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As Valentine’s Day approaches at Stanford, some students may be gearing up for first dates — not with people they met on Tinder or Hinge, but with matches from a service called Date Drop, designed by ...

In December 1869, the improbably named Dr. Increase Lapham read a stunning report in his local newspaper. On the 8th of that month, "The Milwaukee Sentinel published a list of 1,914 vessels, valued at ...

Emily Venezky is a Social Media Manager at Eater and a proud Washingtonian. She fell in love with food while growing up in Los Angeles, eating plenty of street tacos and Sichuan dishes. In our Dining ...

The vacancy created by California Rep. Doug LaMalfa's death will now be filled in a new special election. Gov. Gavin Newsom has 14 days to proclaim the special election and set a date. LaMalfa's ...

Baked soil, ancient tools and materials that could be used to start fires show that Neanderthals were making fire in the UK 400,000 years ago — the earliest evidence of this skill found so far.

Ms. Feng is a documentary filmmaker from Shanghai. In America, romance and sex — or the lack thereof — have become preoccupations for millions of people struggling with intimacy. “Are young people ...

JavaScript is everywhere today, but its origins are strange, chaotic, and surprisingly rushed. Explore the weird history that shaped the language we rely on daily. New "cash law" would change stores ...

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I know a bit about creating custom players in video games. I’ve made wrestlers, Miis, my entire rec soccer team, and even basketball players in a long ago era of video games. It’s fun. It was an early ...

Over millennia, our view of the stars has shifted, because of Earth’s wobble. It may be time to rethink your sign. Whether you care about horoscopes or not, you probably know your zodiac sign. You’ve ...