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To understand the joy and significance of Hanukkah, we segue back to a timeless narrative of endurance and hope as the ancient Jewish people found light in the midst of uncertainty. That tradition continues today - reminding us that same light is what unites us across time and space - as ancient traditions guide us toward a future calling encoded in our DNA since the beginning of the journey.

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Geminids Peak
On the Fringe of Reality
UFO Disclosure
"All Will Be Disclosed" Spielberg
Snow Jobs
Ice Age Adventures
Consciousness Frozen in Time

Space Force rolls out new naming scheme for satellites and space weapons

NASA Announces Plan to Map Milky Way With Roman Space Telescope

Einstein's right again! Scientists catch a feasting black hole dragging the very fabric of spacetime

Scientists Detect Huge Rotating Structure in Space. Astronomers have observed enormous filaments of galaxies tied together with dark matter - the stuff scientists believe makes up 85 percent of the total mass of the universe - stretching across unfathomably vast distances

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The European Strategy for Particle Physics reaches an important milestone

Neutrino Alchemy: Sun's Ghost Particles Finally Caught Transforming

Top 10 Breakthroughs of the Year in physics for 2025 revealed

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The TaylorMade R7 Quad Mini Is Nostalgia Meets Performance

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A startup discovered a hidden source of abundant, clean energy - and did it in an unusual way

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A Hidden Brain State Before Sleep May Be The Key to Human Genius

The brain switch that could rewrite how we treat mental illness

Americans may be getting older and need help doing things that were once routine, but a new survey finds only a fraction of seniors see themselves as having a disability.

Why Your Gut Microbes Could Be Controlling Your Sleep

New High-Resolution Imaging Reveals How the Flu Virus Invades Cells

A Measles Outbreak Brings With It Echoes of the Pandemic

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2,000-year-old shipwreck may be Egyptian 'pleasure barge' from last dynasty of pharaohs

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Democrats on the House Oversight Committee have released photos from Jeffrey Epstein's estate Friday showing the many powerful figures in the late sex trafficker's orbit, including President Donald Trump, former President Bill Clinton, Steve Bannon, Bill Gates, Richard Branson and others.

More about those photos

Men's World Cup Ticket prices are exorbitant

The Geminids, together with the Quadrantids, are the only major meteor showers not originating from a comet. The showers are thought to be intensifying every year. People have always looked to the sky as the home of their gods/creators encoded with the belief that they watch over humanity and will one day return. In ancient times and prophecies, the Geminid meteor showers, arriving close to Christmas, were revered by some as harbingers of peace and a prophecy of rebirth for humanity. For others, the Geminids brought fear, represented as a cleansing of the human experience by the creator.

There's something about hot cocoa that feels inseparable from winter - a mug warming your hands, steam rising gently, and a swirl of marshmallows or whipped cream melting into the surface.

It's no wonder hot cocoa - or a cup of hot chocolate - has become a staple of the season and a familiar touchstone in Christmas rom-coms - appearing during heartfelt conversations or at the moment love finds a way.

On National Cocoa Day, we celebrate more than a drink. We celebrate the cozy rituals of winter - slowing down, spending time with friends, savoring simple comforts, and enjoying the sweetness that makes the season feel a little warmer.

In a mix of dreary and overcast weather - SantaCon 2025 takes over NYC today.

SantaCon has a reputation for crowds, costumes, and bar hopping - and yes, it's often loud, chaotic, and fueled by more than a little holiday cheer.

But at its best, SantaCon is also about shared silliness and strangers agreeing, for one afternoon, to suspend seriousness and lean into play.

There's something oddly connective about thousands of people dressed as Santa, elves, and reindeer, laughing together, striking up conversations with strangers, and turning city streets into a temporary community.

Friendships are forged along the way, inside jokes form quickly, and for a few hours, the city feels less anonymous. Love it or loathe it, SantaCon taps into a simple holiday impulse - to be social, to belong, and to celebrate together - even if just for the spectacle of it all.

