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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints regional communication director Susan Sims shows how the Light the World Giving Machine works after being unloaded in front of the old Mellow Mushroom ...

The college football firings are on pause. Now, we await the hirings (and perhaps a few more firings). Virginia Tech - with the hiring of James Franklin - is making perhaps the best move of the ...

Auburn football fired head coach Hugh Freeze amid a season of significant coaching turnover in the SEC. The program is experiencing one of its worst stretches, facing a potential fifth consecutive ...

A new children’s book, titled Simple Machines Made Simple, wants to demystify mechanical engineering for kids as young as a year old. It recently beat its Kickstarter goal by 700%—raising more than ...

Share on Pinterest Short-term fasting is unlikely to have a significant impact on mental sharpness, according to new research. Johner Images/Getty Images Researchers report that intermittent fasting ...

When we imagine contact with extraterrestrial intelligence, we tend to picture messages: radio signals, mathematical codes, or perhaps a universal language waiting to be discovered. But what if alien ...

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Modern aircraft survive extreme G-forces through flexible airframes, advanced alloys, and computer-controlled flight surfaces that spread stress across the entire structure. Letters to the editor: One ...

In this video I show you the nothing machine and how it works. I talk about why it takes energy to hold a weight in place without moving it. ‘Clear, clear, clear’: Chow Kon Yeow shuts down Kedah's ...