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Study Reveals Why Cats Meow More Around Humans

Varieties The findings confirm that meowing is not simply an involuntary expression of emotion, but can be an audience-directed form of communication. (Getty Images)

Study Reveals Why Cats Meow More Around Humans

Domestic cats meow differently depending on whether their human caretakers are present in the room or not, scientists confirm in a new study published by The…

Varieties  Ziad Tabarra, right, holds falafel sandwiches made with finely ground fava beans at his family's shop in Beirut's Hamra district, Lebanon, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026. (AP)

This Beirut Family Has Sold Falafel for 100 Years, Through War and Crisis. It Has No Plan to Stop

For more than a century, the Tabbara family has been serving up falafel to Beirut’s residents. Their business, which predates Lebanon’s founding, has…

Varieties In this image made from video and provided by the Victoria State Police 17-year-old William, center right, is embraced by his mother Elizabeth, only first names were provided by police, while in a helicopter in Cowwarr, Australia, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026, after William spent six days lost in eastern Australian woodlands. (Victoria Police via AP)

Missing Teen Found Alive After 6 Days in Australian Woodlands

A 17-year-old boy with autism was found alive Thursday after six days lost in eastern Australian woodlands. The boy, whom police identified only as William…

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Varieties This undated image provided by the European Space Agency on Nov. 5, 2026 and taken by the Hera spacecraft, shows asteroid Didymos. (European Space Agency via AP)

Europe’s Hera Spacecraft Begins Close Inspections of an Asteroid Rammed by NASA in a 2022 Test

A European spacecraft has begun close inspections of an asteroid rammed by NASA four years ago in a planetary defense test. The European Space Agency…

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Varieties Looking across vast distances means peering into the past because of the time needed for light from distant objects to reach us (Reuters)

Euclid Mission Data Release Spans More than 900 Million Galaxies

The European Space Agency has released its first big collection of data from the orbiting Euclid telescope's mission to map the universe's large-scale…

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Varieties Oprah to Debut New Program with Episodes on Racism

Oprah to Debut New Program with Episodes on Racism

Oprah Winfrey is returning to her talk show format with a new series on Apple TV+, whose first episodes will focus on racism in the United States. Apple Inc…

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Varieties Postcard Reveals Site of Van Gogh's 'Farewell Note in Color' before Suicide

Postcard Reveals Site of Van Gogh's 'Farewell Note in Color' before Suicide

Stuck at home during lockdown, Dutch researcher Wouter van der Veen finally found time to look through old postcards of the French village where Vincent Van…

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Varieties Indian Man Coverts Business Premises to Virus Ward

Indian Man Coverts Business Premises to Virus Ward

An Indian businessman who recovered from coronavirus has converted his office into an 85-bed facility to provide free treatment for the poor. The…

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Varieties Saudi Visual Arts Authority Forms Board of Directors

Saudi Visual Arts Authority Forms Board of Directors

The Saudi Ministry of Culture revealed on Monday the formation of the board of directors of the Visual Arts Authority under the chairmanship of Culture…

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Varieties Rembrandt Self-Portrait Sells for $18.7 Million at Sotheby's

Rembrandt Self-Portrait Sells for $18.7 Million at Sotheby's

A self-portrait by Rembrandt sold for 14.5 million pounds ($18.7 million) at a Sotheby's virtual auction Tuesday - a record price for a self-portrait by the…

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Varieties Israeli Artist Takes Aim at Netanyahu with Life-Size Statue

Israeli Artist Takes Aim at Netanyahu with Life-Size Statue

Residents of the city of Tel Aviv woke up Wednesday to a jarring site: a pop-up exhibit depicting a life-size statue of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin…

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Varieties Hit by Virus, Farmers Bank on Eid Al-Adha Sales in Moroccan Countryside

Hit by Virus, Farmers Bank on Eid Al-Adha Sales in Moroccan Countryside

Moroccan farmer Hamid had pinned his hopes on selling his sheep for the Eid al-Adha feast, to make up for a year of drought and the economic paralysis linked…

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Varieties Lowly Flies Get Super Names as Scientists Find Inspiration in Marvel

Lowly Flies Get Super Names as Scientists Find Inspiration in Marvel

Australian scientists said on Wednesday they have given five fly species scientific names that pay tribute to the Marvel comic universe, including one named…

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Varieties Drawing of Olympic Rings Fetches 185,000 Euros at French Auction

