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Do we live in a computer simulation?

Melvin M. Vopson - The Conversation

Some scientists suggest that if our reality is a simulation there may be glitches within the fabric of the universe

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump delivers remarks during a campaign event on October 23, 2023 in Derry, New Hampshire. (Scott Eisen/Getty Images)

Trump team's "nonsensical" Jan. 6 case

Areeba Shah

Legal expert: Trump team has "one goal" with Jan. 6 defense: "To prevent this case from ever reaching a jury"

Members of the Ottawa Senators warm up with rainbow tape on their sticks to celebrate "Hockey is for Everyone" prior to a game against the Vancouver Canucks at Canadian Tire Centre on April 28, 2021 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. (André Ringuette/NHLI via Getty Images)

NHL players can now say gay

Hanh Nguyen

The league reverses a ban on showing LGBTQ support after a player used Pride Tape on his stick over the weekend

U.S. House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) speaks to reporters as he leaves a House Republican candidates forum where congressmen who are running for Speaker of the House presented their platforms in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill on October 23, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Another one bites the dust: Emmer is out

Tatyana Tandanpolie

Former President Donald Trump derided the Minnesota Republican as a "RINO" om Truth Social after his nomination

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White Castle hires robots as fry cooks

Joy Saha

As of last week, there have been 17 robots installed nationwide

McDonald's Big Mac (Yu Chun Christopher Wong/S3studio/Getty Images)

The store-bought dupe for Big Mac sauce

Joy Saha

Mike Haracz shocked Mickey D's fans after he shared a Walmart dupe that's nearly “identical” to the famed sauce

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Panera sued over "charged lemonade"

Ashlie D. Stevens

The drink is marketed as "clean," but contains as much caffeine as an energy drink

Two pints of beer bitter on wooden barrel in pub. (Getty Images/Adermark Media)

Adele and the spectrum of sobriety

Nicole Lee - The Conversation

"But now we think of drinking on a continuum"

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Sarah Lancashire in "Julia" (Photograph by Sebastein Gonon/Max)

The French Chef returns in "Julia" S2

Joy Saha

Things are heating up for our favorite chef, both on and off her feel-good cooking show, “The French Chef”

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Trump rages as Cohen takes the stand

Tatyana Tandanpolie

Trump "arbitrarily" inflated the value of his real estate assets, Cohen testified Tuesday

Vivienne Culinary Books (Photo courtesy of Carter Hiyama)

How to trade screens for stovetops

Maggie Hennessy

At the cookbook store Vivienne in Portland, the theme is food sovereignty

Gentoo Penguin and Skua on Cuverville Island in Antarctica (Getty Images/Mark Edward Harris)

Bird flu hits Antarctica

Matthew Rozsa

Experts warn that if the virus reaches certain rare bird populations, "they are in threat of extinction"

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My Halloween candy ranking

Julia Gómez Kramer - Food52

The 10 best Halloween candies, ranked . . . plus honorable mentions and the absolute bottom of the barrel options

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., candidate for speaker of the House, is seen outside a House Republican Conference speaker election meeting in Longworth Building on Tuesday, October 24, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

GOP has third speaker nominee in 3 weeks

Sophia Tesfaye

The Minnesota Republican received fewer votes for speaker than Rep. Jim Jordan got in his failed bid

Former US President and 2024 Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the New England Sports Center in Derry, New Hampshire, October 23, 2023. (JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump demand: Dump entire Jan. 6 case

Gabriella Ferrigine

Team Trump looks to scuttle Jack Smith's entire D.C. indictment with sweeping dismissal motions

Planet Earth with a pile of garbage spilling into outer space (Getty Images/urfinguss)

The "enshittification" of tech in space

Rae Hodge

From Google to Netflix, tech is becoming more useless. The commercialization of space is no different

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Jenna Ellis reads a statement after pleading guilty to a felony count of aiding and abetting false statements and writings, inside Fulton Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee's Fulton County Courtroom at the Fulton County Courthouse October 24, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. (John Bazemore-Pool/Getty Images)

Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis pleads guilty

Tatyana Tandanpolie

"I look back on this experience with deep remorse," Jenna Ellis said in a tearful statement during her guilty plea

Former US President and 2024 Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the New England Sports Center in Derry, New Hampshire, October 23, 2023. (JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump says he's like Nelson Mandela

Tatyana Tandanpolie

"We did nothing wrong,” Trump asserted

A spooky horror concept of a monster with glowing eyes, hiding in a tree trunk, in a dark spooky forest. (Getty Images/David Wall)

Nightmares and your mental health

Elizabeth Hlavinka

Being chased, falling and climate disasters: A dream researcher unpacks common nightmares

US President Donald Trump speaks during his meeting with Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at Winfield House, London on December 3, 2019. (NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump is threatening NATO again

Gabriella Ferrigine

The former president has expressed a willingness to withdraw from the transatlantic organization if elected in 2024

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Black history bans: "They're so scared"

D. Watkins

"When people know, they can never forget," author Michael Harriot says about reclaiming true American history

This artist’s impression (not to scale) illustrates the path of the fast radio burst FRB 20220610A, from the distant galaxy where it originated all the way to Earth, in one of the Milky Way’s spiral arms. (ESO/M. Kornmesser)

Astronomers found a distant radio burst

Matthew Rozsa

The cosmic energy blast can tell us about the Universe 8 billion years ago and even how much it (probably) weighs

Helium Balloon Earth (Getty Images/Andriy Onufriyenko)

Earth's core is leaking helium

Matthew Rozsa

The study has interesting implications for how our planet formed and what's up with our mysterious core

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Fox News helps Trump by "sidelining" him

Amanda Marcotte

Trump hates the "less is more" mindset, but it works better for him with voters — and with prosecutors

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