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Metallica Guitarist Sells Iconic Conan Painting for $10M Metallica's lead guitarist Kirk Hammett is auctioning off a prized painting of Conan the Barbarian that he purchased from legendary artist Frank Frazetta in 2009 for $1 million. The work, t...
Fighting for the QueensWay We Were Promised Real families were counting on that money, because the QueensWay is desperately needed in our community. It would provide a green space for kids in 28 schools—many of which, like the school where I work...
Thor Heyerdahl's Former Resting Place in Colla Micheri, Italy Born in 1914 in Larvik, Norway, Thor Heyerdahl became world-famous for his daring expeditions that challenged conventional thinking about ancient maritime capabilities. His most celebr...
Colorectal cancer diagnoses have become increasingly common in adults 50 or younger, particularly in high-income countries like the U.S. A new study led by Harvard and Mass General Brigham researchers suggests an important link to ultraprocessed food...
It seems we're all in our chicken era, and our favorite fast-food restaurants are here for it. Some, like Taco Bell, added chicken to the menu. McDonald's brought back the cult favorite Snack Wrap. And now Chick-fil-A is upping the ante with a new sa...
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Devil's Tower, also known as Matotipila or Bear's Lodge, was formed over 50 million years ago. Rising dramatically from the Wyoming Plains, this spellbinding monolith is a pillar of Lakota Sioux mythology and an enduring challenge to rock climbers wo...
Rebuilding Jamaica's Food System After Hurricane Melissa In the three weeks since Hurricane Melissa struck Jamaica, authorities have been addressing immediate crises and assessing the damage. Melissa, the strongest hurricane ever recorded to hit ...
"Just Keep Looking at It": Tom Cruise's Advice for Overcoming Social Anxiety Tom Cruise isn't just a master of action stunts - he's also a source of insightful advice, at least according to his Mission: Impossible co-star Haley Atwell. Atwell, wh...
In 2013, Tarek El Moussa and his now ex-wife, Christina Haack, were becoming big stars on HGTV's Flip or Flop. A keen-eyed viewer contacted the network about her concern for Tarek. She saw a lump on his neck that made her fear he might have cancer....
What if Every Teen Graduated with $1K and an Investment Portfolio? In Clarke County School District in Athens, Georgia, every high school senior has an investment portfolio. This is a stark contrast to the state of financial literacy in the Unite...
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Want to Declutter Your Holidays? Here's How to Ask for No Gifts This Year The saying "less is more" has never rung truer than during these unpredictable and tumultuous times. If our collective concern for the environment isn't enough to encourage...
'They're Playing Games': Illinois Lawmakers Press for Lead-Pipe Funding Lead pipes are a widespread problem across the United States, with no state having fully eliminated its toxic lead service lines that deliver drinking water to homes and busi...
Before Curiosity landed 13 years ago, the science team eyed all the geologic wonders scattered across the flanks of Mount Sharp and looked forward to the day when they could put the rover to work on them. The team has visited many of these wonders — ...
Archaeologists Discover 3,000-Year-Old Maya Cosmogram New Research Sheds Light on Ancient Maya Site in Mexico Five years ago, archaeologists announced the discovery of a massive Maya structure in southeastern Mexico known as Aguada Fénix. Bu...
More than five years after his tragic death, Marvel star Chadwick Boseman will receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame posthumously. Boseman passed away from colon cancer in August 2020 at just 43 years old, devastating his colleagues and fans. ...
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Wild new "gyromorph" materials could make computers insanely fast Researchers are exploring a new generation of computers that operate using light, or photons, instead of electrical currents. Systems that rely on light to store and process inform...
Hawaii's Short-Finned Pilot Whales Eat Over 77,000 Squid a Year For Hawaii's short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus), squid is the primary food source. These black marine mammals with bulbous heads feed primarily on cephalopods, ...
Teacher Told 5th Grader with Gay Dads That 'Homosexuality is Wrong' The world has become more tolerant and progressive in many ways. Support for same-sex marriage, for example, has grown significantly in the United States and is now accepted by a...
Based on the most recent estimates from the International Labour Organization, approximately 27.6 million people are victims of human trafficking worldwide at any given time. In Ghana, forced labor and sexual exploitation are devastatingly common. H...
New Trustees Join Getty Trust Board The J. Paul Getty Trust, the world's wealthiest art trust, has appointed two new members to its board of trustees: Glenn D. Lowry, the former director of New York's Museum of Modern Art, and Lionel M. Sauvage, ...
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After water, concrete is the most-used material in the world. And now, researchers have given this ubiquitous building material super powers. A Massachusetts Institute of Technology team has found a way to make a type of concrete that can store and r...
Rare Parrots Return to Atlantic Forest Fragment Twenty brilliantly colored red-browed amazons took flight over a reserve holding one of the few remaining intact swaths of Atlantic Forest in Brazil. The green-and-red parrots had been missing from ...
"Fresh Reggae Tracks" Summer Playlist (LISTEN) Happy Music Monday! It's your pal and selector, Marlon, back once more with a collection to brighten your month. We are into July, and for my money, it's a particularly good time to enjoy some sweet ...
How a Stranger Helped Me Land the Job That Changed My Life One day an Iraqi engineering student at Columbia University met a young woman in a canteen who had stopped off in New York City with friends on her way to Europe. While casually chatting,...
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Epstein-Barr Virus Linked to Lupus Disease Groundbreaking research suggests that the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a common childhood virus, may be the trigger for the autoimmune disease lupus. The study, led by researchers at Stanford University, ...
New Uses for Everyday Spaces: South Korea Turns Parking Lots into Solar Power Hubs Parking lots might not seem like climate solutions, but South Korea is proving they can be. Starting this month, any parking lot in the country with more than 80 s...
Tony Cunningham, an assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and the director of the Center for Sleep and Cognition and the Behavioral Sleep Medicine Clinic at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, shares some of his favorite thing...
Job Recruiter Impressed by Candidate's 671-Day Duolingo Streak In the competitive job market, job seekers must be strategic and creative to stand out. One candidate impressed a recruiter by listing their 671-day Duolingo streak alongside fluency ...
Google DeepMind has built a new video-game-playing agent called SIMA 2 that can navigate and solve problems in a wide range of 3D virtual worlds. The company claims it's a big step toward more general-purpose agents and better real-world robots. Goo...
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From Nanoscale to Global Scale: Advancing MIT's Special Initiatives Collaborating on Health Angela Koehler, faculty director of the MIT Health and Life Sciences Collaborative (MIT HEALS) and the Charles W. and Jennifer C. Johnson Professor o...
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...
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'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...
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...