Meet Jimothy, the raccoon shaped like a little ball
When Kiana Hall spotted something waddling across a Seattle field, she thought she was looking at “an orb with really long legs.” Then it turned…
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About the Rolex Awards
The Rolex Awards began in 1976, when the watchmaker created them to mark the 50th anniversary of its first waterproof wristwatch, the Oyster. Meant as…
The woman who saved a forest and its species
The Niger Delta red colobus monkey lives in a swamp so dense and remote that scientists did not formally describe it until 1993. By 2021,…
National Preparedness Month
How to get through a multi-day power outage It does not take a wildfire or a hurricane to leave a house dark for days. A…
The emergency fund you’ll actually build
The most repeated advice in personal finance is also the most discouraging: keep three to six months of expenses in the bank. For some, it…
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…
The outbreak that emptied tables it never touched
The parasite was traced to Taco Bell. But Subway — which no investigator has linked to the outbreak — lost nearly a fifth of its…
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…
The best desk setup still can’t beat getting up
Even a perfectly arranged desk will not rescue a body that holds one position for hours. According to the Mayo Clinic, the most useful ergonomic…
We’re engaged, civil, and not the ones shouting
If American politics sounds like a shouting match, here is a quiet bit of good news about us. A new study suggests that older Americans…