While all eyes and ears are on the Winter Olympic games in Milano-Cortina, last summer’s games drew only eyes.
At the 2025 Summer Deaflympics, Tokyo event organizers splashed on some cutting-edge technology to help the crowds get closer than ever to the action.
A woman some 8-months pregnant has a total stranger to thank for her life, and that of her baby.
When she was driving down I-95 in Martin County, Shedly Appolon remembered feeling dizzy. It was her 29th birthday; she was probably in a good mood, but biology and fate had a wicked gift in store for her.
In January, India recorded a mini-outbreak of the Nipah virus, an often lethal disease spread by contact between humans and animals.
There was little that could be done for the victims, as no specialized treatment for Nipah virus exists other than normal supportive care procedures such as the treatment of the resulting symptoms, rest, and hydration.
25 years ago today, the Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) – Shoemaker spacecraft successfully orbited and landed on the asteroid Eros 433, a first for humanity. The second-largest known near-Earth object, Eros was the perfect target for landing as NEAR Shoemaker could orbit its 13 by 33-kilometer bulk—which it did, for a whole year from February 2000 to February 2001 when it landed on the surface. READ what we learned… (2001)
A good neighbor in Illinois has been hailed as a hero for using a sledgehammer to batter down the door of a burning building to rescue a wheelchair-bound woman inside.
Reported by various local media affiliates, the rescue occurred on Tuesday, February 3rd, after a house in Arlington Heights caught fire with two elderly residents trapped inside. A 90-year-old man managed to escape, only to try to go back for his 85-year-old wife.
A lost work by the most famous female artist of the Renaissance has surfaced at a North Carolina estate.
The story of how Portrait of a Canon Regular was found begins in 1920 when it was photographed in black and white—before vanishing from all knowledge.
A cat shelter in Green Bay has opened its doors to anyone seeking shelter from the Siberian temperatures pummeling the Midwest this week.
Safe Haven Pet Sanctuary typically takes in felines in need of special assistance and care for blindness or other disabilities, but with warming shelters so crowded they’re turning people away, management has decided to open its doors to humans as well.
100 years ago today, one of the most iconic chefs in the modern era, Paul Bocuse, was born. Bocuse is credited with many things, and it’s difficult to summarize his accomplishments and legacy but to name a few, he has been named “Chef of the Century,” holds the record for consecutive yearly 3-star awards by Michelin at his restaurant, l’Auberge du Pont de Collonges (55-years) and had his name placed upon what is sometimes considered the unofficial world’s best chef award, the “Bocuse d’Or,” or “Golden Bocuse”. He is credited with the formulation of the French nouvelle cuisine, which is less opulent and calorific than the traditional cuisine classique, and stresses the importance of fresh ingredients of the highest quality. READ some of his classic dishes… (1926)
This beautiful amphibian is being reintroduced to wetlands around Australia’s capital of Canberra after suffering a population collapse due to chytrid fungus.
A study looking at how transcendental meditation affects genetic expression found that this popular form of mediation suppressed the activation of genes associated with stress responses.
Okay, no surprise there—mediation is a calming, relaxing activity. However, the authors report evidence that the same genes found to be associated in stress response have been newly associated with accelerated hallmarks of aging, suggesting that transcendental mediation may also slow the aging process.
If you pull out a world map to see where you could find some space to stick a few endangered species without the risk of bothering human settlements, the Arabian Peninsula comes to mind as an obvious location.
