Every December, many shoppers plan to buy fewer things and choose more sustainable options. Yet as the month goes on, spending rises and fast fashion becomes hard to resist. Christmas has become a moment when good intentions collide with discounts and the emotional pull of seasonal fashion.
As the UK government launches its violence against women and girls strategy, the situation it is seeking to remedy makes for hard reading.
A new study published by JMIR Serious Games reports that popular video games, such as the Super Mario Bros. and Yoshi games, may offer meaningful emotional benefits for young adults. The research, titled "Super Mario Bros. and Yoshi Games' Affordance of Childlike Wonder and Reduced Burnout Risk in Young Adults: In-Depth Mixed Methods Cross-Sectional Study," found that these lighthearted, familiar games can spark a sense of childlike wonder that boosts overall happiness, which in turn reduces burnout risk.
You may have noticed people out and about with little stickers on their faces. Perhaps you've seen moons, stars, clouds or even smiley faces adorning people's cheeks and chins. Maybe you wear them yourself. While some people do wear them as accessories, these colorful stickers are medicated "pimple patches," designed to treat spots or acne.
While Australia is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world, we also have some of the highest extinction rates.
Luxury pet pampering packages at hotels, menus with dog-friendly roast dinners and £6,000 animal-friendly charter flights. Pet travel isn't just a trend, it's something of a transformation. This is the "pawprint economy"—and it's booming.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captured two nearby dwarf galaxies interacting with each other in this image released on Dec. 2, 2025.
Despite the fact that the U.S. is home to over 15 million military veterans that make up more than 6% of the total workforce, little research is available about their quantitative impact on the economy.
In the last decade, the drive to understand who we are and where we've come from has been accelerated by DNA testing.
Florida's first statewide black bear hunt in a decade is more than halfway over but state wildlife leaders have offered no information on its progress, not even a death count.
