On the first day of kindergarten, I became fast friends with a girl named Debbie. We were at each other’s houses so often during our formative years that we became family. She was my chosen family: a sister-friend. We’re still chosen family, but Debbie and I have a whole other level of friendship: We can […]
You’ve probably heard this before, but it bears repeating: The National Academy of Medicine recommends drinking 13 cups and 9 cups for healthy men and women, respectively. And studies link water in particular to heart health, weight loss, joint lubrication and alertness (it’s also vital to your kidneys). Enter Yeti’s Stackable Rambler Cups, which have […]
A schoolgirl with a rare eye condition and her mother were “in tears” after actress Kate Winslet donated thousands to their fundraiser. Lily-Rae Merchant-O’Hanlon, 11, from Nottingham, was diagnosed last December with Stargardt disease, an inherited eye condition which causes blurriness in the central part of the eye. Her mother, Emma Merchant, set up a […]
A view of pink and purple blurry dots with a half-circle denoting the area where the radio signals are coming from. One of the Milky Way’s brightest globular clusters is emanating mysterious radio waves from its heart, new observations have revealed. Scientists believe the intriguing signal may be produced by a medium-sized black hole; if […]
Ethan Crumbley was 15 when he opened fire at his suburban Detroit high school in November 2021, armed with a semi-automatic handgun that his parents helped purchase as an early Christmas present. The rampage left four students dead and several others injured, shattering the close-knit community of Oxford, Michigan, and resulting last month in a […]
A video from inside North Korea shows two teenagers being publicly sentenced to 12 years of hard labor for watching Korean TV dramas, a rare glimpse into Kim Jong Un’s reclusive state that comes as its neighbor reports a soaring number of defectors since 2021. In this video, two 16-year-olds in gray jumpsuits are seen […]
It’s official: 2024 belongs to the cicadas. This spring, two different broods of cicadas — one that lives on a 13-year cycle and the other that lives on a 17-year cycle — will emerge at the same time from underground in a rare, synchronized event that last occurred in 1803. Billions of the winged insects […]
By Jonathan Allen (Reuters) – An Alabama death row prisoner who survived a botched execution attempt by lethal injection asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to halt the state’s planned second attempt next week, this time by the novel method of asphyxiation with nitrogen gas. Lawyers for Kenneth Smith, convicted for a murder-for-hire committed […]
Hoya australis is a type of hoya plant known for its rounded, oval-shaped leaves, long climbing vines, and fragrant white flowers. Native to Australia, this vigorous hoya grows best with lots of bright, indirect light, well-drained soil, and water only when its soil feels dry. Though hoya australis species is rarer than the similar hoya […]
Melania Trump had her husband Donald Trump and son Barron Trump by her side on Thursday as she remembered the life of her mother, Amalija Knavs. The Trump family was seen entering a church in Palm Beach, Florida for the funeral service of Melania’s late mother, who died earlier this month. The former First Lady […]
Rare footage obtained by BBC Korean shows North Korea publicly sentencing two teenage boys to 12 years of hard labour for watching K-dramas. The footage, which appears to have been filmed in 2022, shows two 16-year-old boys handcuffed in front of hundreds of students at an outdoor stadium. It also shows uniformed officers reprimanding the […]
The gharial is one of the rarest and most unusual-looking crocodilian species on the planet. Learn more about this unique species and discover what conservation groups are doing to protect gharial populations. Gharial Basics The gharial (Gavialis gangeticus), also called gavial, is a river-dwelling crocodilian species that was once prevalent on the Indian subcontinent and […]