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The Atlantic’s Science, Technology, and Health desk has had a busy 2025: Our writers have spent the year probing the limits of human consciousness and gene-editing technology, studying the ubiquity of ...

Santa inspired by St. Nicholas, a 4th-century bishop known for kindness and secret gift-giving. Santa's red suit popularized by Coca-Cola, earlier depictions showed him in bishop's attire. Santa's ...

The season is known as both “fall” and “autumn.” The word “autumn” comes from Latin, while “fall” originated in 17th-century Britain as a shortening of the phrase “fall of the leaf.” While both are ...

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Large, muscular and full of energy, the ocicat is a beautiful mix between a Siamese, American Shorthair, and an Abyssinian. And while ocicats have a wild-like appearance to them, they’re a completely ...

With somewhere between 40 and 70 recognized cat breeds (depending on the registering organization you ask) to choose from, the domestic cat has more diversity within its species now than ever before.