Cheyenne Buckingham
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So, what exactly makes a fossil famous? Is it thrust into the limelight for its scientific significance or for the miraculous way it was discovered? Or perhaps it’s the time at which the discovery...
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Halloween has become big business in recent years. Americans will spend $9 billion to celebrate the holiday this year, according to the National Retail Federation estimates. Even though this is a...
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Halloween has become a billion-dollar industry in the United States. Americans are projected to spend $9 billion this year on Halloween-related items and activities, down from $9.1 billion last year,...
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Tell the truth. Do you knock on wood when you say or hope for something positive — knowing full well this is nothing but a superstition? We’ve put a man on the moon, cured diseases, and...
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As of 2018, 76 low- and middle-income countries around the world received, at some point, food aid from the United States. Many residents in these countries struggle with food insecurity. A recent...
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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and in recognition of this, 24/7 Wall St. wanted to showcase some well-known women who have defeated the disease. Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed...
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The 2018 Nobel Prize for Medicine was recently awarded to Professors James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo for developing a cancer treatment method that utilizes the body’s immune system to fight...
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Fashion is the economy’s high-wire act, and its designers are the odds-defying trapeze artists of the industry. The top fashion designers — whether they’re focused on haute couture or...
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America has made an indelible imprint on world culture in popular music and the cinema. When it comes to certain older aspects of culture, such as cuisine, literature, and in particular fashion,...
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While college tuition has more than doubled over the past 30 years, the share of Americans who have graduated from college continues to rise. According to the most recent statistics from the U.S....
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Despite declining in each of the past two years, American life expectancy has improved significantly over the past several decades. The typical U.S. resident born today can expect to live 78.6 years,...
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Have you ever wondered how a town or city got its name? Many places are named after a person that had a role in establishing them. Other city name origins aren’t quite as obvious. Regardless of the...
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If you were asked to write the longest word you know, what would it be? Perhaps, Mary Poppins’ legendary song,” Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious?” How about a city name? Can you recall...
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The average life expectancy for the U.S. population declined for two years in a row, falling from an all-time high of 78.8 years in 2014 to 78.6 years in 2016. The most significant declines in life...
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August, when many people go on vacation, is usually a slow month for news as we start to look ahead to the fall. This year was no different, though there were some noteworthy news events during the...
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