Curtis Brown will rep the literary estate of J.R.R. Tolkien going forwards. A deal between Curtis Brown Heritage and Tolkien Estate, which is the custodian of the the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit ...

A two-time Super Bowl champion knows who’s to blame for J.J. McCarthy’s struggles, and he says it isn’t McCarthy. McCarthy and the Minnesota Vikings made their 2025 home debut against the Atlanta ...

In 1897, Nelson and Lorraine Cornish left Oakland and came to Santa Cruz to live. When they saw the 31-year-old Methodist Church empty and for sale, Lorraine felt it was a sign. They bought the ...

The evolutionary blueprint for hands was borrowed in part from a much older genetic plan for our nether regions, a new study suggests. Researchers armed with CRISPR looked to the embryos of zebrafish ...

In a White House press conference Monday, President Trump and several deputies said the Food and Drug Administration would be updating drug labeling to discourage the use of acetaminophen by pregnant ...

It's been a big week for J.J. McCarthy. The Minnesota Vikings quarterback missed practice on Thursday to be with his fiancee for the birth of their first child, days after a thrilling comeback win in ...

Does alcohol enhance one's foreign language fluency? Do West African lizards have a preferred pizza topping? And can painting cows with zebra stripes help repel biting flies? These and other unusual ...

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has recommended against using the MMRV vaccine in children under 4. This could eliminate a choice for kids' first dose of measles, mumps, rubella and ...

From fingernail diaries to pizza-eating lizards, this year’s Ig Nobel Prizes once again celebrated research that makes people laugh before it makes them think. The 2025 ceremony, held virtually from ...

Most (not all!) people love hugs, but have you ever wondered how to have a perfect hug with another person who also wants to hug you? Here are some recent scientific findings on which factors ...

MUMBAI: The sessions court on Monday ordered the release of a sex worker, who was detained in a protective home in July, following the orders by the Mazgaon magistrate court, after she was diagnosed ...

A chemistry professor from a Pune-based college has been arrested for allegedly faking a letter claiming that he has been picked for a top science award sponsored by the Ministry of Science and ...