The holidays have officially come and gone, but there are millions of people around the world who continue to celebrate the season for more than a month into the new year. Taking place annually on February 2, Candlemas is a historical Christian holiday that continues to be observed exactly 40 days after Christmas. In medieval […]
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The winners of the 32nd annual International Snow Sculpture Championships, hosted in Breckenridge, Colorado, were announced this past Friday. Twelve talented teams representing eight countries spent a total of 94 hours — and braved single-digit temperatures — hand-carving their spectacular creations. Founded in 1990, the competition honors Breckenridge’s decades-long tradition of snow-carving, and is today
Making a scientific discovery is an incredible achievement at any age — and Indeever Madireddy made one at just 17 years old. The Silicon Valley high school senior, avid fishkeeper, and 2022 Davidson Fellow channeled his curiosity about his pet fish, Calvin, who recently died, into a research project. The result: Madireddy made history, becoming
Heating your home during the winter can be costly, especially when utility prices are already high. The fossil fuels used to do so come with other caveats as well. Residential homes and businesses accounted for 13% of greenhouse gas emissions in 2020, and much of that came from heating and cooling. Aeroseal, an Ohio-based company,
While February is set to be a fairly low-key month for astronomical happenings, it starts off strong: by offering an excellent chance of spotting a 50,000-year-old comet that astronomers have been eagerly tracking since spring of 2022. For all of February’s night sky highlights, read on. CONSTELLATIONS As far as constellations are concerned, the Old
While love doesn’t make the world go ’round (as much as we would like to believe it does), both happiness and feeling loved can have an impact on a person’s life and physical well-being. In fact, researchers have found that teenagers who are happy and feel loved are more likely to have better heart health
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Library lovers may want to start planning a trip to China. Designs for a state-of-the-art, 140,000-square-meter building in Wuhan’s central business district have been unveiled, and it’s set to become one of the country’s largest — and perhaps most stunning — libraries. Featuring sleek, flowing facades with three walls of windows offering sweeping views of
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Love is in the air! Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, and Nice News wants to help you make this year’s celebration a memorable one, no matter who’s on your shopping list. Though it’s widely marketed as a day for romance, the holiday isn’t just for those in relationships: It’s an opportunity to spoil
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Just like us, dogs use body language to communicate: Their emotions are known to be seen via their tails, stances, and eyes. But what about those endearing head tilts they give when we’re speaking to them? According to scientists, they may also be telling us something. Beyond looking cute, head tilts can be a sign
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Are humans inherently good or inherently selfish? Philosophers stretching back to the times of Socrates and Plato have debated human nature and its complexities. But only in recent decades have scientists and researchers started to pull back the layers on this complicated question. According to Scientific American, a set of studies conducted in 2012 by
