Meet the bird that can fly over 13 000 kms without stopping

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In 2022, a young godwit code-named “B6” that hatched in western Alaska set the record for longest known sustained avian flight. The young bird was tracked flying ...

Farmers took in a freezing calf. Their kids cuddled up with her.

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Snow and freezing rain were falling fast on Tanner Sorrell’s family farm in Mount Sterling, Kentucky. Tanner went out to check on a pregnant cow and saw that she ...

The best ways to cook Brussels sprouts

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Now Brussels sprouts are everywhere, including restaurant menus, dinner tables and even the snack aisle.

Ancient DNA shows syphilis was rooted in the Americas

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From a 5,500-year-old human shin bone, scientists have discovered a close cousin of the pathogen that causes syphilis, providing the oldest evidence yet that the ...

Daily habits to slow aging, from a Harvard brain expert

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The mind’s potential for growth and creativity far exceeds everyday use. People can consciously shape their brains to have superhuman capabilities and improve their ...

Pandas revel in deep snowfall

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A video from the zoo’s panda cam showcased the fluffy black and white balls of fur - Qing Bao and Bao Li - tumbling in the snow.

Austin neighborhood elects a canine mayor

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Mo Bamba - a 25-pound pug-chihuahua mix with a prominent underbite - was sworn in as the new mayor of 37th Street, following the neighborhood’s fourth annual pet ...

How Mamdani shows Democrats the way beyond wokeness

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Zohran Mamdani is a reminder that democracy works, that dark horses and so-called radicals can win elections if they’re able to persuade enough of their fellow Americans ...

After 75 years, a radio soap opera still has Britain on edge of its seat

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“The Archers,” recognized by Guinness World Records as the longest-running serial drama on the planet, is steaming, strong as ever, into the streaming age. After ...

Why ‘aspirational clutter’ is the hardest to part with

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Aspirational clutter is one of the trickiest sorts to contend with. It is those things we hold on to because they represent the version of ourselves we would like ...

'House burping’ is a cold reality in Germany. Others are warming to it.

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Three times a day, at precise times, all the windows in the apartment needed to be opened. It didn’t matter whether it was the dead.

Farewell, Valentino, designer to the stars

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Valentino Garavani, the Italian couturier who dressed Hollywood and royalty, died this week in Rome. He was 93.

Dog wins movie award, beating actors like Ethan Hawke

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Last week, Indy won best performance in a horror or thriller at the Astra Film Awards, beating out five Hollywood stars: Ethan Hawke, Alison Brie, Sally Hawkins, ...

What is Southern food? A new cookbook challenges assumptions

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The South is not the Confederacy. How do you take a place that has been settled by human beings for 13 000 years and reduce it to four years of white supremacy rule? ...

Blow away your troubles with a bus driver's bubbles

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The driver rolled down his window and raised his bubble gun. As he pulled the trigger, a steady flow of bubbles rose into the air, floating off in different directions. ...

The science behind an herbal remedy that has worked for thousands of years

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Ginger also has anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties, which may help protect against gastrointestinal irritation

What I’m hoping for in Iran, 10 years after being freed from Evin prison

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The Trump administration should do what its predecessors failed to do for decades. Stop taking its cues from experts and charlatans in Washington and build bridges ...

The man who voted for Washington and Lincoln

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On Friday, Nov. 2, 1792, John Phillips, a 32-year-old farmer from Sturbridge, Massachusetts, cast a ballot to help reelect Washington. That contest was essentially ...

Trump announces 25 percent tariff on countries that trade with Iran

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The president made the announcement in a three-sentence social media post that described the trade measure as “final and conclusive,” but lacked key details. It ...

Think you’re the best dad? Fathers fight it out in the Dad Games

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The event is the One-Trip Grocery Bag Relay. The goal is to carry 15 shopping bags from the trunk of a Range Rover inside in a single journey.

Maduro’s Nike Tech sweatsuit and the thirst for notoriety

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The images of the deposed Venezuelan leader in transit wearing a “relaxed fit” Nike Tech fleece sweatsuit, which retails for about $260, meant searches for “Nike ...

Bologna in the carbonara? Call Italy’s pasta police!

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The Eastern European suspects in question were repeat offenders; their chosen weapons, TikTok and a frying pan. Previous food felonies included a clip in which the ...

Who is Delcy Rodriguez, Venezuela‘s acting leader?

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She has deep family ties to leftist politics in Venezuela, though she was generally viewed as more pragmatic than other members of Maduro’s government.

Maryland confronts its complicity in past lynchings

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Discover how an exceptional team of maritime and medical professionals came together to save a seafarer in distress just off the coast of Durban.

Watch VideoSki resort fire in Switzerland claims lives of nearly 40, injures over 100

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As Switzerland grapples with the shock of a New Year turned to tragedy, details emerge from the scene of the devastating fire at Crans-Montana resort, claiming lives ...