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Otis Redding. Stevie Wonder. David Bowie. Jimi Hendrix. Jim Carrey? All of those icons, including that last one, have put their own unique stamp on a classic Beatles song. In 1997, still at his wacky peak of physical comedy, Carrey took part in the Beatles tribute album In My Life, compiled by the b...
Orcas and dolphins provide constant fascination with their ever-evolving behaviors (see: salmon hats). But the two becoming hunting collaborators? That’s on a new level. For the first time ever, both species were filmed working as a team to hunt salmon off the coast of British Columbia, according to...
Maureen Cahillane, center, walks with her bereavement group on November 21 in Northampton, Mass. Nancy Eve Cohen hide caption toggle caption Nancy Eve Cohen Grief can make......
For many people, growing up meant constantly stressing about college, getting into the right one, the right program. Once you arrive, prepared to face more daunting challenges, you realize that world-class professors sometimes show up late, write emails that look like your dad’s text messages and yo...
Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia, may be influenced by factors circulating in the blood....
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Gonorrhea is a common sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae. It primarily infects the mucous membranes of the genital tract but can also affect the rectum, throat, and eyes....
Guardian story helped to draw attention to planned hanging of Goli Kouhkan over death of abusive husband A child bride who was due to be executed this month in Iran over the death of her husband has had her life spared by his parents, who were paid the equivalent of £70,000 in exchange for their for...
“Every morning, I push my small wooden cart to the gardens, hoping the day will be kinder than the last,” says Aminul Gul, a kehwa seller from Srinagar. “For years, I was not earning enough to even feed my family. This year was the worst. After the Pahalgam attack in April, tourists left Kashmir ove...
For nearly 200 years, a quaint bed and breakfast in a nubilous, Halloween-obsessed small town has watched the state of Michigan grow up. The Mann's Inn opened the New Year's Eve prior to Michigan being granted statehood, hosting the first ball ever held in the town of Marshall. It had been construct...
Engineers in the United States have developed a novel multilayer computer chip with a unique architecture that could help usher in a new era of AI hardware and domestic semiconductor innovation.The team highlighted that in hardware tests and simulations, the new 3D chip outperforms 2D chips by rough...
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You may have read news stories about the rise of AI chatbots as companions, therapists, creative partners, or simply digital friends. Well, sorry, Sam Altman; someone already beat you to the punch 40 years ago. His name was Ben Hollis, and for the full 42 minutes of his VHS tape Rent-a-Friend, he be...
It may seem obvious, but takes a heck of a lot more than most of us think to keep a household moving. Dishes, laundry, groceries, general cleaning and tidying, outdoor maintenance, scheduling, doctor's appointments, and on and on and on. In most American households, mom handles most of it; the major...
Researchers have developed a polymer structure inspired by a classic “Chinese lantern” that can change into more than a dozen curved, three-dimensional shapes when it is compressed or twisted. These quick shape transitions can also be triggered remotely with a magnetic field, which makes the design...
Researchers from TUM, working at CERN, have made a groundbreaking discovery that reveals how deuterons are formed. Another long-standing question in particle physics has been answered. Scientists working with the ALICE experiment at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC), led by researchers from the...
Menstrual taboos are as old as time and found across cultures. They've been used to separate women from men physically—menstrual huts are still a thing—and socially, by creating the perception that a natural bodily function is a sign of weakness. Even in today's world, women are deemed unfit for pos...
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Sometimes worlds collide in the most magical ways. This was the case after a TikTok trend called "Drive-by Kindness" went viral, encouraging people to randomly praise complete strangers. The way it works is this: People drive around, roll down their car windows and tell strangers how lovely they loo...
The last several years have been difficult for Celine Dion. The iconic singer lost her husband, René Angélil, after more than 20 years of marriage. In 2022, she disclosed she’d been diagnosed with stiff person syndrome, which ultimately led to the cancellation of her Courage World Tour. During this ...
About When one thinks of the town of Bath, in the west of England, they may immediately have visions of Jane Austen (1775 -1817) and the Regency period (1811 - 1820). What they may not associate with this quaint municipality is that it is home to one of the country's longe...
It’s been a good year for metal detectorists. From a giant Iron Age hoard to tens of thousands of ancient coins and a 19th century shipwreck, it’s a wonder everyone isn’t having a go at the treasure-hunting trade. And now there’s yet another discovery to add to the list. Archaeologists in Norway hav...
