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Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. Most of us, if we think about chins at all, do so rarely. But it turns out that chins ...

For many, St. Patrick's Day, which lands on Tuesday, March 17, is a time to celebrate by attending parades and partaking of food and drink associated with Ireland. Centuries ago, some Irish feasted ...

In just a few short days, everyone will be — at least for the day — Irish. Everywhere you look, people will be wearing green, people will be drinking green beer (but please don’t) and even entire ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Setting the time on a watch. (Getty Images) Daylight saving time begins tonight. At 2 a.m. local time Sunday, clocks across most ...

Daylight saving time officially starts this weekend, ushering in the longer days of spring and summer in New England. However, ahead of the clocks springing forward on Sunday, March 8, you may be ...

People say it every day without thinking ― “two o’clock,” “six o’clock,” “eight o’clock sharp.” But what is the purpose of that little “o” and apostrophe? Is it short for something? Why do we only use ...

New research by engineers at CU Boulder aims to get to the bottom of why, as the saying goes, you get a “skip in your step” when you’re happy. The study highlights the central role that dopamine, a ...

Data centers are increasingly running into local opposition, for a variety of reasons. The two most-cited complaints are power consumption driving up electricity rates, and noise from the generators ...

“You probably looked like the little girl on the cover,” my husband commented. “I wasn’t alive in 1943, but she does look a little like me, I suppose,” I remarked as I looked at the pin-curled blonde ...