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When the 2026 Winter Olympics kick off on February 6, all eyes will turn to speed skating when some of the world's best athletes compete for a medal. Speed skaters often use a variety of items to help ...

The wheels hit the runway, the engines reverse, the cabin lurches slightly forward — and then, somewhere behind you, it begins. A tentative clap. Another. And then, suddenly, an entire aircraft is ...

For decades, marine biologists observed seals making clapping motions underwater but struggled to understand the purpose behind this behavior. Many people who have visited aquariums or marine shows ...

Why do college football QBs clap? Illustration: Kelsea Petersen / The Athletic; Icon Sportswire / Getty Remember when it was your turn to be quarterback? In the cozy confines of a backyard or in the ...

Paradoxes and other mischievous pranks our minds play on us. Write on a piece of paper ‘The statement on the reverse is true’. Turn the paper over and write ‘The statement on the other side is false’.

Georgia coach Kirby Smart clarified his part in a controversial sequence in a 20-10 win over Auburn on Saturday night. The issue at hand was a sequence in which Smart appeared to call timeout, only to ...

Stories about the development of life on earth used to be much more compelling. The hands of deities split the mountains and raised the seas. Gods crafted man from dust and dreams: Animals were ...

Did the New England Patriots bend the rules a bit to help secure a home win over the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday? As the Falcons were trying to drive down the field and potentially take a late ...

Falcons head coach Raheem Morris publicly accused the Patriots defense of illegally simulating his team’s snap count by clapping during a critical fourth-quarter play of Sunday’s game. Morris said the ...

A New England Patriots player may have thrown off the Atlanta Falcons by clapping on a key play late in Sunday’s game between the two teams, but it did not look like gamesmanship was the intent. The ...