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Phillies face questions about their core and Aaron Nola's future performance. Nola struggled in 2025 with injuries, recording a 6.01 ERA and 5–10 record. Nola and his wife announced a personal update ...

Aaron Rodgers was already dealing with fractures in his left wrist heading into Sunday's game. Then he took one of the harder hits of his long career and briefly exited a 26-7 loss to the Buffalo ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... HOUSTON — The Nuggets’ most unusual configuration seems tailor-made to counter the Rockets. But they might have to start relying on it more often in general, ...

For humans, kissing holds major cultural cachet, accompanying confessions of romantic love, religious rituals of reverence and even betrayals, à la The Godfather Part II’s “kiss of death.” New ...

Matilda Brindle has previously received funding from the Natural Environment Research Council and the Leakey Foundation If I asked you to imagine your dream snog, chances are it wouldn’t be with a ...

And humans are far from the only species locking lips. By Ali Watkins The act has been called many things: Centrifugal motion. Perpetual bliss. The thrill of the moment. Unstoppable. In technical ...

A new study that examines how kissing evolved suggests that ape ancestors and early humans like Neanderthals probably locked lips with their friends and sexual partners. The behavior may date back 21 ...

The first kiss in history probably took place over 16.9 million years ago — long before humans even existed, a new study suggests. Despite its popularity in many cultures among lovers, family members ...

Early humans like Neanderthals probably kissed, and our ape ancestors could have done so as far back as 21 million years ago. There is wide debate over when humans began kissing romantically. Ancient ...

Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge have been named the Hank Aaron Award winners for the second consecutive season. MLB announced the winners on Thursday for the award that are given to the best offensive ...

On December 7th, the Kennedy Center Honors will welcome dozens of celebrities to celebrate those select few who are part of the 2025 class. When it comes to the Kennedy Center Honors, the organization ...