The Christmas period isn't just for presents, sparkling lights and too much festive food—it's also prime time for couples to get engaged. And for heterosexual couples, this is likely to happen in a specific way. The man will do the asking.
If all the world's a stage and all the species merely players, then their exits and entrances can be found in the rock record. Fossilized skeletons and shells clearly show how evolution and extinction unfolded over the past half a billion years, but a Virginia Tech analysis extends the chart of life to nearly 2 billion years ago. The study is published in the journal Science.
Nebraska’s estimated population has ticked over the 2 million mark, while the Omaha metro's population likely has topped 1 million.
In this week's issue of our environmental newsletter: we give you a chance to try our end-of-year climate quiz, respond to a reader email about fossil fuel ads on transit and check out a listener's leisurely deconstruction and reconstruction project.
First up this week, Online News Editor David Grimm shares a sampling of stories that hit big with our audience and staff in this year, from corpse-eating pets to the limits of fanning ourselves. Next, host Sarah Crespi tackles some unfinished business with Producer Kevin McLean. Three former guests talk about where their research has taken them since their first appearances on the podcast. Erick Lundgren, a researcher at the Centre for Open Science and Research Synthesis at the University of Alberta... Читать дальше...
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Austin Tice, a U.S. freelance journalist and former U.S. Marine, has been separated from his family and loved ones for a long time; 12 years to be exact. Tice was reporting on the Syrian civil war from outside the capital Damascus when he was abducted in August 2012.
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Forty years ago, this lesser-known sequel attempted to explain the mysteries of one of sci-fi's greatest movies.
India seeks to leverage Trump’s policy by capitalizing on U.S. trade tension with China.
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After six seasons, Virgin River finally gets the friendship and brotherhood between Jack and Preacher just right. We discuss how right here!
Читать дальше...Looking for a last-minute holiday gift for the cinephile in your life? You can't go wrong with Sony's massive boxed set containing 20 films by a master director.
Comedy star Lenny Rush has explained why he turned down a mighty return to BBC sci-fi drama Doctor Who after producers told him they would love him back on the show
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s chief policy adviser, Hikmet Hajiyev, has stated that Baku is demanding the withdrawal of the European Union monitoring mission before a peace treaty can be signed with Armenia. The EU deployed the monitoring mission in early 2023 along the Armenian-Azerbaijani border following an escalation of gunfire exchanges. Subsequently, Azerbaijani forces overran the last Armenian-held areas of the hotly contested Nagorno-Karabakh territory in September 2023, spurring... Читать дальше...
Here are five key strategies for building a successful global culture that brings out the best in your international workforce.
The president-elect’s long-held fascination with the British royals could hold the key to better diplomatic relations between their two countries.
The key to making us better off in the long term – lifting productivity – may require the feds to offer incentives to the states.
As life gets increasingly expensive, one way to defray the cost of living is to have some of it included with your work.
Well, well, well. If it isn’t Nissan’s variable-compression turbo engine, an enemy I haven’t looked in the eye in many years. This time around, it’s in the new 2025 Nissan Murano, but my first experience with this powerplant came back when I still worked at MotorTrend and ended up with the Infiniti QX50 as my…
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EXCLUSIVE: A weather expert has warned revellers may need to plan ahead as high winds and snow could hamper the start of 2025.
The Carabao Cup semi-final matches will be decided tonight following Manchester United's clash against Tottenham, with Arsenal, Liverpool and Newcastle awaiting their opponents
TOTTENHAM welcome Manchester United for a huge Carabao Cup quarter-final clash TONIGHT.
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