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One day, we could fly across the U.S. in half an hour. A state-of-the-art hypersonic flight testing facility at UTSA could help make that dream a reality.

Haters and disrespect aside, fruitcake is still a robust American tradition.

The gospels imply that Jesus became famous as much for his exorcisms as his ministry.

For consumers of festive beverages, the news is bad: this holiday season, Guinness may not be on tap and glass for bottling wine is scarce. Climate disasters, like British Columbia’s floods, have further weakened already […]

Ever felt sad during the holidays but weren't sure why? Chances are you were suffering from a case of Christmas Blues.

The German-American cartoonist introduced the idea that Santa Claus traveled with a sleigh and reindeer.

Just don't expect the apocalypse to look like it does in the movies.

We know it couldn't have began from a singularity. So how small could it have been at the absolute minimum?

Is this the metaverse?

Venus has far more carbon dioxide in its atmosphere than Earth, which turned our sister planet into an inferno. But how did it get there?

Jean Paul Sartre summed up the existentialist idea of "bad faith" through a waiter who acted a bit too much like a waiter.

Israel’s buoyant currency, coupled with increased costs for transport and groceries, saw Tel Aviv jump five places from last year.

We don't know with 100% certainty where SARS-CoV-2 first came from or how it first infected humans. But not all options are equally likely.

There's still hope for implicit bias training, research shows.

Whether or not life exists elsewhere in the Universe, we can be assured of one thing: We are the only human beings in the cosmos.

A century ago, electric cars were common. The fact that they were almost entirely replaced due to the internal combustion engine is a testament to the glacial pace of battery breakthroughs.

The model is almost eight hours ahead of a doctor's recognition of a patient's deterioration.

With launch, deployment, calibration, and science operations about to commence, here are 10 facts that are absolutely true.

A small, Seattle-based study will look to see if the psychedelic can alleviate the pandemic’s mental health impact.

For relatives who live far apart, holiday rituals may be the glue that holds the family together.