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We all get bored at some point. One survey found that the average American adult experiences 131 days of boredom per year.

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FilippoBacci, E+ Collection, Getty Images At first, it’s easy to think that the phrase may you live in interesting times is a form of wishing someone well. After all, interesting times are ...

'That's insane': Jake Tapper reacts to 2020 video of RFK Jr. implying the pandemic was planned ...

Here’s a look at 12 stats and facts from Game 5. • That five-run comeback? It was the largest in a World Series-clinching win, surpassing 1925 Game 7, when the Pirates trailed by four. This was the ...

AI-generated summaries not only improved public comprehension of science but also enhanced how people perceived scientists. I used a popular large language model, GPT-4 by OpenAI, to create simple ...

On a recent episode of Unexplainable, Vox’s science podcast, they laid out some of the things they’ve learned as they’ve investigated the paradox of fun fear, and what they’d still like to ...