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The Acueducto de Xochimilco in Oaxaca, Mexico The city of Oaxaca, Mexico is home to the impressive remains of the Acueducto de Xochimilco, a colonial-era aqueduct that once supplied the city with water. Construction on the aqueduct began in 1722,...
A 12-Foot-Wide Martin Wong Painting, Unseen for Nearly Four Decades, Will Be Unveiled at Art Basel Miami Beach A long-unseen, 12-foot-wide painting by artist Martin Wong, who created a unique visual vocabulary in the steaming cauldron of 1980s Ne...
GLL Launches New Business Support Programme for Social Enterprises On Thursday, November 20th, leading social enterprise GLL hosted an event in Woolwich, South East London to celebrate Social Enterprise Day 2025. The event, titled "How to Start a...
Scientists Discover Three New "Pinocchio Chameleon" Species Researchers have uncovered that the chameleon species Calumma gallus from eastern Madagascar is actually composed of three distinct species, thanks to a new study led by German herpetolo...
The Christmas season is a wonderful time of the year. The smell of pine, red bows everywhere, and a bit of shopping can get even the grumpiest person into the spirit. Christmas music is one of the easiest ways to spread holiday cheer, and country leg...
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Movies are an essential part of the Thanksgiving holiday. When family and friends gather, movies make the perfect buffer for the time between—and after—the festive meal. (And, of course, they're a great alternative to football.) Thanksgiving movies ...
Immigrant-Owned Grocery Chain Offers Free Delivery Amid ICE Raids In 1978, Eligio Peña, an immigrant from the Dominican Republic, opened his first family-owned grocery store in Queens, New York: Compare Foods. The chain grew quickly, expanding to...
Making new friends, especially as an adult, can be challenging. It's also tough for some of our feathered friends. When new birds are introduced to a group, monk parakeets will "test the waters" to avoid getting injured by defensive strangers. The ...
Nearly 1,250 middle and high school students from 71 schools around the world joined Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden for the Growing Beyond Earth (GBE) Student Launch Chat with the Scientists, marking an inspiring milestone in the program's 10th an...
Parenting is an extremely difficult job, especially for single parents who carry the full emotional and physical load. Rumer Willis, the 37-year-old mom to daughter Louetta, has faced a tough season recently. In August 2024, Rumer and her boyfriend ...
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With winter on the way and people spending more time inside, the air they breathe becomes a more significant concern. This is especially true during cold and flu season. Researchers at UBC Okanagan are examining a new air-cleaning device designed to...
After a lengthy hiatus, the Cheez-It mascot Prince Cheddward is making a triumphant return just in time for bowl season. The beloved mascot, known for his regal appearance and signature swagger, is ready to revel in a homecoming celebration built for...
Tinworks Art Inaugurates Newly Acquired Theater with Matthew Barney Film Tinworks Art, an enterprise that gained attention last year for its ambitious resurrection of Agnes Denes's Wheatfield Land art work in Bozeman, Montana, has acquired a hist...
Ensuring Balanced Chromosome Segregation Researchers have uncovered how successful chromosome segregation during sexual reproduction is achieved in plants. The discovery, by scientists led by the University of Leicester, could be beneficial for b...
Exploring the Archives of Jay Gorney Modern Art Jay Gorney Modern Art was a seminal New York gallery that operated for nearly 15 years, showcasing the work of some of the most influential artists of the 1980s and 1990s. Though the gallery's contr...
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The 4-word Phrase That Keeps Small Talk Flowing Socializing often requires small talk, but many people find it forced and unnatural. However, using one simple phrase may be the key to making small talk flow more smoothly. In a Reddit discussion ...
The Rule That Solves the 'Eat When It's Hot' or 'All Are Served' Etiquette Debate You've been there before - you're at a restaurant with a group, your food arrives first, and you're left wondering whether to start eating or wait for everyone else...
Researchers from the Forest Restoration Research Unit at Thailand's Chiang Mai University (FORRU-CMU) have discovered a surprisingly simple and creative innovation that could significantly improve the success of forest restoration projects in the tro...
Traffic-Stopping Reindeer and Roaming Giraffes Reindeer Halt Traffic in Scotland Reindeer from the Cairngorms herd stopped traffic on the road near Aviemore, Scotland, after snow and ice warnings came into force across the UK. The animals, fo...
