White piedra is a superficial fungal infection of the hair. Several species of fungus that live in soil or dirty water can cause it. Piedra is the Spanish word for stone. White piedra appears as ...

Lençois Maranhenses National Park contains vast swathes of white dunes sweeping across the otherworldly landscape. According to the travel website Lonely Planet, from May to September rainwater ...

Read on to learn more about them. Venus, the Morning Star: Venus, the hottest planet in our solar system despite not being the closest to the sun, is so primarily due to its thick, carbon dioxide ...

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A "super-Earth" planet found outside of our solar system could have conditions suitable for life, according to experts at the University of Oxford. Researchers said the planet has a mass six times ...

As the writer behind this guide to the best white sneakers, it’s fascinating ... Is there a large logo on a side that lets everyone know these are Nikes? Do they have a chunky, in-your-face ...

James Dator has been covering a wide range of sports for SB Nation for over a decade, with a special focus on the NFL. There’s a fine line between coincidence and conspiracy theory, and when it ...

Another stay at The White Lotus, this time in Thailand, will unfold come February. The cast for Season 3 makes up similar configurations from previous seasons, but also with some wild card roles.

Leslie Bibb, Walton Goggins, and Michelle Monaghan also star in the third season. What is a vacation without an existential crisis? “The White Lotus” is back for Season 3 with tears, sex ...

and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers making “a fateful discovery that puts them face-to-face with the planet’s greatest threat.” FX’s Alien series is set in 2120, well after Prometheus ...

For a few brief evenings around February 28, every planet in our solar system will be visible at once, with Mercury making a cameo in the planetary parade which is running all this month and next.

The Planet Parade of 2025 is a truly extraordinary celestial event that has stargazers excited. From January 21 to mid-February, six planets will align in the sky: Venus, Mars, Jupiter ...