RV camping is more popular than ever
If you long to get on the road and camp your way across the continent, you are in good company. In 2022, 92 million Americans and Canadians identified as…
Author: The Smart Reader Staff
Briefs and quick reads selected and edited by The Smart Reader's editorial team of Rick, Allyson, and Ryan Good.
Blended-wing aircraft could raise the bar in air transport
The future of aircraft could turn out to be rather blended. Not like a smoothie, but instead by blended-wing airframe designs. For many decades now, most…
Quantum apocalypse now?
The end of encryption Right now, scientists at Google, IBM, Microsoft and other companies are working on quantum computers, aiming to harness the quirky…
Inside the battle to ban TikTok
Is the clock ticking for TikTok? The U.S. federal government has repeatedly threatened to ban the social media app, which is used by roughly 100 million…
October 28: Statue of Liberty anniversary
The Statue of Liberty, a gift celebrating freedom and the enduring friendship between France and America, became an American landmark on October 28, 1886….
Ticks can fly?
Those icky, dangerous, blood-sucking ticks are lazy and they can’t jump. But they can fly — sort of. According to a study in the journal Current Biology,…
Artist as stargazer
One of the most famous artistic views of the night sky, Vincent van Gogh’s Starry Night, seems fanciful in its elaborate swirls and waves of the sky, but…
Man finds hoard of gold in Kentucky
Imagine a time of war. Raiders from an army will come and steal your valuables. You hide them. But you never get back to those valuables, even your gold,…
Trying to save money? Cut this
One simple way to give yourself more wiggle room in your budget or more padding in your savings account: Stop eating out. Americans spend an average of…
Superstition invokes cute fertility symbols
According to one funny tradition, if you say “Rabbit Rabbit” on the first day of the month before you say anything else, you’ll have good luck. You can…