Although they may appear to be cute and cuddly, mice are not to be taken lightly when they infest your home. They can spread diseases, damage your property, and are…
Day: March 20, 2024
I Used ChatGPT as My Personal Trainer. It Didn’t Go Well
I love running. I will happily jog for hours (and often do, during marathons). But ask me to perform a push-up, and I might cry. I truly detest strength training.…
Why Your Diet Needs More Fermented Pickles
Maybe you heard somewhere that pickles are a “superfood,” and dutifully added them to your shopping list. Unfortunately, you may reach for the wrong jar, because many pickles at supermarkets…
Samantha Bock: A long-standing evolutionary mystery: Why does temperature determine sex in long-lived reptiles?
In this blog post, Samantha Bock, a post-doctoral researcher, discusses her study “Differential early-life survival underlies the adaptive significance of temperature-dependent sex determination in a long-lived reptile“, which has been…
Months after devastating floods, Vermont renews efforts to aid climate-friendly rebuilds
Overnight in early July last year, Vermont solar installer Bill Chidsey got a call that a grocery store he worked with in his village of Hardwick was flooded. He arrived…
Disability Activist: Take Great Care When Seeing Bias Toward Disabled Citizens
By RANDY SOUDERS During the years I served as Chairman of the Board for Jean Kennedy Smith’s Arts and Disability program, Very Special Arts (VSA at the Kennedy Center), I…
New Zealand Becomes the Latest Country to Crack Down on Disposable Vapes
After scrapping a plan several months ago to ban people born after 2008 from buying tobacco cigarettes, the New Zealand government on Wednesday announced a total ban on single-use e-cigarettes—also…