Cars have been long-time targets for thieves. They are often left unattended in parking lots or on the side of a road, and they’re typically easier to break into than a house. People also have a bad habit of leaving valuable items in their cars, making vehicles an often lucrative target for someone trying to...

The old saying goes: those who live in a glass house shouldn’t throw stones. But they never said anything about fruits and vegetables. For one family in Sweden, living in a glass house is a reality. Well, sort of. They actually built a greenhouse around their home! A Greenhouse to a Green Home Charles Sacilotto...

Being left-handed often comes with a certain fascination and curiosity from both left-handed individuals themselves and right-handed people around them. One question that frequently arises in popular discourse is whether left-handed people are smarter than their right-handed counterparts. Let’s look into the research to answer this question and explore the unique aspects of left-handedness and...

Mike Haracz, a former corporate chef, shook the internet with a TikTok video unveiling a hidden ingredient in McDonald’s fries: beef flavoring. His cooking tips emphasized the significance of replicating the fries’ taste at home through the frying process and ingredient selection.1 An Unexpected Addition Haracz’s disclosure stunned many consumers who hadn’t previously realized the...

Mae Keane of Waterbury, Connecticut started her first day on the job as a dial painter in 1924. It paid handsomely compared to the other scarce limited options for working women, and it involved working with a “brand new” element, discovered not two decades prior: radium. Just like the other women in the factory, Keane...

The Ancient Greeks were known for their understanding of many principles of science. Two that are particularly notable are in the fields of astronomy and mechanical know-how. After finally deciphering the inner workings of an Ancient Greek device, however, researchers have determined that the Greeks’ understanding of these concepts was far greater than what we...

Humans have been eating oysters for thousands and thousands of years. For many, a warm summer evening wouldn’t be complete without a plate of oysters and a glass of champagne, and due to their reported aphrodisiac qualities, they are a first-date choice of many.  Maybe oysters are one of your favorite foods, but did you...

Alaina Gassler is a freshman student at Avon Grove Charter School in Pennsylvania was recently announced as the winner of the 9th annual Broadcom MASTERS®, the nation’s premier Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) middle school competition.  Placing first of thirty competing middle-school students, across 13 states, and representing a total of 28 schools, this...

Back in those days during basic practical physics, we established that magnetism is NOT a static force. IF you were never bothered by the inconsistencies in your readings in the physics laboratory, our planet has a whole new package of concerns for you to think about. Geomagnetic jerks are sudden and rapid time-derived changes in...

The average life expectancy in the United States is currently just over 78 years old [1]. Thanks to many modern inventions, humans today are living much longer than they did one and two hundred years ago. Some experts believe, however, that in the future some people could live to be 1000 years old. Sound crazy?...

As of 2018, twenty-six percent of the world’s energy came from renewable sources, and that number is expected to rise to forty-five percent by the year 2040 [1]. Currently, over sixty percent of renewable energy production comes from “traditional biomass”, which refers to the burning of wood, forest materials, and agricultural waste. The remaining thirty-five...

23-year-old Chastity Patterson from Arkansas was heartbroken when she lost her father in 2015 [1]. She missed him so terribly that she continued updating him about her life, sending text messages to his phone number and pouring out her heart whenever she needed someone to talk to.  This went on for four years and Chastity...