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Former NFL quarterback Mark Sanchez was captured on film wandering—and at times stumbling—around downtown Indianapolis last week shortly before his alleged assault of an elderly truck driver. Video ...

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The premiere episode of Science Saru's 'Sanda,' from 'Beastars' creator Paru Itagaki, is a delightfully deranged Halloween-meets-Christmas gift that keeps on giving. Reading time: Reading time 3 ...

The surface of Venus is scoured with strange, quasi-circular features called coronae. Unlike anything seen on Earth today, they can stretch hundreds of miles in diameter, even going past the thousand ...

The science journalist Mary Roach has written about sex and death and the disgusting wonders of the digestive system — basically, all of the topics that children are taught to avoid in polite company ...

Everyone is a little weird. Believe it or not, there are several perks to being weird, according to science. Studies show that being weird or not following some social norms makes you a more creative ...

Many scientists dream of winning a Nobel Prize, an accolade that brings worldwide recognition, prestige and a place in the pantheon of greatness alongside the likes of Albert Einstein, Marie Curie and ...

Food scientists are experimenting with genetic tweaks to give apples the sweet, candy-like flavor of grapes. The result could be a fruit that looks familiar but tastes entirely unexpected. Tim McGraw ...

The spotted ratfish is a two-foot-long fish with a big head and a long, skinny tail that lives in the northeastern Pacific Ocean. It belongs to a group of fish called chimaeras that are closely ...

PICTURE YOURSELF as the hero in a Chinese martial-arts novel. Intent on honing your powers or perhaps attaining immortality, there are two paths available to you. Do you choose zhengxiu, the orthodox ...

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