This is easy to explain ... when you suffer from depressive disorders, much of your life-force energy goes into trying to balance your emotions - detracting from the positive things others experience. It's doubtful that Dick never got angry, because everyone does, but that's not his programming in life.

Mental illness, which often leads to substance abuse, sucks the life out of you. Depression leads to autoimmune diseases and other currently recognized reasons why souls break down - finding a reason to go on disability - and you know the rest as we've all become therapists.

Mars Has a Surprising Influence on Earth's Climate, Scientists Discover

Comet 3I/ATLAS displays greenish hue in new Gemini North telescope images

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Secret Quantum Dance of Atoms Captured for the First Time

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New 'DNA cassette tape' can store up to 1.5 million times more data than a smartphone and the data can last 20,000 years if frozen

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A 6.9 magnitude earthquake causes small tsunami waves off northeastern Japan

Hundreds of Earthquakes Detected at Antarctica's 'Doomsday' Glacier

Earthquake rupture along Main Marmara Fault shows eastward progression towards Istanbul

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Giant structure discovered deep beneath Bermuda is unlike anything else on Earth

Scientists find hidden rainfall pattern that could reshape farming

Droughts are lasting longer across Australia, study shows

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Your Brain Has a Learning Shortcut AI Can't Copy

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Misophonia - sounds like slurping, snoring, breathing, and chewing can draw an equally stressful response -and has genetic links to anxiety and depression, Study Reveals

Dick Van Dyke Credits His Longevity to One Habit - Positive Outlook and Never Getting Agry. And It's Backed by Science

Breakthrough Shows How Cells Detect Stress Before Damage Spreads

Scientists find dark chocolate ingredient that slows aging

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This 3.4 Million-Year-Old Foot Changes the Story of Human Origins

A Tiny Fossil From Australia Reveals a Giant Twist in Evolution’s Story

The Hidden Denisovan Gene That Helped Humans Conquer the Americas

New fossils in Qatar reveal a tiny sea cow hidden for 21 million years

Ancient undersea wall dating to 5,800 BC discovered off French coast.

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The problem with the school smartphone debate

Gravitational Lensing Reveals a Twist in the Universe's Expansion

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Steven Spielberg's mysterious new UFO film just got its first look via billboards overlooking Times Square. The image shows a bird with an upside-down eye and the tagline: "All Will Be Disclosed."

Marco Rubio claims UFOs hovered over nuclear facilities, White House was kept in the dark about alien tech backed by 1,600 Pentagon UAP reports. -

New Ice XXI, An Entirely New Form of Ice, Emerges When Water Is Crushed to Extreme Pressures

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High-Power Vortex Lasers Could Transform Manufacturing and Imaging

Artificial intelligence myths have existed for centuries - from the ancient Greeks to a Pope's chatbot

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Rice Fields Are Drowning and the Damage Is Accelerating Worldwide

'Catastrophic' Pacific Northwest floods leaves 100,000 facing evacuation. Water rescues as rivers rise toward historic levels

Winter storm rips through Gaza, flooding tents and exposing aid shortages

Space Dust Reveals the Arctic Is Melting Faster Than Expected

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These Arizona Bald Eagles fly the wrong way every year and stun scientists

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One Critical Factor Predicts Longevity Better Than Diet or Exercise, Study Says - Sleep

Your Blood Type Affects Your Risk of Early Stroke, Study Reveals

Bottled Water Isn't as Pure as You Might Think, Expert Warns

Sperm Donor With Rare Cancer-Risk Gene Fathers Nearly 200 Children

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Stunningly preserved Roman-era mosaic in UK depicts Trojan War stories - but not the ones told by Homer

Ear piercings marked one of the earliest Maya rites of passage, research shows

Earliest botanical art hints at prehistoric mathematical thinking

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What Trump's latest dramatic Venezuela move means

Time Names Architects of AI Its 2025 Person of the Year

My role as Willie in the sci-fi drama Contact gave me food for thought about Aliens. I believe they are real but their agenda on planet Earth is misunderstood

JWST Detects Record-Breaking Supernova That Erupted Right at The Cosmic Dawn

'Super-Jupiter' Exoplanets May Look Like Nothing We've Ever Seen

This bright star will soon die in a nuclear explosion and could be visible in Earth's daytime skies

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The odds of President Donald Trump revealing what he knows about alien life have suddenly skyrocketed, leading experts to believe full public disclosure is days away.

