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When Stranger Things landed on Netflix, many Gen Xers felt an immediate jolt of recognition. The bikes, the walkie-talkies, the wood-paneled basements…it all felt like stepping into a time capsule of a bygone analog era. One fan from Vancouver, Jennifer Hill, says the show instantly struck a familia...
According to the United Nations Environment Programme, approximately 60% of all materials used by the fashion industry are made from plastic. Those polyester stretchy pants you love so much? They can take up to 200 years to naturally decompose — the same as a plastic straw.But science is embracing n...
Scientists found that nanopores’ electrical charges control how ions flow and when pores temporarily shut down. The discovery could allow engineers to design nanopores that “learn” like synapses for next-generation computing. Pore-forming proteins appear across many forms of life. In humans, they...
For the first time, scientists have cryopreserved and revived the larvae of a sea star species. The breakthrough, made with the giant pink star, gives hope the technique could be repeated to save the imperiled predator...
Glioblastoma is the most common form of brain cancer in adults, and its consequences are usually quick and fatal. After receiving standard-of-care treatment (surgery followed by radiation and chemotherapy), fewer than half of patients will survive longer than 15 months. Only 5 percent of patients su...
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Dad of four, Michael Bublé, joined mom of four, Kylie Kelce, on the latest episode of her Not Gonna Lie podcast. The pair talked about Christmas and the wonder of the holidays with children. As the pair shared stories, Kylie’s 2-year-old daughter, Bennett, appeared dressed from head to toe in the mo...
Elephant seals spend most of their lives at sea, returning to shore just twice every year to molt and breed. The breeding season typically includes males weighing thousands of kilograms violently clashing with each other to compete for females. New research finds the hefty mammals remember the voice...
Using the world’s most powerful X-ray laser, scientists have filmed atoms performing an eternal quantum dance that never stops — even at absolute zero....
“Acts of kindness are actually so radical,” says director of “Wonder” Taibi Magar.Niles Singer/Harvard Staff Photographer Arts & Culture ‘Wonder’ director senses your skepticism But argues ‘radical’ kindness depicted in musical version of bestseller — making world premiere at A.R.T. — might be just ...
A future lunar lander bound for the dark side of the moon will carry along a piece of equipment that could make these missions a little bit brighter. The lander in question is operated by Firefly Aerospace, the first commercial company to successfully land and operate spacecraft on the moon. A Light...
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If you were to pick a film as the natural backdrop for a real-life marriage proposal, it probably wouldn’t be 2001’s Shrek, an animated fantasy-comedy featuring Mike Myers as the voice of a green-skinned ogre. But that’s exactly what made it a charming and creative choice for a man named Carter, who...
We welcomed Pat Sajak and Vanna White into our homes for more than 40 years on Wheel of Fortune. When Pat announced his retirement plans in June 2023, many wondered what the future would hold for the show and Vanna. Ryan Seacrest took over as host in September 2024, and he and Vanna White became the...
A group of climate activists, led by tree-planting search engine Ecosia, has launched a campaign pressuring the Nobel Committee to recognize a Climate and Planetary Health Nobel Prize.“When Alfred Nobel created the prizes, he wrote that they must serve the greatest benefit to humankind,” Ecosia CEO ...
The Lee Fendall House Museum and Garden is a historic Alexandria residence that once belonged to generations of notable Americans, including lawyer Edmund Jennings Lee, Alexandria mayor E.E. Downham, and influential labor leader John L. Lewis. In total, 37 members of the Lee family lived here betwee...
Talking with kids about money can be tricky. Parents want to help their young children understand how money works while also making it clear that they can't buy that toy right now. Saying "We can't afford that" might be the quickest way to get a child to stop asking you for something when money is t...
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The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) in Richmond has returned 41 terracotta relief fragments valued around $400,000 to Turkey after an investigation led by the Antiquities Trafficking Unit of the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. The works, acquired by the VMFA in the 1970s, were found to hav...
Northern resident killer whales appear to use dolphins as ‘scouts’, in a surprising cooperative hunting strategy Orcas and dolphins have been spotted for the first time working as a team to hunt salmon off the coast of British Columbia, according to a new study which suggests a cooperative relations...
Christie s announced Thursday that it will stage a single-owner sale of works owned by billionaire Bill Koch over two sessions on January 20 and January 21. The Visions of the West sale will feature dozerns of works owned by Koch, with a heavy emphasis on American artists who depicted the American W...
A measurable dip in brain choline may be one of the clearest chemical markers linked to anxiety disorders....