Drawing of Olympic Rings Fetches 185,000 Euros at French Auction

An original drawing of the Olympic rings by the founder of the modern Games, Pierre de Coubertin, has fetched 185,000 euros at auction held in Southern France…

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Varieties Pandemics Museum Opens after Postponement Due to COVID-19

Pandemics Museum Opens after Postponement Due to COVID-19

The Rijksmuseum Boerhaave in The Netherlands was supposed to launch an exhibition on the history of pandemics in March 2020, but ironically, it was postponed…

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Varieties Lebanon Mountain Club Dodges Economic Crisis

Lebanon Mountain Club Dodges Economic Crisis

Panama hats and designer sunglasses, champagne buckets and luxury cars: in the mountain resort town of Faqra, Lebanon's economic crisis is not immediately…

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Varieties Scientists Revive 100 Million-Year-Old Microbes from Deep under Seafloor

Scientists Revive 100 Million-Year-Old Microbes from Deep under Seafloor

Scientists have succeeded in reviving microbes retrieved from sediment deep under the seafloor in the heart of the South Pacific that had survived in a dormant…

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Varieties Israel City's Bid to Honor Egypt’s Iconic Umm Kulthum Stirs Debate

Israel City's Bid to Honor Egypt’s Iconic Umm Kulthum Stirs Debate

She was one of the Arab world's most revered singers, praised by Bob Dylan and sampled by Beyonce: the late Egyptian legend Umm Kulthum seems worthy of having…

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Varieties US Ambassador Shaves Mustache under Seoul's Summer Heat

US Ambassador Shaves Mustache under Seoul's Summer Heat

The US ambassador to South Korea has shaved his mildly controversial mustache, saying it was too uncomfortable to keep while wearing a coronavirus mask during…

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Varieties Study: Almost 3 Billion Animals Affected by Australia Bushfires

Study: Almost 3 Billion Animals Affected by Australia Bushfires

Nearly three billion animals were killed or displaced by Australia's unprecedented 2019-20 wildfires in "one of the worst wildlife disasters in modern history"…

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Varieties Norway Plan to Save Giant Picasso Murals Divides Opinion

Norway Plan to Save Giant Picasso Murals Divides Opinion

Norway began tearing down a landmark building adorned with giant murals by Pablo Picasso on Monday as part of efforts to rebuild government headquarters after…

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Varieties Cat Tests Positive for Coronavirus in England

Cat Tests Positive for Coronavirus in England

A pet cat has tested positive in England for the new coronavirus that causes COVID-19, the government said on Monday in the first confirmed case of an animal…

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Varieties Roles Reversed as St. Bernard Dog Rescued from England's Highest Mountain

Roles Reversed as St. Bernard Dog Rescued from England's Highest Mountain

A rescue team has had to rescue a St. Bernard dog named Daisy after she got into difficulty on England's highest mountain, in an unusual reversal of the…

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Varieties For Kitchen-Less Hong Kongers, New Ban on Restaurant Dining is a Bitter Pill

For Kitchen-Less Hong Kongers, New Ban on Restaurant Dining is a Bitter Pill

A new Hong Kong ban on dining at restaurants and food stalls aimed at reining in a spike in coronavirus cases threatens to complicate life for the many people…

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Varieties Danish Prince Undergoes Brain Surgery in Southern France

Danish Prince Undergoes Brain Surgery in Southern France

Prince Joachim, the youngest son of Queen Margrethe of Denmark, has undergone emergency surgery for a blood clot in his brain, the royal palace said. The 51…

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Varieties PM Johnson Uses own Struggles with Weight to Urge Britain to Get Fit

PM Johnson Uses own Struggles with Weight to Urge Britain to Get Fit

Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged Britain to lose “a little bit of weight” on Monday, using his own struggle with his weight before he contracted the novel…

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Varieties Gaza:  First Taste of a Coffee on Wheels Delivery Service

Gaza: First Taste of a Coffee on Wheels Delivery Service

With a practiced hand, a courier balances a tray of steaming cups and with the other grips his bicycle handlebars as he weaves between cars in the crowded Gaza…

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Varieties Church Volunteer Admits to Arson Attack on French Cathedral

Church Volunteer Admits to Arson Attack on French Cathedral

French authorities detained and charged a repentant church volunteer Sunday after he told investigators that he was responsible for an arson attack that badly…

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Varieties Russian Enthusiast Builds his own Mini-Railway

Russian Enthusiast Builds his own Mini-Railway

It took the 62-year-old electrical engineer more than 10 years to build a 350-meter (383-yard)-long narrow-gauge railway twisting through the grounds of his…

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