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One of our favorite parts of The Kelly Clarkson Show is when she grabs the mic and sings for her guests. If Kelly gets a hold of your song and gives it the Kellyoke treatment, you know you’ve made it. Kelly is one of those artists who can sing just about every genre, and she does it well. She recent...
British pop artist Jessie J learned she had breast cancer in March 2025. The news scared the 37-year-old mother who had big plans before cancer showed up. She opened up with Good Morning America about her diagnosis and her connection to Kate Middleton. Jessie J and Kate Middleton Met at the Royal Va...
Do you have a treasured picture or video of a loved one during a candid moment? No posing, no big event, just them being them? We often ask loved ones to pose for a photo on their birthday or record moments like a friend getting married or a child singing in the school choir—milestone events we want...
Fans of horror stories and video games are bound to know American writer, H. P. Lovecraft, as his name is pretty much on everything these days: Lovecraftian-this, Lovecraftian-that. A central theme in his works is that learning the truth about the world can drive you mad. But it’s not just knowledge...
Even though the United Kingdom isn’t in the European Union, English is the lingua franca throughout the region because it's the standard language for international commerce. A lingua franca is a common language that two people who don’t speak the same language use to communicate. When one person spe...
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What can mapped drainage systems on Mars teach scientists about the red planet's watery past? This is what a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences hopes to address as a team of scientists from the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) conducted a first-tim...
About Ninety years since his heyday, Jesse Owens is still regarded as one of the greatest track and field athletes to have ever lived. He is perhaps most well-known for winning an unprecedented four gold medals in track and field events at the 1936 Olympic Games. He accomp...
Many people experience social awkwardness from time to time, but for some, it happens much more often. They accidentally say the wrong thing, miss social cues, or are simply overly shy at parties, in meetings, or around people in general. It can make you wonder how social awkwardness still exists as...
About There are not many cities in the United Kingdom, let alone the world, that have as fascinating backstory to their origin than that of the northern enclave known as Durham. If one is to believe this incredible folktale, they would have to turn the clock back more than...
3 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA’s broadcast of the April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse has won an Emmy Award for Excellence in Production Technology. At the 76th Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards on Dec. 4, in New York City, the Academy of Televi...
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Researchers have discovered how plant roots penetrate compacted soil by deploying a well-known engineering principle. The finding could have major implications for future crop development at a time when pressure on agricultural land is increasing. Across the globe, soil compaction is becoming an eve...
Hantek, a Chinese manufacturer specializing in lightweight aluminum chassis systems, has developed a new frame that expands what can be achieved in large aluminum casting. The company focuses on producing large structural components for automakers, and this latest design addresses long-standing chal...
More than a hundred years ago, long before anyone imagined supercomputers or black hole simulations, legendary Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan wrote down a set of formulas to calculate the digits of π (pi). These equations, just 17 short expressions, were mysterious even to mathematicians o...
PFAS contamination has become one of the most pressing environmental issues of the last decade. These chemicals appear in everything from non-stick pans and waterproof clothing to industrial firefighting foams. Over time, PFAS seep into rivers, lakes, and groundwater and eventually reach household t...
Student teams competed in the 2025 Invention Challenge at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Dec. 5. The event pits middle and high school teams against each other as they try to get handmade devices to accomplish a task.NASA/JPL-Caltech The 2025 Invention Challenge at JPL called on teams to build ...
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Established in 1658, Deep Hollow Ranch is the oldest working cattle ranch in America. It originally served as a seasonal pasture for cattle and sheep who were driven to the tip of Long Island to graze on the maritime grasses each summer. Over the centuries, ownership and use shifted. The ranch curre...
December 5 marked a huge day for the royal family. Prince William, Princess Kate, and their three children appeared together for the first time in nearly six months for a very special reason. Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis joined their mom and dad for Princess Kate’s annual Toge...
Michael Jordan, widely regarded as the greatest NBA player of all time, is notorious for his fierce competitive streak. He put on 15 pounds of muscle in the off-season with the specific goal of beating the bad boy Detroit Pistons. He played a game with the flu and put up 38 points. He was known to m...
Henry Phillips is a comedian, and also happens to be my friend. For decades now, he has entertained audiences with his extremely dry wit and incredibly gifted guitar playing. He has toured, he's made movies, he's appeared in TV shows like Silicon Valley, but in the last handful of years, it's his "c...
Regular consumption of polyphenol-rich foods like tea, coffee, berries, nuts, and whole grains may significantly support long-term heart health. A decade-long study of more than 3,100 adults found that those who consistently ate polyphenol-packed diets had healthier blood pressure and cholesterol le...
