As the clock hits midnight on a new year, many people will share a kiss together. But why do we do it?
Author: Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY
Cicadas, spotted lanternflies and a ‘mutilated shark alien’ fish: Top animal stories of 2021
Animals were drawing all sorts of reactions this year. Here are some stories people couldn’t get enough of.
23-year-old woman and her 88-year-old terminally ill grandfather graduate college together
Melanie Salazar and Rene Neira went viral in 2016 after Salazar posted the two were attending college at the same time. Now they’ve graduated together.
Nochebuena: Why many Hispanic, Latinx and Filipino families celebrate Christmas on Christmas Eve
The night before kids will wake up to open Christmas presents, numerous families will come together to celebrate a grand feast known as Nochebuena.
North Carolina sheriff refuses to take down Bible verse in office, says he is ‘afraid of burning in hell’
The Freedom from Religion Foundation is demanding a North Carolina law enforcement office remove a Bible quote, but the sheriff refused the request.
Gold ring with one of the earliest depictions of Jesus Christ found in ancient shipwreck
The Israel Antiquities Authority said a gold ring depicting Jesus Christ as the “Good Shepherd” was found in a shipwreck from the third century.
Dinosaur embryo found inside fossilized egg from more than 66 million years ago
An oviraptorosaur embryo was positioned inside its egg in a way that has been seen only in birds today, indicating they may be ancestors.
‘Big as a car’: Scientists reveal discovery of 326-million-year-old giant millipede fossil
The discovery of the Arthropleura fossil, measuring nearly 9-feet-long, possibly makes this giant millipede the largest bug to ever exist.
Archeologists unearth ‘mammoth graveyard’ alongside Neanderthal tools in Britain
Fossils of five mammoths, beetles, bison, bears and freshwater snails were discovered in a town over 100 miles west of London.
Orbiter discovers ‘significant amounts of water’ in Grand Canyon-like area of Mars
An orbiter from the European Space Agency detected an area of water about the size of the Netherlands underneath Mars’ surface.