What began as a shared hobby in elementary school grew into a student-run speedcubing competition that brought more than 100 ...

Move over St. Louis — after a six-year run, Washington, D.C., now holds the record for the most couples kissing under the mistletoe. The previous record was 480, but on Saturday, the “National Kiss ...

Dec. 23 (UPI) --Each passing year sees new heights reached in the arena of Guinness World Record-breaking human -- and sometimes even animal -- accomplishment, and 2025 has proven to be no different.

Dec. 18 (UPI) --The proprietor of a sandwich shop in England attempted a Guinness World Record by spending 42 consecutive hours singing Christmas songs. Dave Purchase, aka "Mr. Toasty" of the On Toast ...

Washington, DC, now holds the new record for most kisses underneath the mistletoe after an event Dec. 13 brought more than 1,000 couples together under sprigs of the festive shrub. A total of 1,435 ...

The oldest fossilized remains of complex animals appear suddenly in the fossil record, and as if from nowhere, in rocks that ...

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The act of breathing has been central to life on Earth since the beginning, and the average human will take more than 600 million breaths in a single lifetime. But there’s a specific group of humans—a ...

When weird fungal epidemics crop up in far-flung places, scientists work together to unravel how the microscopic murderers show up and turn deadly. The Great Alaska Earthquake rocked Anchorage in 1964 ...

In the 1960s, scientists warned that mass famine was inevitable — until a small, targeted investment changed global agriculture. Philanthropic funding helped launch the Green Revolution, tripling food ...

Amid sky-high inflation, water and energy cuts and prospects for a deal with the U. S. dimming, President Masoud Pezeshkian has apparently thrown up his hands. By Farnaz Fassihi and Leily Nikounazar ...