Most of us grow up learning that worms are good for the soil and are welcomed guests in a garden. The truth, at least for parts of North America, could be further from that. There is one worm, in particular, however, that is the worst of them all. This is a worm with a white...
The hipster effect: When anticonformists all look the same. This was the title of an article on MIT Technology Review accompanied by a photo of a bearded man wearing a beanie and a flannel shirt. It included a stock photo to represent hipsters; however, it angered a reader. Irate, he contacted the website, accusing them...
It is sometimes frightening how well classic fiction predicts the future. For instance, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury described earbuds well before they were ever developed. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is another terrifying example. In the book, Dr. Frankenstein experimented with resuscitation using dead tissue reanimation, a treatment that was experimented with by real scientists in...
If you’re like me, you cringe when you see people leaving the grocery store with a cart full of items in plastic bags. The problem is that even if these people dutifully dispose of these plastic bags in designated recycling receptacles, only a small percentage of it (up to 20 percent) will be recycled [1]....
Have you ever had to deal with a petty neighbor? If not, you’re lucky. However, if you have, then you might completely relate to the madness and overall pettiness within this story. People can be wild… I’m really not too sure what goes through the minds of some folks but maybe it’s better that way....
As a young child, Jenna Philips had enjoyed playing like a puppy. The Austin Texas-based 22-year-old says she used to love rolling around, playing fetch, and being “good-girled” like a dog. It was a hobby for her, and today, she earns six-figure sums filming herself in erotic ‘dog play’ on the internet (no actual animals are involved)....
Food is one of the benchmarks of the ancient and modern Italian culture, and as such, they have it in excess and mouth-watering varieties. The best chefs in the world arguably come from Italy. It’s a wonder that a country so “crazy about food” still has millions of people going hungry, with about 5.1 million...
From green infrastructure to tiny houses, architects and designers are reinventing the definition of a home. And just when you think you’ve seen it all, people are creating shipping container homes. There are about 14 million containers ‘out-of-service’ in the world, and people are using them as building blocks to create houses, cabins, offices, and...
Despite the internet and social media, the world can often seem more disconnected than ever. People seem divided on almost every issue, big or small. Having not been able to leave our homes, much less travel over the last year and a half, that disconnect is even more prominent. To help bridge that gap, Lithuania...
Many people who viewed tombs and Egyptian mummies felt the same curiosity. Who were these ancient people before they were mummies? It seemed that their stories would remain “shrouded” in mystery until scientists found a new way to reveal them. Two Egyptian mummies were found in a tomb over 400 years ago. A new study...
Have you always dreamed of a life at sea but also fear being so far from home? These Manila-based architects might have the solution you’re looking for with their floating houses. The best part? They are a fully sustainable way of supporting at-risk coastal communities. (1) The Sustainable Floating Houses Project In Manila With the...
A cafe in Perth, Australia served a family pot-laced brownies. The brownies put both the five-year-old daughter and three-year-old son in the hospital. Still, three years after the incident, the little girl is afraid to eat out at many places. (1) Cafe Served Family Pot-Laced Brownies When Sharon Hoystead and Michael Maxwell took their five-year-old...
