As you cut into a cantaloupe’s understated exterior, a vibrantly colored, orange center appears. From vitamin A to vitamin C, studies have shown that cantaloupe packs a punch with essential nutrients that can help support your immune and digestive systems. But as USA Today reports, cantaloupe is particularly helpful to eat during the hot summer months because of […]
The 2026 cyclosporiasis outbreak, which has left hundreds of Americans with a stomach-churning parasitic infection, has now been linked to nine states, according to federal health officials. As USA Today reports, those nine states include Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and West Virginia, according to an update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]
America’s affinity with horses dates back to the days of the pioneers. Whether for transportation, industry, agriculture, battle, sport, therapy, or just for the pleasure of ownership, horses have played a significant role in American culture. That’s why, each year on July 15th, we’re encouraged to pay homage to the horse on National I Love […]
Gracie the giraffe has been found more than two weeks after she escaped from the Texas ranch where she lives. On Friday, June 26, 2026, ranch owner Vick Jones and an aerial search team successfully located the 1,200-pound animal. She was found safe, “fat and happy,” about four miles south of her safe ranch home on […]
A sweltering and deadly heat wave enveloping parts of Europe has been breaking temperature records and is blamed for dozens of deaths in recent days. As USA Today reports, the extreme heat has been consuming Great Britain, Italy and Spain, and temperatures in parts of France were expected to reach at least 104 degrees Fahrenheit on June […]
El Niño has formed in the Pacific Ocean and is expected to intensify in the coming months, meteorologists say. As Yahoo News reports, last week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) officially confirmed the arrival of El Niño, a prolonged period of warming sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific, which affects weather patterns […]
This summer, orange and red are the colors of the season. As USA Today reports, the forecast released May 21 by NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center shows that widespread above-average temperatures are expected across much of the U.S., with the exception of the Great Lakes and Upper Midwest. According to the forecast from NOAA, the June-July-August temperature outlook “favors […]
Here’s another one for the weird science file. As USA Today reports, new research shows that although the world is seeing more rain overall, it’s also getting drier at the same time. How can that be? In simple terms, the world’s rainfall is increasingly packed into bigger storms with longer dry spells in between. And a […]
It’s happened only four times since 1950. But the odds are increasing that a so-called “super El Niño” could strike again in 2026, turbocharging hurricane activity in the Pacific Ocean, saddling the southern half of the United States with a much cooler and wetter winter and ultimately fueling what could turn out to be the […]
An experimental drug that could be a breakthrough in the treatment of one of the deadliest known cancers is driving demand at clinics while awaiting full government approval. As USA Today reports, Daraxonrasib, a drug that targets the gene mutation behind most pancreatic cancer diagnoses, was given the green light to begin an early access program for […]