There are new words for how we process bad news. They’re cynical, hopeful or maybe delusional. By Nitsuh Abebe Forget the awkward half-a-glass metaphor we use to describe optimism and pessimism.

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You’ll really want to lick these stamps. Life is butter in France, whose postal service, La Poste, introduced nearly 600,000 stamps that smell like butter croissants in celebration of the “emblem of ...

Elmo, Cookie Monster, Bert, Grover and more Sesame Street characters visited the State Fair of Texas as part of a national road trip. Here's what they thought of it.

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Whether you’re a longtime fan or you couldn’t care less, it’s hard to deny how much skill — and blood — goes into professional wrestling. Though plot lines are scripted ahead of time and the impacts ...

TL;DR: Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2019 for Windows is just $19.97 (MSRP $229) through October 19 only — one payment, no subscription fees, all the essential apps you already use every day. Why ...

Jurassic World Evolution 3 is the newest entry in Frontier Development's prehistoric management series, and it's finally here. Yes, that's right, one of the most exciting new games for 2025 is out in ...