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You don’t have to spend dough on these ‘nuts. In honor of National Doughnut Day on Friday, June 5, confection chains across the nation are offering sweet deals and freebies on America’s favorite circular pastry. While this day might sound like a marketing gimmick, it was actually established in 1938 to commemorate the “Doughnut Lassies” of World War I, Salvation Army volunteers who served these tasty pastry rings to soldiers on the front lines. Doughnut depots have since follow suit with the masses, offering giveaways and discounts that, for inflation-weary confection fiends, likely fill a major donut hole. As a…

A swath of certificate and minor programs—including gender studies, Latin American studies and philosophy—have been cut at East Texas A&M University as part of a broader academic reshuffle.The programs removed include graduate certificates in public history, women’s and gender studies, and teaching history, alongside undergraduate minors such as African American…

Nearly 1,800 meters beneath the surface of the Pacific, a remotely operated submersible was creeping along the slope of a Galápagos seamount when its camera caught a tiny, dark blue octopus perched in the sediment — an animal no human had seen before. Researchers have named the species Microeledone galapagensis.…

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