April’s showers are certainly bringing May flowers across the United States, blanketing hillsides and mountains with colorful arrays of wildflowers. But planet Earth isn’t the only place where a flower spectacle is occurring: This month offers stargazers a Flower Moon to gaze upon. There’s also plenty of other exciting things going on in the sky […]
What’s the most unique item you’ve spotted at a thrift shop? Laura Young has a find that’s hard to top. Young, a savvy antique dealer and business owner from Texas, was browsing a Goodwill in Austin in 2018 when she found a 2,000-year-old Roman bust that once belonged to King Ludwig I of Bavaria. According
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April is Earth Month: an annual reminder for humanity to be more eco-conscious with our everyday actions, including the products we use and the small decisions that have a big impact on our planet. To close out the month, we’re sharing a roundup of sustainable brands founded by celebrities who are using their influence for
In June 2021, after a day of boating on North Carolina’s Lake Waccamaw, three 13-year-old boys were playing in the water when they stumbled upon what would prove to be a nearly 1,000-year-old Native American canoe. Almost two years later, the canoe was finally excavated from the lake, and following preservation of the artifact, it
What if you could swallow a pill-sized device that could diagnose whether you have a peptic ulcer or a bile obstruction? Engineers at MIT and Caltech have created just that: an ingestible sensor that could help physicians more easily identify and diagnose gastrointestinal motility disorders. According to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and
In 2021, The Wall Street Journal announced a polling partnership with the independent research organization NORC at the University of Chicago “to conduct surveys on cultural and social issues of importance.” The latest data to come out of that collaboration was gathered in March, and it offers some fascinating insight into how the happiest people
The World Health Organization estimates that 2.2 billion people around the globe are visually impaired. Since 2015, the popular Be My Eyes app has been working to help that population — and it’s now getting a major AI boost. Be My Eyes was founded by Danish furniture craftsman Hans Jørgen Wiberg, who is visually impaired
Sponsored by Apollo “April showers bring May flowers,” as the old saying goes. Fittingly, April is also Stress Awareness Month, recognized annually since 1992 to highlight the negative health impacts of stress and the tools available to combat it. One of those tools is the Apollo wearable: a one-of-a-kind, science-backed device that actively improves your
There are only so many hours in a day, and when that to-do list gets lengthy, you may find yourself wishing you could operate on less sleep. It turns out that elephant seals are living out that dream, sleeping a total of just two hours per day — much less than most mammals. A new
Move aside Turner & Hooch, it’s rabbit season. While it may sound like a storyline out of a Looney Tunes episode, a rescued rabbit has joined a police force in California, becoming an unofficial officer. Meet Percy: a ginger and white-colored bunny who might just be the cutest cop you’ll ever see — he even
