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On a Sunday morning filled with all kinds of emotion, American Breezy Johnson won the women’s Olympic downhill race. It was the first gold medal of Johnson’s career and the first awarded to the United ...

Hank and John Green, YouTube icons and creators of online education shows Crash Course and SciShow, are handing over their famed production company Complexly to the public, transitioning to a ...

Lurid claims are being made around ski jumping ahead of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. Maddie Meyer / Getty Images The Winter Olympics has long been a battleground for marginal gains. Just look at ...

Jonathan Kwan is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at New York University Abu Dhabi and was previously the Markkula Center’s Inclusive Excellence Postdoctoral Fellow in Immigration Ethics. Views ...

Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn’s status for the Winter Olympics is uncertain. While competing in her final downhill event before the upcoming world competition, Vonn crashed on the course and had to be ...

In spring 2020, Bowie High School quarterback Evan Mallett was in a position battle to figure out who would earn the starting spot on the team. Midway through the offseason, his life changed. "Six ...

It’s a dip, a pasta sauce, a bread spread—even a base for ice cream. It’s…cottage cheese? Yep, the diet food staple of the 1970s is making a comeback, thanks to social media. "Everything comes around ...