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“Mysterious” Bird of Prey Wins New Zealand’s Fiercely Campaigned Bird of the Year Contest

While North America was captivated with Alaska’s Fat Bear Week (Chunk won, by the way), another playful animal competition was going down in New Zealand: The annual Bird of the Year contest, which aims to raise awareness for the country’s native bird species and the threats they face. Voting ran from Sept. 15-28, and this […]

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This Tiny (and Adorable) New Marsupial Species Was Accidentally Discovered in Peru

This newly discovered mammal species may be just 4 inches long, yet it boasts immeasurable cuteness. Marmosa chachapoya, a red-furred, pointy-nosed creature from Peru’s Río Abiseo National Park, was first seen in 2018 — but scientists have only now identified it as a novel species of opossum.  The critter has several distinct features: red-brown fur

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How Bruce Willis and Wife Emma Are Helping Raise Dementia Awareness Amid the Actor’s Diagnosis

“Loud voice, fun stories, just always laughing and smiling” is how Lisa Ihnat-Durbin described her husband, Sean Durbin — but that changed when he was diagnosed with a form of frontotemporal dementia: a group of brain disorders that impact language, behavior, and comprehension. “I noticed at times I couldn’t quite get my words out,” Sean, 58, said in a video shared by the Cleveland Clinic, adding, “That’s when I first noticed it, that I was struggling.”

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English Classroom-Turned-Kitchen? Schools You Can Live in Are for Sale Across the US

If the books Eloise and From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler have shown us anything, it’s that there’s something thrilling about living in an institution you’d normally only visit. But while most of us won’t run off to reside in busy hotels or art museums, folks across the country are making themselves

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“Brain-to-Brain Similarity” Predicted Who People Became Friends With Before They Even Met: Study

What pushes an acquaintance into friendship territory? While there are plenty of reasons we forge bonds with others — proximity, shared hobbies, similar values — new research from the University of California Los Angeles and Dartmouth College suggests a neurological explanation for kinship as well. Publishing their findings in Nature Human Behavior, the study authors

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Tokyo’s Literary Haven Was Named the World’s Coolest Neighborhood — See the Complete Rankings

What makes a place cool in 2025? Time Out, which recently published its list of the world’s coolest neighborhoods, defined the hippest spots as “places that represent the soul of our cities, while maintaining their own unique local character that draws people in to live, work, and play.”  With this in mind, the outlet tapped

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Breaking Generational Cycles and Forming Emotional Bonds: Survey Reveals the Top Approaches to Modern Parenting

Even if today’s parents wanted to raise their kids just like their own moms and dads raised them (which is a big if), Gen Alpha and Gen Beta are growing up in a vastly different world — one where they’re navigating social media, the aftermath of a global pandemic, and economic unpredictability. Naturally, parenting styles have evolved to meet the younger generations where they are, and a new survey conducted by Talker Research revealed which ones are currently trending.

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Won’t You Be My Neighbor? The Power in Our Relationships With the People Next Door

In the summer of 2024, shortly after a young woman and her then-fiancé moved into a new house in Richardson, Texas, they were delighted to find that their elderly neighbor had dropped off a cake to welcome them to the community. The woman shared the sweet gesture on social media, and the video racked up

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In a Sacred Japanese Ritual, This Ancient Shinto Shrine Is Destroyed and Rebuilt Every 20 Years

Japan is home to tens of thousands of Shinto shrines, places devoted to the worship of the religion’s deities, known as “kami.” The most sacred of these sites, Ise Jingu, is considered the “soul of Japan” and lies nestled in the Japanese Alps. A collection of 125 shrines, the massive complex dates back over 2,000

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