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When I posted the guide to pairing wine with Halloween candy, I mentioned that I didn’t have any recommendations for after dinner or dessert wines because I hadn’t written about any here on MNN. I’m rectifying that today.  

As we zoom into another holiday season, it’s worth reminding ourselves that giving gifts is (despite expectations, emotions and traditions) a voluntary activity. One that you can choose to “just say no” to.   

Photo: Allan Hopkins/MNN Flickr Group   Luciakammen Burgerbukta, Hornsund, Svalbard

I’ve been shocked by the rapid disappearance of the manual transmission — even supercars are mostly automatic these days. Automobile Magazine’s Lawrence Ulrich went in search of a manual new model Ferrari, and had to go clear across the country to…

Are you going to be someone’s guest for Thanksgiving this year? The latest Allrecipes trend report says that if you’re invited as a guest for Thanksgiving, there’s a good chance you’ll be bringing dessert. Fifty-six percent of guests take dessert as…

What's got you stressed out? Kids? Work? Ailing relatives?   Whatever it is, stress is something that plagues us all. And it's how we cope that determines how stress will affect our lives and our health. For some, routine exposure to stress can lead to…

Nov. 16, 1942:  Construction begins on a makeshift lab beneath the grandstand at the University of Chicago football field.  Enrico Fermi (at right) leads his team to the first successful nuclear chain reaction on Dec. 2.  

As we creep closer to winter, the abundance of fresh fruits from spring and summer becomes a memory. In fall and winter we focus more on vegetables that can take us through the cold months, but not all fruits have disappeared. There are yummy fruits in season…

There are a number of pills on the market today which promise cognitive enhancements like a better memory or sharper focus, but a new study out of the University of Nottingham's Malaysia campus suggests that some of these claims might be dubious. In fact, for…

New Yorkers who have never laid eyes upon — or never heard of — the rainwater-capturing, urban runoff-reducing miracle worker known as the bioswale are about to get mighty familiar with this super-beneficial landscaping element that, outside of the Big…

New Yorkers who have never laid eyes upon — or never heard of — the rainwater-capturing, urban runoff-reducing miracle worker known as the bioswale are about to get mighty familiar with this super-beneficial landscaping element that, outside of the Big…

To promote their new film "The Interview," James Franco and Seth Rogen are going au naturale in a special edition of Discovery's "Naked and Afraid."  

It wasn't that long ago that otherwise healthy people — including tiny ballet dancers — would smoke because it was believed that cigarettes could help them stay slim. However, a new study suggests that not only is that belief not true, but secondhand smoke…

For more than two decades, the creators of environmental films and the people who love them have made the annual trek to Washington, D.C., for the Environmental Film Festival. The oldest and largest festival catering to the genre, it will host more than 150…

For those who have dyslexia, the written word can be a jumble of letters and numbers that sometimes don't make sense. Often times, the confusion arises from the style and shape of the text. Letters such as "b and "d" or "c" and "e" look so similar to one…

There are numerous myths about man’s best friend. While some are grounded in an element of truth, many are simply old wives’ tales.   Read on to separate fact from fiction and learn the truth about your canine companion.   A warm, dry nose means a dog is sick.

Months before filming his first scene as a young Stephen Hawking for the romantic biographical drama "The Theory of Everything," actor Eddie Redmayne was already hard at work at embodying the physical characteristics of the famed theoretical…