Instability On January 1, Zohran Mamdani will be sworn in as the city's next mayor, ushering in a new era of leadership at City Hall. The incoming administration faces familiar...
Princeton Leader Defends Campus Free Speech Efforts Amid 'Civic Crisis' Princeton President Christopher Eisgruber spoke with David Deming, Danoff Dean of Harvard College, on November 5th at Sanders Theatre. Eisgruber discussed the challenges of p...
A newly discovered carnivorous reptile that lived before the rise of dinosaurs has been identified in southern Brazil. Named Tainrakuasuchus bellator, the 240-million-year-old creature was an armor-plated predator belonging to the Pseudosuchia grou...
46 Funny "Port Sherry" Comics That Blend Everyday Moments With Absurd Twists (New Pics) If you've never checked out Port Sherry, you're in for a treat. Pedro Arizpe has been making these comics since 2010, and they're full of clever, weird, and s...
Harvard physicists have unveiled a new system that could help solve a long-standing barrier to the development of a new generation of supercomputers - the challenge of quantum error correction. In a paper published in Nature, the researchers demon...
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From a mock "bearial" to hourly train whistle blasts, Stanford's campus will come alive with tradition as students rally to reclaim the Axe ahead of the 128th standoff against Cal. It's coming. The 128th annual Big Game is Saturday, Nov. 22, the nex...
Honoring Veterans at Stanford and Palo Alto On Veterans Day, the Stanford and Palo Alto communities gathered to honor the sacrifices of those who protect and defend the nation. The event was hosted by Stanford and the City of Palo Alto at the Tra...
Turning Fishing Waste into Biodegradable Plastic Jacqueline Prawira, an MIT senior in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (DMSE), has developed biodegradable, plastic-like materials from fish offal, as featured on the CBS show "Th...
Meta's 30th Data Center: Delivering AI, Creating Community Benefits, and Supporting Wetlands Restoration Meta is focused on building industry-leading infrastructure that supports their most ambitious AI workloads and connects billions of people a...
This Newly Discovered 'Lucifer' Bee From Australia Was Named After Its Devil-Like Horns Researchers hope the discovery shines a light on bee conservation Down Under A few years ago, wild bee ecologist Kit Prendergast was searching for pollin...
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MIT researchers have created a polymer film so impermeable that even nitrogen molecules can't pass through it. This breakthrough material, known as 2DPA-1, could revolutionize corrosion protection for solar cells, food packaging, and infrastructure. ...
The Biology of Goosebumps Goosebumps, also known as piloerection, occur when tiny muscles in our skin contract, causing our body hair to stand on end. This is triggered by our autonomic nervous system, which controls involuntary bodily functions...
The exhibition spotlights more than 200 works by the 92-year-old artist, from provocative early works to more recent creations By Ella Feldman - Daily Correspondent November 12, 2025 :focal(1500x1000:1501x1001)/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-...
New Research Suggests Peru's Mysterious 'Band of Holes' May Have Been an Ancient Marketplace Researchers from the University of Sydney have uncovered new evidence that might solve one of South America's most enduring archaeological puzzles—the "B...
Moss as Forensic Evidence Moss, part of the bryophyte family, is one of the world's oldest and most basic plants. With over 12,000 known species, these hardy plants can thrive in shady, oversaturated soils where other vegetation struggles. This t...
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The Church of England has been deeply divided in recent years over whether to perform same-sex marriages, which were made legal in England in 2014. In 2023, a compromise was made when priests were allowed to offer blessings or prayers of thanksgiving...
Prince George, the 12-year-old son of Prince William and Kate Middleton, is starting to want the things his friends have - including a cell phone. This is a conversation his parents knew was coming, but aren't necessarily thrilled about. Prince Will...
Ulrich Eichelmann has seen many rivers over his lifetime as the head of RiverWatch, an organization dedicated to protecting the world's waterways. He's spent time on the Tigris floating through Turkey and Iraq, on the Tagliamento in Italy, and travel...
Beautiful Tributes Abound Following Legendary Actress Sally Kirkland's Death Oscar-nominated actress Sally Kirkland passed away at the age of 84. Kirkland spent decades in Hollywood, starring on stage and screen. Following her death, many stars p...
Amoako Boafo Painting Consigned by Actor Jesse Williams A 2017 oil on paper work by artist Amoako Boafo, titled "Red Dress," is set to be sold at an upcoming Phillips auction. The painting, which depicts Thelma Golden, director and chief curator ...
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Two baby boys, Myles and Miles, were born just 11 minutes apart at HCA Florida Brandon Hospital on October 27, 2025. The coincidence of the nearly identical names was a special and unique moment for the families and hospital staff. Myles Retzer, bor...
Taiwan Evacuates 8,300 Ahead of Tropical Storm Taiwan evacuated more than 8,300 people from coastal and mountainous areas and closed schools before a tropical storm brushed the southern part of the island on Wednesday. The storm, named Fung-wong...
Humans have poured more than 150 million metric tons of plastic garbage into the ocean since 1950. Plastic bits have turned up in even the most remote places, like the bottom of the Mariana Trench, where scientists recently found an intact plastic ba...
At the Roman fort of Bremenium in northern England, archaeologists have made an intriguing discovery - an intricately engraved red gemstone, known as an intaglio. This rare artifact was likely set in a signet ring and used by a Roman soldier statione...
For years, many chief information officers (CIOs) looked at VMware-to-cloud migrations with a wary pragmatism. Manually mapping dependencies and rewriting legacy apps mid-flight was not an enticing, low-lift proposition for enterprise IT teams. Howe...
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One of America's Greatest Drops in Gun Violence — Ever America is unique among wealthy countries in its endless struggle with gun violence. Schools prepare their youngest for it, communities grieve over it, and basic, sensible gun control laws se...
Iguanas on Mexico's Clarion Island Likely Native, Not Introduced by People: Study Researchers have long speculated that humans introduced spiny-tailed iguanas to Mexico's remote Clarion Island about 50 years ago. However, a recent study suggests ...
MoMA PS1 to Celebrate Its 50th Anniversary in 2026 with Sprawling 'Greater New York' Show With its 50th anniversary looming, MoMA PS1 has revealed details for the 2026 edition of Greater New York, its quinquennial exhibition for art made in and a...
During the Industrial Revolution in the first half of the nineteenth century, the city of Bradford in West Yorkshire underwent a dramatic transformation from a rural market town with a population of about 13,000 people to an industrial powerhouse wit...
Around the world, new patents and inventions are emerging daily, but a select few regions are ahead of others. The 2025 Global Innovation Index (GII), released by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), ranks the top countries and metro ...
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Transforming Homes with DIY Passion Our homes are our sanctuaries, the places where we spend much of our time and unwind from the outside world. It's only natural to want to love what we're surrounded by and create the kind of atmosphere that fee...
Students typically use two strategies when studying: one involves skimming material and memorizing facts just long enough to pass a test, while the other involves more critical thinking, like testing yourself on what you've learned or making connecti...
Earth scientists have uncovered a slow and surprising process beneath our planet's surface that helps fuel volcanic activity in the oceans. Researchers from the University of Southampton found that fragments of continents are gradually stripped away ...
No, Tylenol Use Does Not Cause Autism or ADHD, Large Scientific Review Finds Lately, headlines and social media threads have warned pregnant people to avoid acetaminophen (often known by the brand name Tylenol), implying that using it could incre...
Some revolutions begin not with technology, but with a feeling. For Gregg Treinish, that feeling was guilt. He was spending years on long wilderness expeditions—crossing ranges, sleeping rough, watching the world's edges—and began to wonder what any ...