Here’s how to praise and do it effectively
Whether you want to show appreciation for good work to someone who works for you or someone who works with you, the right words can be hard to find. Here…
Category: Briefs
A bunch of T. rex walked the earth
A new study has cut the number of Tyrannosaurus rex that roamed the earth to just 1.7 billion individuals that lived about 68 million years ago. The…
Social media canine stars
Some of the biggest influencers on social media aren’t girls with purple hair and nose piercings — they’re dogs. These days, you don’t have to have a…
The most isolated places
Nothing is more isolated in our solar system than 2018 AG37, otherwise known as Farfarout, a super dwarf planet that is only 250 miles across. Farfarout…
Old Happy Meal toys
Old toys from Happy Meals might be worth money to a collector. According to Go Banking Rates, the Lego Bionicle set offered by McDonald’s in the 2000s…
Survey: Inflation hits hard
More than 70 percent of Americans say inflation, running about 6.5 percent, has affected their plans to buy a home. The 2023 survey by Real Estate Witch…
The earthworm test for soil
How healthy is your soil? You can test that by checking for earthworms. Here’s how: After the soil has reached 50 degrees and the surface is moist, dig…
Try adding eggshells to compost
If you are using homegrown compost for your vegetable garden, try adding some eggshells in fall and spring. Eggshells contain calcium carbonate, which is…
Everything grows in spring … even the kids
Children grow faster in spring. It’s a phenomenon that people have observed for centuries, and has finally been confirmed by research. According to a 2022…
Largest vinyl collection
Jose Roberto “Zero” Alves Freitas has what is believed to be the largest collection of vinyl records, clocking in at eight million. He had 3,000 records…