These guys take a bribe
If you’ve had trouble with squirrels digging up your bulbs and plants and eating your flower buds, the editors of This Old House magazine may have a…
Category: Briefs
Naz Reid becomes fashion accessory
In May, when fans were realizing the underdog Timberwolves were still alive in the post-season, tattoo apprentice JC Stroebel had a brain storm. “Will…
That’s a really long word
Let’s hope we don’t get pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis because it is a good bet we can’t pronounce it. According to the Oxford English…
Ellis Island gets makeover
About 40 percent of the people living in the U.S. today came through Ellis Island, according to the National Park Service. Today, anyone can go to the…
Easy way to artistic fame?
How do you get your painting in a famous museum? Years of toil in obscurity, perhaps? You could also just buy a few screws. No one looked twice when a…
Left-handedness might be at least partly genetic
Left-handedness might be in your genes, according to a new study in the journal Nature Communications. About 10 percent of the human population is…
Curiosity earns cat a trip to California
Since at least the late 1500s, authors from Shakespeare to Stephen King have mentioned what happens to curious cats — and it’s never good. But for one…
The rarest modern dime
Would you take a half a million dollars in exchange for a common dime? That’s the value of a proof copy of the 1975 “No S” Roosevelt dime. Only two of…
An ancient and magical word
Consider the neighborhood kid magician doing magical tricks for the little ones. It’s not entirely unlikely that an amazing trick will include the magic…
The big mystery of fingerprints
Fingerprints unlock smartphones. They help detectives identify suspects. But why do we even have them? Researchers are seeking to explain this fascinating…