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How to make a New Year's resolution you'll actually keep
The arrival of a new year always gives us a great opportunity to reflect on what we'd like to change about ourselves. For me, the New Year's Resolution isn't just a vaccuous product of festive over-consumption, but a great opportunity to initiate those changes.

Natural fireworks this New Year's Eve: Solar eruption to trigger 'aurora outburst'
This coming New Year's Eve, a special kind of fireworks may appear in the night sky--one that is triggered by nature itself.

Lessons for Christian Fathers from King David
One of the great needs in the world is for men to be biblical fathers. An absence of fatherhood has calamitous reverberations in the home, church and culture, as wives and mothers are left with unnecessary burdens, and the church and culture are left with unloved, undisciplined and unruly young men and women.

10 things to look out for in 2016: Part One
Krish Kandiah looks ahead to what might be in store for the next year.

Who are you going to be this year?
The New Year is fast approaching. This is the time of year people often choose to make resolutions of how they will do things differently next year. Clare Musters challenges this, asking instead: who are you going to be this year?

Quadrantids 2016: Catch the first meteor shower of the year
Generally, it's expected that the Quadrantids will bring somewhere between 50 and 100 meteors per hour.

GoPro Hero 5 release date: Improved specs and shooting abilities caused delay of release
Rumors suggest that the Hero 5 will also be capable of shooting 8K full HD videos, which means that it has almost twice the shooting capability of Hero 4.

Gonorrhea may soon become untreatable in the United Kingdom, health experts warn; resistant cases possible in the United States
Sexual health experts reported that the bacteria are quickly developing resistance to two antibiotics commonly used for the disease, azithromycin and ceftriaxone.

Ancient manuscripts suggest Muhammad did not write Quran, experts say
Followers of the Islamic religion believe that their holy book, the Quran, was revealed by Allah to their most revered prophet, Muhammad. Ancient manuscripts obtained by the University of Birmingham however suggest that it was not exactly Muhammad who wrote the sacred Muslim text.

Video of Catholic priest riding hoverboard during Mass goes viral
A diocese has criticised one of its priests for riding a hoverboard at the end of Mass.

Five things no one tells you about getting engaged
Phoebe Thompson shares what she's learned since getting engaged. (Hint: It's ok to panic a bit.)

Windows 10 mobile update delayed to early 2016
Recently, Microsoft announced the news regarding the release of the Windows 10 update for mobile platforms.

MediaTek Helio X20 benchmark results reveal impressive scores
The MediaTek Helio X20 did not receive much attention compared to Qualcomm's Snapdragon 820, but the test results show that the deca-core processor is an impressive chipset.

'Super-gonorrhea': Sexually transmitted disease harder to treat now as some strains resist drugs â U.K. health expert
A British health expert has issued a warning about the rise of a more powerful strain of what is being described as "super-gonorrhea," which may render this disease incurable in the future.

'Fallout 4' holiday mods: Santa Claus beats down bad guys in new video
"Fallout 4" is just one of the games that received a holiday theme just in time for the real-world holidays.

Over 2,400 babies in Brazil suspected to have brain damage due to mosquito-borne virus that came from monkeys
More than 2,400 infants in Brazil are currently being monitored for suspected brain damage, and Brazilian health officials suspect that this alarming medical situation was caused by a mosquito-borne virus transmitted from monkeys to human beings.