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A nice, warm meal is one of the great unifiers. Food communicates everything from love and tradition like a home cooked dinner with all of the trimmings and even political stances. At a state dinner, food has the power to cultivate understanding across cultures–or potentially create tensions. How ex...
Far from hospitals, nomadic Gujjar women routinely go into labour – and die – on their herder communities’ long seasonal treks Dawn had just broken across the trail through the Pir Panjal mountains when Fatima Deader felt the first labour pains. She and her family had almost reached the midway point...
Bidding starts at $10 million for a painting of Conan the Barbarian that Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett bought from artist Frank Frazetta for $1 million in 2009. The work, titled Conan the Berserker (1967), served as cover art for a paperback edition of Robert E. Howard’s novel Conan the Conqueror...
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, have very little outdoor space, and most of it covered in asphalt. City officials announcing fun...
Thor Heyerdhal had an incredible life. Born in 1914 in Larvik, Norway, Heyerdahl became world-famous for his daring expeditions that challenged conventional thinking about ancient maritime capabilities. His most celebrated journey was aboard the Kon-Tiki, a primitive raft made of balsa wood, on whic...
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Health Researchers link ultraprocessed foods to precancerous polyps Mass General Brigham Communications November 13, 2025 4 min read Results come amid rise in under-50 colorectal cancer cases Colorectal cancer diagnoses have become increasingly common in adults 50 or younger in recent years, particu...
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 sandwich that just might blow the competition away. ...
This is a transcript of an episode of Untold Earth, a series from Atlas Obscura in partnership with Nature and PBS Digital Studios, which explores the seeming impossibilities behind our planet’s strangest, most unique natural wonders. From fragile, untouched ecosystems to familiar but unexplained oc...
In the three weeks since Hurricane Melissa struck Jamaica, with destructive winds of up to 185 miles per hour, authorities have been busy addressing immediate crises and assessing the damage. The strongest hurricane ever recorded to hit the Caribbean nation, Melissa collided with houses and property...
Not only can Tom Cruise do his own stunts, but he's pretty good at giving pep talks, too. At least, according to his Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One co-star, Haley Atwell. While promoting the film earlier this year on the Reign with Josh Smith, Atwell revealed that she, like so many of u...
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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. Tarek recently opened up about his diagnosis on his...
In Clarke County School District in Athens, Georgia, every high school senior has an investment portfolio.It’s a stark contrast to the state of financial literacy in the United States, where one in five teens lacks personal finance skills, according to the National Endowment for Financial Education....
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM 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 us to minimize our carbon footprints by rejecting consumerism, then the financial stress a...
Lead pipes are ubiquitous. At this point, no state has gotten rid of all of its toxic lead service lines, which pipe drinking water to homes and businesses. But some cities like Chicago, New York City, and Detroit, have more lead plumbing than others, and replacing it can cost tens of thousands of d...
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New research sheds light on a cross-shaped pit found at Aguada Fénix, a monumental complex discovered several years ago...
More than five years after his tragic death, a Marvel star will receive a huge honor. Chadwick Boseman passed away from colon cancer in August 2020 at just 43 years old. It was a devastating loss for those who loved him, including his colleagues in Hollywood. Billboard reported Chadwick will receive...
Researchers engineered “gyromorphs,” a new type of metamaterial that combines liquid-like randomness with large-scale structural patterns to block light from every direction. This innovation solves longstanding limitations in quasicrystal-based designs and could accelerate advances in photonic compu...
For Hawaii’s short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus), it’s all about squid. The black marine mammals with bulbous heads primarily feed on the cephalopods and some small amounts of fish. But just how much squid do they eat? New estimates suggest that individual Hawaiian short-finned pi...
The world has become more tolerant and progressive in many ways. For example, support of same-sex marriage used to be a minority opinion in the United States, but it has grown by leaps and bounds and is accepted by a majority of people today. That's huge. But same sex couples still face a lot of sti...
