Controlling kitchen moths
You can avoid these little white pests by keeping all grains — even unopened packages — in airtight containers. That can be quite a task. If you already…
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.
Golf: How to have an injury-free season
The top muscle-related injures from golf are to the lower back, elbow and shoulder, according to the National Safety Council. * Lower back pain: Increase…
Safety milestone
A fire broke out at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in Manhattan at 4:30 p.m. on March 25, 1911, starting a tragedy that changed labor laws relating to…
Beatles make appearance
The Beatles debuted March 21, 1961 at Liverpool’s Cavern Club, where they quickly gained a following.
Niagara Falls don’t
On March 29, 1848, Niagara Falls stopped flowing. Ice jammed the Niagara River above the rim of the falls — a first in recorded history.
Really good real estate deal
They called it “Seward’s Folly,” but William Henry Seward may have had the last laugh when the U.S. purchased Alaska from Russia for two cents an acre on…
Nasa photo. Dusty mars lander.
Mission to Mars ends with a fond farewell After four years, the reddish Martian dust that coated the surface of the Insight lander won, as NASA engineers…
Scientists create liquid terminator robot (on a small, non-murderous scale)
In Terminator 2: Judgement Day, the heroes flee from the T-1000 terminator, a liquid metal murder-bot, in a psychiatric prison. As the T-1000 pursues them…
Agricultural giant John Deere heads into space
Close your eyes for a moment and think “John Deere.” Odds are that the first things to come to mind are green tractors and rolling farmlands. Yet now,…
On Valentine’s Day, beware of lovers bearing potions
In the “be careful what you ask for” category, consider the love-lorn Welsh maiden, Dwyn. Dwyn was a fifth century teenager inclined to romance. She was…