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Club Penguin may be shutting down, but there’s a new social network for kids arriving today from LEGO. The company known for its physical blocks and building sets is launching LEGO Life, a safe, online space where kids can share their LEGO creations, and connect with a broader community. Available …

Photo: Twenty20 We’ve all taken a few weeks — even months — off from the gym. But what if it has been a few years since you’ve had a legit workout habit? Don’t worry. These extended breaks can happen to the fittest of us. We get caught up with family, …

Meant to be an evening of clinking glasses and endless partying, making plans for New Year’s Eve always helps to set a party mood as we prepare to welcome the year ahead. Between navigating the inevitable traffic, crowds and overpriced tickets that so often accompany the night, there are always …

Where’s Santa Claus? When will Father Christmas arrive? Millions of children around the world are asking these and similar questions on Christmas Eve. To help, two there are two great services that stand ready: NORAD Tracks Santa and Google Santa Tracker. As usual, Search Engine Land stands ready with its own tradition, …

Finding bacteria in extreme environments, like at thermal ocean vents or in the sulfur pools at Yellowstone, isn’t all that novel. In 1991, remote-control robots brought out samples of pitch-black fungi that had been growing inside the ruins of the Chernobyl reactor. Scientists sat up and paid attention, but then …

Image copyright Reuters Image caption A man pushes a cart with an elderly woman deeper into one of the few remaining rebel-held areas of Aleppo As the battle for Aleppo heads towards a conclusion, people trapped in a small area of east Aleppo still held by the rebels have been …

The BBC’s James Reynolds has visited the fishing boat that sank off Libya with the loss of 700 migrants in April 2015. Mohammed Ali Malek, who denied being the boat’s captain, was found guilty on Tuesday by a court in Sicily of causing the disaster. He was also convicted of …

I think that our decision to come home this May surprised people a bit. It surprised US, to be honest. We originally expected to be traveling up through Bolivia and Peru, which would put us in South America until late June. As I’ve mentioned before in the past though, when …

Image copyright @johnkey Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said his response to the resignation of his New Zealand counterpart was a text message: “Say it ain’t so, bro.” After sharing kayaking trips around Sydney harbour in February and late-night summit dinners, the political bromance between the two prime ministers is …

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Umbrellas became a symbol of the 2014 pro-democracy protests Hong Kong politics has been stormier than usual lately. There’s been swearing and scuffling in parliament, court battles, and tens of thousands of protesters in the streets. And, to cap it all off, the Beijing …