What happened with the Ozone layer?
If you were around in the 1980s, you remember the environmental outcry that the earth’s protective Ozone layer was thinning and there was actually a hole…
Category: General Interest
8 little known ways to tell the future
If you have a really pressing question about the future, you have more options than just asking a magic 8-ball or trying to muddle through a deck of tarot…
Terminally fictional: The least realistic medical shows
HBO’s new medical drama The Pitt isn’t just a hit with critics — doctors themselves say it’s the most realistic medical show they’ve ever seen, according…
The world’s oldest companies
According to the U.S. Bureau of Employment Statistics, about half of businesses close within their first five years, and only a fifth will last 20 years….
Emergencies: Plan ahead for your pets
One heroic vet in Los Angeles opened up her home and an old, vacant pet hospital to take in 41 animals as the wildfire in the Palisades incinerated a…
What happens to wild animals in a wildfire?
A wildfire takes a serious toll on wild animals, leaving them with scare food, habitat loss and injuries. In the California wildfires, affected areas were…
Confusing geography
Two Chinas, two Koreas, two Sudans, and don’t call it Turkey anymore. Maybe you were just too busy to read the news when Eswatini retired their old name….
Drones search and find lost pets
A dog breaks his leash and takes off across a park, quickly disappearing from view. What do you do? You run, walk, call, search, but to no avail. A dog…
Wet dog shaking? Why he does it
One of the world’s great questions has finally been answered by Georgia Tech researchers: Why do dogs shake when they’re wet? Their article, titled “The…
Happy New Year! Here’s how to sing Auld Lang Syne
The celebration of the new year is the oldest of all holidays. The Babylonians celebrated about 4,000 years ago, though they had no written calendar. They…