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Scientists Watch Spins Switch in 140 Trillionths of a Second

Rewriting Quantum Optics: Scientists Engineer Photons in Space and Time

'Quantum Antenna' Breaks Barrier in Measuring Elusive Terahertz Signals

An old jeweler's trick could unlock next-generation nuclear clocks

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After 50 Years, MIT Chemists Finally Synthesize Elusive Anti-Cancer Compound

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Polarized light boosts accuracy of wearable health sensors for all skin tones

'Light-bending' material that controls blue and ultraviolet light could transform advanced chipmaking

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Amazon rainforest is transitioning to a 'hypertropical' climate and trees won't survive that for long

Russia's Bezymianny volcano blew itself apart 69 years ago. It's now almost completely regrown.

A new study reveals that unexpected microbes are quietly fixing carbon in the dark depths of the ocean.

Scientists discover a new state of matter at Earth’s center

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Dark Chocolate Compound Linked To Slower Aging

Scientists Discover a Way to Recharge Aging Cells

Living at High Altitudes Induces Remarkable Changes in How Genes Behave

Blood tests reveal obesity rapidly accelerates Alzheimer's progression

Researchers Discover a Delicious Way to Reduce the Health Risks of Sitting

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Archaeologists Discover Earliest Evidence of Humans Using Tools to Make Fire

Archaeologists uncover evidence that Neanderthals made fire 400,000 years ago in England

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Christmas Shopping 'Hijacks' Your Brain. Here's What You Can Do About It.

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Quantum clues to consciousness: New research suggests the brain may harness the zero-point field

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U.S. seizes oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, Trump says

There's so much pressure to be so many different things today. You have to be humble yet confident. You have to be pretty but not too provocative. The older I get the less I care about what others think. I just want to enjoy being me.

This surprising discovery rewrites the Milky Way's origin story

Black Hole 'UFO' Caught at Critical Moment in Scientific First. Astronomers have caught the moment when a supermassive black hole flare triggers a mighty wind blasting out into space at relativistic speeds

Voyager 2 May Have Caught Uranus At a Bad Time, Solving a 40-Year Mystery

Is the 'Star of Bethlehem' really a planet? A bright visitor this month may hold a clue.

Scientists Unveil the Most Realistic Black Hole Accretion Model Ever Created

Gravitational Waves Expose Hidden Dark Matter Around Black Holes

Giant Planet 18 Times Jupiter's Mass Discovered in Distant Star System

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CERN upbeat as China halts particle accelerator mega-project

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RidgeAlloy: The New Material Transforming Scrap Into High-Performance Parts

Quantum Tech Hits Its Transistor Moment, Scientists Say

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Midweek Clipper Brings Snow From Great Lakes To Northeast

A 2023 astronaut photo shows the moment the Alabama River briefly morphed into an undulating golden serpent, similar in shape to a Chinese dragon. This temporary transformation was the result of a rare mirror-like phenomenon known as a "sunglint."

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Single enzyme mutation reveals a hidden trigger in dementia

Teen Beats Deadly Leukemia With Life-Saving Gene-Edited Cell Therapy

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Stunning blue pigment on a 13,000-year-old artifact surprises scientists. The find suggests ancient people possessed deeper knowledge of minerals and colors than believed.

