Federal officials are easing water restrictions on the Colorado River set to take effect next year. This is music to the ears of affected residents and an incredible improvement after above-average winter snowpack helped shore up plummeting water levels at the nation’s two largest reservoirs. As CNN reports, last week, the US Bureau of Reclamation announced Lake Mead and […]
No, August isn’t National Ice Cream Month – that honor went to July – but it might as well be, seeing as how there are SEVEN frozen treat-related foodie holidays to celebrate this month (8, if you count National Frozen Custard day on August 8th). This week, we are coming up on both National Ice […]
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 you can […]
Vogue U.S. has announced its September 2023 issue, traditionally its most important month of the year’s editorial calendar — and revealed that it would be shared with British Vogue. Both covers will feature supermodel powerhouses Linda Evangelista, Cindy Crawford, Christy Turlington and Naomi Campbell, ahead of the September 20 premiere of Apple TV+’s four-part documentary, “The Super Models.” Photographed by Rafael Pavarotti and styled by British […]
New research suggests that chilling your body before you go to sleep can make it easier to fall asleep and lead to higher-quality rest. The study wasn’t done on a large scale – it only involved 15 people – but it focused on people involved in a sleep study who struggle to get enough sleep and […]
Apple is reportedly testing an M3 Ultra chip with a significant CPU bump from 24 cores in the M2 Ultra to 32 cores in the next generation version of the chip, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman in today’s Power On newsletter. Developer logs reportedly also show a base configuration with 64 GPU cores and a top-end version with 80 GPU […]
A storm brewing off Mexico’s Pacific coast and threatening Southern California and the southwestern U.S. was upgraded Thursday morning to hurricane strength. As the Los Angeles Times reports, forecasters warn that it’s still too soon to confirm when — or if — Hurricane Hilary might make landfall, and how strong the system could become. But […]
Sure, we may be in the thick of one of the hottest summers on record, but that doesn’t mean autumn isn’t right around the corner, or at least, that’s what all the food and drink vendors would have you believe. That’s right: even though its early August, it’s the official start of pumpkin spice season. According […]
August 16th is National Rum Day, a holiday that celebrates and commemorates the distilled alcoholic beverage that is made from sugarcane by-products. It’s a spirit that’s steeped in romanticism, thanks to its association with pirates in the Caribbean (as opposed to the Pirates Of The Caribbean ride at Disneyland and subsequent movies, but it associates […]
As water temperatures spiked in the Florida Keys, scientists from universities, coral reef restoration groups and government agencies have launched a heroic effort to save the corals. As UPI reports, young scuba divers armed with scrub brushes took to the waters of Florida’s Alligator Reef in late July to try to help corals struggling to survive […]