Many chickens meet their end with a swift blow to the neck. But there’s lore that chickens can run around headless, and there were even news reports of a chicken nicknamed Miracle Mike who reportedly lived 18 months after a farmer tried — and failed — to kill it by cutting off its head.So can chickens really survive without their heads?The reality is that they can’t live long that way — less than a minute, experts told Live Science. You may like SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER (Image credit: Marilyn Perkins / Future)Sign up for our weekly Life’s Little Mysteries…
Feeling lonely may take a toll on older adults’ memory — but it may not speed up cognitive decline, according to a new study. Researchers from Colombia, Spain and Sweden analyzed data from more than 10,000 adults ages 65 to 94 across 12 European countries and found those who reported…
Jalen Brunson was doing Jalen Brunson things for the first 12 minutes. It was a quick reminder, in case we forgot about these annual April and May experiences, that the point guard is more than capable of elevating his game when it matters most. But something else happened Saturday. Brunson…
The Virginia Tech football season didn’t exactly start off as planned. The team’s spring football game on Saturday, April 18, was delayed by nearly one hour after a skydiver crashed into the scoreboard at Lane Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia during pregame festivities. The skydiver was hanging by the lettering on…
Dozens of Chinese-made humanoid robots showed off their fast-improving athleticism and autonomous navigation skills as they whizzed past human runners in a half-marathon race in Beijing on Sunday, highlighting the sector’s rapid technical advances. The race’s inaugural edition last year was riddled with mishaps, and most robots were unable to finish. Last…
LOS ANGELES — Luke Kennard scored a career playoff-high 27 points, LeBron James had 19 points and 13 assists, and the short-handed Los Angeles Lakers capitalized on Kevin Durant’s injury absence for a 107-98 victory over the Houston Rockets in the opener of their first-round playoff series on Saturday night.…
Louis Tomlinson appears to have cut internet ties with former One Direction bandmate Zayn Malik. Tomlinson, 34, has unfollowed Malik, 33, on Instagram as of Saturday, April 18. When the change occurred remains unclear, but Tomlinson’s sisters, Phoebe and Lottie, are also no longer following the “Pillowtalk” singer. Tomlinson is…
As the US and Israel’s war with Iran squeezes global oil supplies, travelers have valid reasons to worry about the cost and availability of flights as they plan their late spring and summer trips. The head of the International Energy Agency has warned that European countries could run low on jet fuel within…
DENVER — The Dodgers found themselves in an unfamiliar place Saturday night. For the first time in almost a week, the other team had the lead. After entering play with not only four straight wins, but essentially four consecutive wire-to-wire victories (their only recent deficit came briefly in the top…
Charlize Theron is looking back on her difficult upbringing in South Africa. “I have memories from when I was really young, seeing really drunk people, and it scared me,” Theron, 50, told The New York Times in a profile published Saturday, April 17. “Like, people crawling on the floor drunk.…
CHICAGO — The Mets desperately need a win, and scuffling David Peterson isn’t viewed as the best starting pitching option to help deliver it. Peterson was removed from his scheduled Sunday start against the Cubs, with the team announcing Saturday night that Tobias Myers will start instead. The Mets have…
Veronica Roth is expanding her Divergent universe. Roth, 37, announced during BookCon on Saturday, April 18, that two new installments in the dystopian series are on their way. The stories will be set in a companion timeline to Divergent and will serve as a duology that asks the question, “What…
A California woman who registered her dog to vote says she did it to reform lax voting rules. As the push for voter ID to stamp out voter fraud gains momentum, Laura Yourex registered her Boxer, Maya, to vote during the 2020 election, she says, to reveal vulnerabilities in the…
Changpeng Zhao, the controversial crypto mogul better known as CZ, has published a new book called “Freedom of Money” — a narrative of his life and career that’s key for anyone who wants to understand the business of digital assets. What makes this 366-page memoir sing isn’t the riveting prose…
Heroes and zeros from the Knicks’ 113-102 Game 1 win over the Hawks on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden: Hero Jalen Brunson set the tone, scoring 19 first-quarter points en route to a somewhat comfortable Game 1 victory. Brunson finished with 28 points along with seven assists. Hawks…
Ciara Miller held her tongue about her ex West Wilson’s new romance with her onetime best friend, Amanda Batula, for weeks. When she finally spoke out, she didn’t hold back. Ciara broke her silence on the Summer House dating drama in a wide-ranging Glamour interview published April 17, 2026. “It’s…
Rep. Nancy Mace is calling for a reckoning in the halls of Congress following the resignation of Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell. She accused the political establishment of shielding predators to protect their own power and introduced a resolution to stop it. Mace joined “Saturday in America” to discuss the resolution she put forward…
Two scientists whose work ushered in the first approved therapy using the gene-editing tool CRISPR have won the $3 million Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences.The prize winners — Dr. Swee Lay Thein, of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), and Dr. Stuart H. Orkin, of Harvard University —…
Rockets star Kevin Durant was sidelined for Game 1 of the Lakers-Rockets first-round playoff series because of a right knee injury. Rockets coach Ime Udoka said pregame that Durant suffered the right knee contusion that held him out of Saturday’s matchup in Los Angeles after bumping the knee during Wednesday’s…
Downton Abbey star Nathalie Baye is dead after a battle with dementia. She was 77. Baye died in her home in Paris after receiving a Lewy body dementia diagnosis, the actress’ family confirmed to the Agence France-Presse on Saturday, April 18. ‘Downton Abbey’ Stars: Where Are They Now? According to…
Duke’s UConn nightmare has continued into the transfer portal. The Blue Devils’ Nikolas Khamenia announced on social media Saturday that he’s transferring to the fellow blue blood program, simply stating “committed” alongside him in a Huskies uniform. The rising sophomore averaged 5.7 points, 3.3 rebounds, and one assist per game…
Patrick Swayze’s widow, Lisa Niemi Swayze, is sharing her thoughts on the upcoming Dirty Dancing sequel. “I actually got to read the script,” Lisa, 69, exclusively told Us Weekly while discussing the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network’s annual Purple Stride Walk. “I was very moved by it.” Patrick, who died in…
We want colorful. We want outspoken. We want confident. We want swagger. We want over-the-top far more than under-the-radar. And all of that is perfectly lovely. But there is always a flip side to that: You’d better deliver. You’d better be right.