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Children across Australia woke up on Wednesday with no access to their social media accounts under a world-first ban designed to shelter those under 16 from addictive algorithms, online predators, and digital bullies

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Rock Used as Doorstop For Decades Revealed to Be Worth Over $1 Million

New Research Reveals Why Warm Hugs Feel So Good

Scientists Discover Early Alzheimer's Warning Sign Hiding in Routine Brain Scans

Unlocking the Brain's Secret Defense Against Stress

Ramanujan's 100-Year-Old Pi Formula That Hides the Secrets of the Universe. A new study reveals that Srinivasa Ramanujan's century-old formulas for calculating pi unexpectedly emerge within modern theories of critical phenomena, turbulence, and black holes

Monday - Sun unleashes intense X-class solar flare, triggering radio blackouts across Australia

Sunday - Strong M8.1 solar flare erupts producing Earth-directed CME - the impact expected early to midday on December 9

Aurora forecast across northern U.S., southern Canada, and northern Europe on December 9

Scientists Finally Explain Mysterious Impossible Merger of Two Massive Black Holes

Long ago, Mars had massive watersheds - now finally mapped

The Milky Way's Chemical Mystery Finally Makes Sense

Historic search for 'huge missing piece' of the universe turns up negative - but reveals new secrets of particle physics

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Ramanujan's 100-Year-Old Pi Formula That Hides the Secrets of the Universe. A new study reveals that Srinivasa Ramanujan's century-old formulas for calculating pi unexpectedly emerge within modern theories of critical phenomena, turbulence, and black holes

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Silicon chips on the brain: Researchers develop new generation of brain-computer interface

New Paper-Thin Brain Implant Could Transform How Humans Connect With AI

Speech-to-reality system creates objects on demand using AI and robotics

Can AI read humans' minds? A pedestrian behavior model is shockingly good at it

AI tool to better comprehend how autistic individuals communicate and perceive the world through language

How student writing has evolved in the AI era

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The first giant panda cub born in Indonesia squeals and squirms in park video

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Winter weather pummels the country, bringing arctic temperatures, snow and rain

Monday - A powerful magnitude-7.5 earthquake struck off Japan's northeastern coast on Monday, triggering evacuation orders and a tsunami warning for parts of the coastline.

Sunday - Very strong M7.0 earthquake hits near Yakutat shakes Southeast Alaska including Juneau and other towns in Alaska's northern and central panhandle

Small meteotsunami observed across North Island coasts, New Zealand

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A weakening AMOC is the hidden force behind Greenland's cold anomaly - and a warning about future climate shifts

NYC congestion pricing cuts air pollution by 22% in Manhattan, study finds

How Moss Is Solving Mysteries Scientists Never Expected

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Trove of 225 'Exceptional' Egyptian Figurines Solves Long-Standing Mystery

Startling Sounds From 6,000-Year-Old Shells Hint at Their Ancient Use

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The 'hobbits' mysteriously disappeared 50,000 years ago. Our new study reveals what happened to their home

Archaeologists use lasers to locate ancient settlements and artifacts on Greek Islands

Possible ancient artifacts are found in a B.C. thrift shop - and archaeology scholars are on the case

Ash Pendant: The only known depiction of a pregnant Viking woman

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New fat-burning diabetes pill protects muscle and appetite with fewer side effects.

Why we created a phone-sized device to take blood diagnostics out of the lab into the real world

Study explores AI-enhanced wearable devices for Type 2 diabetes and pre-diabetes care

Scientists Solve Pancreatic Cancer Mystery: Key Driver of Unusually Deadly Spread Identified

'Brainquake' Discovery Could Change What We Know About Schizophrenia

A Fasting-Style Diet Seems to Result in Dynamic Changes to Human Brains

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Human biology evolved for a world of movement, nature, and short bursts of stress - not the constant pressure of modern life

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How the rich and powerful jockey for pardons from Trump

Live updates: Supreme Court weighs Trump's authority over independent agencies; Marjorie Taylor Greene hits the president

Biden The Democratic president and his top advisers rejected recommendations that could have eased the border crisis that helped return Donald Trump to the White House

Must the Military Disobey Unlawful Orders? Pam Bondi Has Said Yes.

Paramount Makes Hostile Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery days after Warner Bros. agreed to sell its streaming and studio business to Netflix.

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Jimmy Kimmel signs one-year extension with ABC

The Golden Globe nominations are here and it was a pretty solid year for movies and television

Justin Trudeau and Katy Perry go Instagram official