Astronauts living aboard the International Space Station (ISS) are relatively protected from the harsh radiation of deep space, thanks to the Earth's magnetic field. However, as future astronauts venture deeper into space, they will face more perilou...
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In San Luis Obispo County, California, Gwen Watkins transformed a simple idea into a mobile movement for dignity. In her seventies, Gwen launched Shower the People, a volunteer-run mobile hygiene nonprofit that's now delivered more than 25,000 shower...
The babies at St. Louis Children's Hospital have captured hearts with a delightful photoshoot featuring Wicked-inspired outfits. The hospital's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) dressed up the little ones as beloved characters from the hit musical,...
Blistering suns, endless dunes and almost no water. This is the imagined world on the planet Tatooine in Star Wars. Here, survival depends upon towering vaporators that loom over the sand, drawing in air and condensing its moisture into life-giving w...
Before she founded a nonprofit that now nourishes 850 families a week, Ali Casparian's dreams were rooted in food. As a young girl, she found joy in the kitchen with her Armenian grandmother and in the garden with her grandfather. She wanted to becom...
A recent study published November 19 in Trends in Biotechnology reports that scientists used the gene-editing tool CRISPR to improve how efficiently a fungus produces protein while also lowering the environmental footprint of that production by as ...
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Hubble Seeks Clusters in 'Lost Galaxy' This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy NGC 4535, situated about 50 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. Through a small telescope, this galaxy appears extremely...
It's a dark and stormy night and you've suddenly found yourself swept off of your wooden vessel into the wild Atlantic Ocean. It's 1893, so your woolen clothes are pulling you down to Davy Jones' locker. What kind of dog would want to rescue you? Cha...
What Triggered Santorini's 'Earthquake Swarm' In early 2025, the Greek islands of Santorini, Amorgos, and Anafi experienced a "swarm" of over 25,000 earthquakes, many over magnitude 5.0 and felt by locals. Scientists have now discovered the cause...
A new study suggests that while other risks remain, smoking marijuana can temporarily reduce how much people drink. The "California sober" trend, which involves replacing alcohol with cannabis, is gaining momentum across the United States. One of th...
Beavers have recently enjoyed a makeover as ecological heroes. Their dams and ponds, once destroyed as a pesky source of flooding, are now hailed as water-cleansing oases that do everything from harbor fish to buffer the landscape from wildfires. Ho...
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The Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park is a remarkable natural wonder, with its vibrant colors and diverse microbial life. Scientists are studying these extremophiles, or organisms that thrive in extreme environments, to better under...
Two-time U.S. poet laureate Tracy K. Smith '94 recalls her national project to encourage the "notion that your life must be as important to you as mine is to me." In 2017, Smith was appointed poet laureate of the United States by Librarian of Congre...
Sodium may be the underdog of battery chemistry, but new research shows it could soon punch far above its weight. As global demand for energy storage from electric vehicles to resilient power grids explodes, scientists are pushing hard to develop alt...
As Thanksgiving approaches, Manhattan is getting an unexpected gift: a pop-up apple orchard right in the heart of the city. And behind this sweet surprise is The Farmlink Project, a college-student-founded nonprofit that has become one of the most in...
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Thanksgiving is a time for classic TV shows, and one that stands out is The Brady Bunch. Christopher Knight and Barry Williams, who played Peter and Greg Brady, recently spoke about how the show's Thanksgiving episode helped shape the beloved family ...
Inside California's Race to Document Its Insects: A Conversation with Chris Grinter Christopher C. Grinter has spent much of his life surrounded by insects, though not in the way most people imagine. As Senior Collection Manager of Entomology at ...
Every cat parent knows this familiar scene: you splurge on the perfect toy, only to watch your feline friend climb inside the packaging instead. There is something about a simple cardboard box that cats find almost magnetic. And according to a growin...
"Hamilton" Teen Edition Will Soon Grace High School Stages Theatre kids, get ready - you're about to have the chance to perform in the Pulitzer Prize and Tony-winning musical "Hamilton" at your own high school. Concord Theatricals has acquired wo...
Congo Basin countries have announced the launch of a payments for environmental services (PES) initiative at the COP30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil. The goal is to encourage practices that protect and restore forests. The financial mechanism, sup...