Breathing break reduces stress
If your to-do list is running long and you feel your stress levels rising, you might want to start your day with a quick break. It sounds…
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Keep your workspace organized and boost your productivity
A clean desk doesn’t just feel nice — it communicates professionalism, reduces your stress, helps you keep track of your important tasks, and saves you…
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,…
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…
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…
Barkitecture is the new big thing for pets
Pets have pawsitively taken over the hearts of Americans, with more people owning pets and making special accommodations for them. Since 2017, cat…
The well-traveled ketchup
That divine sauce required for french fries and barbecues has a long and exotic history that doesn’t involve tomatoes. The first documented ketchup recipe…
Meet the guy paid to watch paint dry
For paint R&D technician Matthew Risbridger, no day is ever quite the same. After clocking in at the laboratory, he’ll look at requests from clients,…
The global hobby with millions of fans
They look exotic, like butterflies and ballerinas. They have faces like monkeys, or figures like humans, or long trails of petals like hair. They smell…
Reducing the pain, increasing function with wrist arthritis
Wrist arthritis is common in older adults. Often, it develops as the result of a past trauma or fracture, but there are simple steps that can reduce pain…