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Films such as The Lion King, Bambi, and Up all have upsetting moments. That doesn’t mean they’re bad for young viewers.

STANFORD, CA—In a cutting-edge breakthrough for their field, psychologists at Stanford University confirmed Thursday they had trained a full-grown man to ask for help when he needed it. “After years of rigorous experimentation, we believe the test subject, whom we have named Buster, is finally capable of requesting…

New Year's is the only time we can take back control of our failings—or at least, feel like we do, writes Costica Bradatan.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- When the new year begins, Columbus City Council will look different. For over 100 years, Columbus City Council has operated in a fully at-large system, meaning that members were elected to represent the whole city instead of specific areas. But in November, voters experienced a new system for the first time, [...]

Last weekend’s 27-16 defeat of the Arizona Cardinals was the Chicago Bears’ fourth win in the past six games. So what's ahead for the team as they look to carry this season's momentum into 2024?

The final four-team College Football Playoff promises to be one of the closest in the 10-year history of the event.

The year 2023 will go down in history as the year the COVID-19 federal health emergency was lifted.

A group of scientists taught an algorithm to spot beaver ponds in satellite imagery, which has the potential to help drought-ridden areas like California bounce back.

From content moderation and disinformation to non-English languages, GenAI is facing problems that social platforms failed to solve.

It was a bad year for big-budget superhero movies. With the Marvel formula losing steam and studios potentially looking elsewhere for moneymaking franchises, it could finally be game time.

From Sam Altman and Elon Musk to ransomware gangs and state-backed hackers, these are the individuals and groups that spent this year disrupting the world we know it.

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Hinge has tried its darnedest to fix online dating. Is the real problem us?

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"Are You Sure About That?" is a line spoken by comedian Tim Robinson in his Netflix sketch comedy series, "I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson." This particular phrase hails from a scene in which Robinson, acting as a spokesperson for the fictional company Carber Vac, incredulously tells the story of his own firing. The scene's absurdity and Robinson's hilarious delivery resonated with audiences, and set the stage for the creation of the "Are You Sure About That?" meme.

"Only in Ohio" memes went viral in 2022, capturing the internet's fascination with the bizarre and unusual ... and with Ohio. These memes typically feature absurd or exaggerated scenarios and humorously suggest that such oddities only happen in the state of Ohio.

A Walmart shopper posted a viral video sharing the best way to get clearance deals on Christmas items.

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Films such as The Lion King, Bambi, and Up all have upsetting moments. That doesn’t mean they’re bad for young viewers.

Your future will probably be better than your past.

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani talks to reporters as his assistant tries to cover the protestor’s signs with his bag, after his defamation trial outside the federal courthouse in Washington Dec. 15.

A campaign poster for the Dolton Mayor Tiffany A. Henyard, who is also Thornton Township supervisor, outside the suburb’s municipal building, Oct. 11, 2022.

DEAR ABBY: I have been seeing the same man for a year and a half. In the beginning, we were, basically, friends with benefits, and we were OK with that. Having both gone through recent breakups or divorce, neither of us wanted anything serious. However, after six months passed, I started falling for him. He always made clear that if he didn’t want to go down that road, we would break ties, but the way he acted indicated that maybe one day there would be more.

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I didn't have much time to play new games this year, honestly. Prior to joining the RPS Treehouse in late October, I spent much of the year organising a massive international move with my family from the US to the UK, which meant that many of 2023's fresh releases - aside from the few that I've highlighted in this year's advent calendar - remained in the unplayed depths of my Steam list. Now that it's December and life has settled somewhat, I had to wrack my brain to come up with three entries for this Selection Box. Читать дальше...