The Environmental Protection Agency launched the first step of its expedited review to determine safe levels of fluoride in drinking water, according to a notice posted in the Federal Register on Wednesday, advancing a priority of the Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” agenda. The agency’s final toxicity assessment will…
The chief executive of German automaker Mercedes-Benz reportedly rebuffed the Trump administration’s offer to relocate company headquarters to the United States. Ola Källenius told German-language publication The Pioneer that Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick made the pitch about moving Mercedes’ HQ last year. Källenius told Lutnick that while the company was…
Have you ever had the experience of rereading a sentence multiple times only to realize you still don’t understand it? As taught to scores of incoming college freshmen, when you realize you’re spinning your wheels, it’s time to change your approach.This process, becoming aware of something not working and then…
Gambling content 21+. The New York Post may receive an affiliate commission if you sign up through our links. Read our editorial standards for more information. The Rangers and Islanders will play the first set of a home-and-home series Wednesday night in Elmont. Both the Rangers and Islanders have lost three of…
Is Drake Maye ready for the 2026 Super Bowl? Rumors about a possible injury have New England Patriots fans on edge. Maye, 23, appeared to suffer a shoulder injury during the Patriots’ AFC Championship Game against the Denver Broncos on Sunday, January 25. The quarterback stiff-armed Broncos linebacker Jonah Elliss…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A Republican opponent is challenging Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s eligibility to run for governor of Alabama, accusing the football coach-turned-politician of not meeting the legal requirement to have lived in the state for seven years. Ken McFeeters, who is running against Tuberville for the Republican nomination for governor,…
Megyn Kelly lashed out at fellow podcaster Kara Swisher, accusing her of potentially inciting violence against top White House adviser Stephen Miller by comparing him to a Nazi war criminal. “This is SICK. She’s trying to get @StephenM killed,” the host of SiriusXM’s “The Megyn Kelly Show” wrote on her…
Amazon’s latest round of layoffs is set to hit 16,000 corporate employees starting Wednesday — with the tech titan suggesting artificial intelligence will do their work, instead. The firings come after Amazon said in October it was laying off 14,000 corporate workers, with the goal of trimming its 1.58 million-strong…
A giant cloud of vaporized metal may be hiding a secret planet or second alien sun in a nearby star system, a new study reveals.The mysterious cloud is up to 15,000 times wider than our planet, and made its home star almost completely disappear from telescope observations for nearly nine…
It might be time to start listening to your heart. In recent years, millions of Americans have incorporated wearable health trackers like smartwatches and Oura rings into their lives, with studies showing that at least 1 in 3 US adults are actively using them. While metrics such as blood pressure,…
The LA Galaxy didn’t just make a signing — they made a statement on Tuesday. The sleeping giants of Major League Soccer acquired Brazilian forward João Klauss from St. Louis CITY SC in a $2.375 million cash-for-player deal, that gives the five-time MLS Cup champion LA Galaxy a crucial Designated…
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Federal investigators raided an election office in Fulton County, Ga., Wednesday in a case related to the 2020 vote, a Justice Department official told The Post. FBI officers are acting on a search warrant, but no more details were immediately available. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis charged former President…
Starbucks reported strong fiscal first quarter as holiday drinks and a viral bear cup helped drive sales. Same-store sales – or sales at locations open at least a year – rose 4% for the October-December period. That was higher than the 2.3% that Wall Street was expecting, according to analysts…
Elon Musk reportedly wants to time SpaceX’s likely record-setting initial public offering to coincide with a rare planetary alignment and his own birthday in June. The world’s richest man has floated going public in mid-June – when Jupiter and Venus will be in “conjunction” for the first time in three…
Swarms of artificial intelligence (AI) agents could soon invade social media platforms en masse to spread false narratives, harass users and undermine democracy, researchers warn.These “AI swarms” will form part of a new frontier in information warfare, capable of mimicking human behavior to avoid detection while creating the illusion of…
Patrick Reed is coming back to the PGA Tour. The former Masters champ announced Wednesday on X that he would not return to LIV Golf and would seek to return to the PGA as a past champion member. “I’m a traditionalist at heart, and I was born to play on…
Shifting Gears broke up Tim Allen and Jenna Elfman‘s characters — but is there a chance they could rekindle their romance? The ABC series marked the first time Allen has starred on a sitcom where his character isn’t married. (Allen’s characters on hit sitcoms Home Improvement and Last Man Standing…
Nicki Minaj noted that the anti-Trump backlash she’s received for her embrace of the administration “actually motivates me to support him more.” “I am probably the president’s number one fan,” Minaj told attendees at the Trump Accounts summit. “And that’s not going to change.” “What people have to say, it…
Bank of America will match the US government’s $1,000 contributions to Trump accounts for eligible employees, according to an internal memo sent to staffers Wednesday morning. The bank will also let employees make pre-tax contributions to these savings accounts for kids through payroll deductions, a copy of the memo obtained…
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