National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day is recognized annually on August 4. With the invention of chocolate chip cookies dating back about a century, it is no wonder this dessert, ranked “most popular dish” on YouGov’s survey, has its own day. Here is what to know about National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day, including how it came […]
August is National Immunization Awareness Month, making this a great opportunity to remind everyone to get their appropriate vaccines. Vaccines aren’t just for kids. Approximately 40,000 to 50,000 adults in the U.S. die from vaccine-preventable infectious diseases or their complications each year. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), thousands of American adults […]
With the transition from summer to the beginning of a new school year (and maybe some back-to-work blues), August can feel like a sudden downshift. Stretch out these last days of summer by squeezing in a few more home projects, savoring simple pleasures and, when the time comes, prepping the house for fall weather. Luckily, […]
After people used Nano Banana 2 in Google Earth to make misleading images, Google is rolling it back “while we work on implementing stronger guardrails.” Google had originally integrated its Nano Banana 2 image model into Google Earth, pitching it as a way to visualize a location’s past or future using natural language prompts. However, users had the ability […]
Prada Beauty has named Zendaya the newest face of “Prada Paradoxe,” tapping her as the fragrance‘s global ambassador. As Hypebae reports, citing her era-defining run in film and her ever-shifting, hard-to-categorize public persona, the brand says Zendaya embodies the multifaceted spirit the “Paradoxe” scent has built its identity on. Leaning into that same sense of duality, Prada Beauty positions […]
Celebrated annually beginning on the first Sunday in August (this year, August 2 thru 8), it’s International Assistance Dog Week (IADW), and August 4 is International Assistance Dog DAY! What Is IADW? The IADW event was created to recognize all the devoted, hardworking assistance dogs helping individuals mitigate their disability related limitations. Assistance dogs literally […]
Wildfires raging on the outskirts of Spokane, Washington, for a third day have destroyed at least 700 buildings and forced over 64,000 residents to flee their homes in and around the state’s second-most populous city, officials said on Monday. As Reuters reports, the cluster of three blazes has been ranked as the “top firefighting priority […]
National Watermelon Day is August 3, so during these roasting summer days, it’s especially refreshing to grab a sweet slice and get an immune-boosting dose of vitamins A, B-6 and C, plus hydration (this melon’s mostly water)! While you’re at it, you can impress your friends with these 10 fun facts about the fruit (or […]
Measles is an old scourge that’s rapidly re-emerging as a new one. As TIME reports, according to numbers released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on July 24, there have been 2,318 measles cases reported nationwide so far this year. Those numbers already exceed the 2,289 cases reported in all of 2025. That’s the […]
The dog days of summer are barking and Labor Day is just around the bend, signaling the end of yet another epic season in the sun. But before you give your flamingo pool float one last hurrah, take a break with some home maintenance prep for the changing season ahead. Why worry now about what […]