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The video is a 36-second clip of Lespron playing a drumkit along to a techno music track, while the students dance and drum ...

The country music world has lost some iconic names in 2025, and sadly the list has grown through the first half of December. As we head into the final weeks of the year, we take a moment to look back ...

Scholars have long debated how the massive stone figures of Rapa Nui got to where they stand today. A new study offers one possible explanation. The Rapa Nui moai, the monolithic stone figures of ...

Work on their motor coordination, pincer grasp, and other developmental skills with these screen-free activities for 1-year-old toddlers.

Since launching in 2000, All Songs Considered has been NPR's flagship program for music discovery, artist interviews and conversations with friends and fellow music lovers about the really big ...

As you're heading away for the Easter break or staying put for this holiest of holidays, we've got five Jesus-themed songs you should choose to listen to more carefully... Their meanings may surprise ...

"Die With a Smile" is the latest leader, dating to the Hot 100's 1958 launch. By Xander Zellner Billboard has been publishing weekly rankings in one form or another for more than a century. Early in ...

Despite the frigid weather, families gathered at Cambridge Elementary School on Dec. 4 to watch the five-year-old ...