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Taylor Swift’s Midnights has returned to the top of the Official Albums Chart, becoming 2022’s Official Christmas Number 1 Album in the process. Following an intense chart battle with Cliff Richard, Taylor reigns supreme this week, regaining her Number 1 spot with over 17,000 chart units. Midnights now joins 2020’s pandemic opus folklore as Taylor’s

NEWS 23 December 2022 Newsdesk Dolly Parton started celebrating Christmas the day after Thanksgiving. The country music icon is a big fan of the festive season, and during an interview for The Tennessean, she revealed that she began putting up her decorations in late November. "It doesn't take much for me to get in the

Respiratory viruses have rebounded hard after COVID seclusion, and masks are one of the best ways to avoid getting themCommuters wearing masks travel on the Metro on April 14, 2022 in Washington, DC. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty ImagesThe following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. The cold

The festive parasite mistletoe’s sticky prowess explained Credit: Nigel Cattlin/Minden PicturesMany people today associate mistletoe with holiday kisses. But for centuries the plant was known more for its remarkable stickiness; ancient Greeks and Romans used gooey mistletoe berries for applications ranging from bird traps to skin ulcer ointment. Now biochemists are investigating whether mistletoe's clinginess

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