Town’s mayor is a very good boy
The western Minnesota township of Cormorant, population about 1,400, has held honorary mayoral elections since 2014 — and a human has never won. The first…
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What a kitchen fire spray can and can’t do
The little aerosol fire spray in the kitchen drawer may not last as long as homeowners expect. According to Consumer Reports, the cans carry only…
A pigeon’s compass may sit in its liver
How a homing pigeon finds its way home across hundreds of unfamiliar miles has puzzled scientists for more than a century. A surprising new study…
The fog that saved the revolution
Two hundred fifty years ago this month, the American Revolution nearly ended in the span of a few days. In late August 1776, General George Washington’s…
A pigeon’s compass may sit in its liver
How a homing pigeon finds its way home across hundreds of unfamiliar miles has puzzled scientists for more than a century. A surprising new study points…
A frog rode the salad to the store
Talk about farm fresh. A shopper in Australia opened a bag of grocery-store salad in May and found an unexpected extra ingredient — a live frog, tucked…
Signed in August, not July
Americans celebrate the Declaration of Independence on July 4. But according to the National Archives, most of the 56 delegates did not sign the famous…
Your Wi-Fi may learn to recognize you
Here is an unsettling thought for the connected home: the same Wi-Fi signals that carry your video calls may also be able to tell who is standing in the…
What a kitchen fire spray can and can’t do
The little aerosol fire spray in the kitchen drawer may not last as long as homeowners expect. According to Consumer Reports, the cans carry only about a…
How a king became 42,000 bullets
For six years, a gilded equestrian statue of King George III had stood in Bowling Green at the southern tip of Manhattan. By the evening of July 9, 1776,…