Weve been there, too, and a wellness-inspired gift for the office may help brighten the mood a bit. Whether youre buying for a coworker, boss, work-from-home friend, or loved one who puts in a ton of ...

Sheep have quietly wandered from the pasture into your Pinterest board, turning up as sculptural seating, shaggy stools, and even full-size faux flocks in the living room. What began as a niche ...

Parents should not force their kids to hug relatives at family events. Teaching kids that they must provide physical ...

Videos such as fake ads featuring AI children playing with vibrators or Jeffrey Epstein- and Diddy-themed play sets are being made with Sora 2 and posted to TikTok.

When Jaiden Holt was growing up, there wasn’t a whole lot in his life that made him feel good. His biological mother lost custody of him when he was young, and he entered the child welfare system, ...

In 2009, Yohannes Haile-Selassie and his team were combing the desert landscape of Burtele, a paleontological site in the Afar Region of Ethiopia, when Stephanie Melillo found something remarkable: an ...

After wowing World Expo visitors, a human washing machine is now on sale in Japan, a company spokeswoman said Friday. "Our (company) president was inspired by that as a 10-year-old boy at the time," ...

Every week brings new product announcements promising AI-driven companionship for children: Barbies who call you by name, ...

Newly discovered fossils prove that a mysterious foot found in Ethiopia belongs to a little-known, recently named ancient human relative who lived alongside the species of the famous Lucy, scientists ...

In the latest twist in human evolution, scientists have discovered that a mysterious foot found in Ethiopia belonged to a previously unknown ancient relative. Dated to around 3.4 million years ago, ...

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