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In the Shakers’ early years, dance was one of the most distinct aspects of the Christian group’s worship. Bettmann via Getty Images

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The celibate, dancing Shakers were once seen as a threat to...

Staff Writer - December 22, 2025

Christian Goodwillie, Hamilton College Director Mona Fastvold’s new film, “The Testament of Ann Lee,” features actor Amanda Seyfried in...

Art

Thanksgiving hymns are a few centuries old, tops – but biblical...

Staff Writer - November 22, 2022

David W. Stowe, Michigan State University Thanksgiving doesn’t ring in the ear for months on end, unlike another holiday...

EXPLORING NATURE

Dusk in downtown Lumberton, county seat in Robeson County, N.C., the most diverse rural county in America. AP Photo/David Goldman

Business

6 myths about rural America: How conventional wisdom gets it wrong

Staff Writer - December 9, 2025

Tim Slack, Louisiana State University and Shannon M. Monnat, Syracuse University Roughly 1 in 5 Americans live in rural...

Meditation can make us more aware of the miracle of existence of everything in this world. Anna Sunderland Engels

Meditating on the connectedness of life could help reunite a divided...

December 4, 2025

Mysterious blasts of radio waves from across the universe called fast radio bursts help astronomers catalog matter. ESO/M. Kornmesser, CC BY-SA

Most normal matter in the universe isn’t found in planets, stars...

December 4, 2025

Carbon capture and storage projects capture carbon dioxide emissions from industrial facilities and power plants and pipe them underground to geological formations. Nopphinan/iStock/Getty Images Plus

Google plans to power a new data center with fossil fuels,...

December 2, 2025

Members of the Fraternal Order of Real Bearded Santas meet at Pink’s restaurant at Knott’s Berry Farm before the holiday rush in 2009. Business Wire via AP

What makes a true Santa is inside – and comes with...

November 29, 2025