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Flutes for Fido: Volunteers play music to soothe shelter animals

DENVER — It's often said music is the universal language of humanity. Now a 12-year-old Houston boy is putting that to the test for an unlikely audience — man's best friend. Yuvi Agarwal started playing keyboard when he was 4 and several years ago noticed his playing soothed his family's ...

My research into squirrels

The idea for this article came to mind around the end of last year when my mom read us an article in the Atlantic titled, “77 facts that blew our minds in 2024.” She read all 77 facts, but one fact in particular stood out to me: “In the Middle Ages, people took their pet squirrels for ...

In ’28 Years Later,’ a zombie pandemic rages on

Most movies are lucky to predict one thing. Danny Boyle's 2002 dystopian thriller "28 Days Later" managed to be on the cutting edge of two trends, albeit rather disparate ones: global pandemic and fleet-footed zombies. Add in Cillian Murphy, who had his breakout role in that film, and "28 ...

Who will have the 2025 song of the summer? We offer some predictions

NEW YORK — What makes a great song of the summer? Is it an up-tempo pop banger? Something with an earworm chorus? Does it need to feature the words "summer," "sunshine," or another synonym — "California" — in the title? How could anyone attempt a song of the summer after the late, great ...