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Are You a Morning Person? You Might Want to Thank Your Neanderthal Genes

New study links DNA inherited from our extinct cousins to a propensity for being early risers

For Israel, the Existential Question Returns

It has been decades since the very survival of the country has been front and center for Israelis. The Hamas attacks changed all that.

The Race to Defend Against Drone Warfare Plays Out in Ukraine

Proliferation of small, cheap drones is changing the way militaries think about air defense

A ‘Recipe for Disaster’: Insiders Warned Meta’s Privacy Push Would Shield Child Predators

The company’s own child-safety experts sounded the alarm about efforts to encrypt messages on Instagram and Facebook. This month, it started doing it anyway.

European Retailers Try On Second-Hand Fashion

Global market for resale apparel is expected to reach $351 billion in 2027, Statista data show

Good News: You Don’t Have to Sleep With Your Spouse

Therapists and sleep scientists say it’s OK for couples to sleep apart, a reversal of a long-held marriage tenet

AI-Generated Santas Are Suddenly Everywhere

He’s making a list. He’s checking it twice. But he’s not Santa—he’s just an advanced algorithm.

Is Santa Bringing Investors Trash for Christmas?

Some low-quality companies have done well of late, but it looks more like a broadening of the recent rally than a speculative frenzy

Dyker Heights Is Fighting to Keep the Christmas Lights On

This year, there are fewer of the over-the-top holiday displays that have drawn hundred of thousands of visitors to this Brooklyn neighborhood each year for over a decade

Good News, Your Package Has Been Delivered. Just Not to Your House.

With holiday deliveries still missing, anxious shoppers put on their detective hats

To Avoid the Jungles of Central America, Migrants Are Taking a Treacherous Sea Route

‘Out there, in the open ocean, anything can happen.’

That’s Two for Two: The World’s Other Big Canal Is in Trouble

While the Panama Canal has been running dry, Gaza-related attacks have created a crisis in the Red Sea

Americans Spending Less on Gifts, More on Everything Else

Higher cost of fun is pushing some shoppers to take on debt to foot their holiday bills

Hostage Deaths at Hands of Israeli Soldiers Raise Questions About War Strategy

Accidental killings underscore risks of prolonged ground invasion in Gaza

Congo Holds Election Amid World’s Worst Hunger, Displacement Crisis

President Tshisekedi is front-runner in poll plagued by delays, conflict; ‘I would have loved to vote’

The Biggest Winners and Losers From the Work-From-Home Revolution

Remote or hybrid work has become the new normal for millions of people. We are only just starting to see the impact

Luxury Stores Are Bursting With Unsold Stuff

As growth slows across the luxury industry, designer labels need discreet places to unload excess inventory

Here’s Where Prices Are Actually Coming Down

As supply-chain constraints ease and availability improves, costs of electronics, appliances, flights and cars decline; food prices continue to rise

Bitcoin Mining Used More Water Than New York City Last Year

New estimates find billions of gallons needed to support cryptocurrency, fueling concerns about the environmental impact

Tyrannosaur Discovered With Last Meal Preserved in Its Stomach

First-of-its-kind fossil gives paleontologists unprecedented insight into the diet and dominance of the top carnivore of its time