Christmas is fast approaching, and if you’re planning on counting down the days to the Dec. 25 holiday with an Advent calendar, now is the time to pick one (or two or three) out. Advent, derived from the Latin word for “arrival,” is the four-week period beginning on the nearest Sunday to the feast of […]
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A Canadian woman is being heralded for the extraordinary number of trees she planted in the Great White North. Across three summers, Leslie Dart planted 372,290 trees, often documenting her progress on TikTok, with one of her videos earning a whopping 8.7 million views. Some may see her as a modern-day Johnny Appleseed, but Dart
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Engineers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China have developed a revolutionary desalination system inspired by the ocean and powered by the sun — and it could produce drinkable freshwater that is more cost-effective than tap. In a recent study, the researchers describe a passive device that takes in
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Take a look at the popularity of risque, high school-set series like Sex Education and Euphoria, and it’s not altogether unreasonable to assume that most young people prefer to see passion-fueled plotlines acted out on screen. But according to new research, adolescents are actually longing for more friendship and less romance in movies and television.
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A new review paper out of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography proposes tapping into the global diving community to advance marine conservation and help achieve UN Sustainable Development Goal No. 14: Life Below Water. Publishing their work in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science, researchers highlighted how the diving sector — comprising tourism, instruction, and
What comes to mind when you hear the word neighbor? For most Americans, it’s the person who occupies the apartment next door or the house across the sheet. Conversely, the individuals outside our homes, those who don’t have shelter of their own, may not even register as belonging to our communities — as being, in
When it comes to holidays, Thanksgiving has it all. In one wonderful day, we get the opportunity to practice gratitude, enjoy delicious food, and gather with the people we love. If you’re hosting the feast on Nov. 23, you’re likely already in the planning stages: picking out party games and deciding whether to go traditional
A recent study is challenging long held beliefs about Parkinson’s disease, and the findings could lead to new and improved avenues of treatment. The widely accepted explanation for what causes the disease is the degeneration of dopaminergic neurons, the main source of dopamine in the central nervous system. Found in the midbrain, they
Alzheimer’s can be a devastating disease, and it’s one that touches so many: More than 6 million Americans may be living with the neurological condition. So it might seem unnatural to approach it with comedy, but for Seth Rogen and wife Lauren Miller Rogen, it’s the only way they know how. “It’s kind of just
Over the past few years, the number of Americans working fully remote or hybrid schedules has increased. And with the rise in remote workers and digital nomads, more office buildings are empty — and staying that way. Reports show nearly 20% of office spaces are currently vacant in the United States, and in certain major
