Bees play by rolling wooden balls — apparently for fun. The cleaner wrasse fish appears to recognize its own visage in an underwater mirror. Octopuses seem to react to anesthetic drugs and will avoid settings where they likely experienced past pain. As NBC News reports, all three of these scientific discoveries came in the last five years — indications […]
If you’re feeling sleepy or tired while you read this and wish you could get some more shut-eye, you’re not alone. A majority of Americans say they would feel better if they could have more sleep, according to a new Gallup Poll. But in the good ol’ U.S. of A., the ethos of grinding and pulling […]
New Jersey and New York City dwellers were abruptly shaken Friday morning by an escalating, rumbling vibration. It was the second time this year that an earthquake has struck the region, triggering panicking phone calls from Manhattan to Albany to Long Island, Montclair and Brooklyn. As NBC News reports an earthquake is usually a very foreign experience […]
A person in Texas has been diagnosed with a highly virulent strain of bird flu, the first such case since the virus was detected in a handful of dairy cattle in several states across the country last week. As NBC News reports, the Texas Department of State Health Services said in a statement Monday that the infected […]
The strongest earthquake Taiwan has experienced in a quarter century hit Wednesday during the morning commute, toppling buildings and leaving at least nine dead, dozens of others trapped and/or missing and nearly 1,000 people injured, officials there say. The magnitude 7.4 earthquake was the most powerful to hit the island in 25 years, damaging buildings, […]
A rare cosmic eruption is expected to occur in the Milky Way in the coming months — an outburst so bright that a “new” star will seemingly appear for a short time in the night sky. This “Nova” event will be a once-in-a-lifetime skywatching opportunity for those in the Northern Hemisphere, according to NASA, because the […]
Households are hitting pause on their tub-to-shower conversion plans and buying new shower curtains instead. As NBC News reports, after a pandemic-era renovation craze, the nation’s two largest home improvement retailers say customers are spending less on big projects in favor of cheaper do-it-yourself fixes. At the end of February, Lowe’s reported that it was seeing […]
Complaints that Purina pet food has sickened pets have been circulating on social media in recent weeks, sparking fear for dog and cat owners. But, as TODAY.com reports, Purina adamantly denies there are any issues with its products. “Pet parents continue to be understandably scared by an online rumor that there is an issue with […]
A proposal announced Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) aims to remove all lead drinking water pipes across the country within a decade. As NBC News reports, the lead and copper rule improvements would require utilities to replace lead service lines within 10 years regardless of the lead levels that register in water samples. […]
Life expectancy in the U.S. ticked upward in 2022, following two years of significant declines driven primarily by the Covid pandemic, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report published last week. As NBC News reports, the CDC data showed that life expectancy at birth — how long a baby born in a particular […]