Candy canes are a holiday staple with roots dating back to the 1600s. The story suggests that in 1670, a choirmaster in Cologne, Germany, gave children these sugary sticks shaped like a shepherd’s ...

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It is one of the most surprising music stories of the year. While streams of new music — releases from the last 18 months — were down from last year, one genre is on the rise: ...

Cambridge University researchers switch to multi-pass methane pyrolysis to boost carbon nanotube production along with clean ...

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A team of physicists from the University of Amsterdam has 3D-printed a Christmas tree made entirely of ice, without any ...

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The head of the Federal Aviation Administration says he won’t forget the 67 people who died when an airliner collided with an ...

The telescopes continue to be used by astronomers every clear night available, and are now operated and managed by the National Research Council of Canada (NRC). The Plaskett and 1.2-metre are optical ...