For a generation of viewers, The Lion King and other big studio cartoons are comfort watches, not political texts. A new ...

Batreeq, the standard modern term for penguin, is generally regarded by linguists as an Arabised loanword shaped by contact with European languages. Arabic does not contain a “p” sound, which is ...

Earth’s oceans reached their highest heat levels on record in 2025, absorbing vast amounts of excess energy from the ...

Current statistics are an indicator that the climate is deteriorating and needs to be paid attention to sooner rather than ...

The November unemployment report, released Friday after being delayed for almost a month because of the federal government ...

Nov. 23: There’s a new level of property tax rebellion this time. But it’s not all bad news. Scott Stantis editorial cartoon for Nov. 23, 2025, on the latest property tax bills. (Scott Stantis/For the ...

The first thing I thought after hearing the news about the tragic death of director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner was probably similar to what you or any other civilized human being ...

Originally starting out airing reruns of previous animated shows and movies, Cartoon Network quickly became a leading platform for original animated TV programming. As the cable channel expanded its ...

We've dug up 10 classic Christmas cartoons that are blasts from the past. Some you may recognize, others might be "hidden gems" for you to discover. So slip into those Christmas pajamas and climb on ...

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) researchers have created a new carbon-negative building material that could transform sustainable construction. The breakthrough, published in the high-impact ...

African forests are now emitting more carbon dioxide than they absorb, a fundamental shift that will make it more difficult for the world to cut its net emissions to zero. Forests and shrubby ...

The Sanctuary Movement was led by clergy, and many religious leaders are activists today. But, as congregations have shrunk, dissent has diminished. The Japanese chef Junya Yamasaki mastered a ...