Located at the lowest point on Earth's surface, per Britannica, the Dead Sea -- or "Sea of Death" (Al-Baḥr Al-Mayyit) as it's called in Arabic -- isn't a lake of fire, but it burns like hell. And it's not doing too well. In fact, it's dying... so to speak.
Read More
The coronavirus, or COVID-19, is scary. The pandemic is definitely spreading sickness, fear, and even death. It's bringing out the worst in some people, but in others? It's bringing out the best. And that's what we want to talk about. Here are positive things that have come out of the coronavirus.
Read More
Does your heart have a roving eye for dogs, or rather, a rover eye that compels you to obsess over every speck of every inch of a canine? Maybe you study dog drool, or you swoon over the pitter-patter of their paws, but the best part of man's best friend is the tail, that butt appendage of the gods.
Read More
The coronavirus is in full bloom around the world, but meanwhile, Russia reports 840 confirmed infections. According to CNN, the country of 146 million has experienced unparalleled success in stemming the flow of this international pandemic. What's their secret? Is it paleo?
Read More
It's almost inevitable that most kids grow up wanting a Dog, capital "D." Children idolize mutts, having been told by movies and picture books that they are the ultimate companions. They are loving, they are loyal, and most importantly, they are courageous.
Read More
When it comes to grooming, cats beat dogs hands down. Up to 50 percent of a cat's waking time is devoted to grooming its lustrous coat, or some other part of its body ... But which cat coats are the longest?
Read More
Cats kill up to 2.4 billion birds and 12.3 billion small mammals annually. In that sense, they are aggressively lethal creatures.
Read More
Have you ever bought a tub of low-fat ice cream only to eat eight times more than you would of the fattier version? Vaping is basically high-tech low-fat ice cream for smokers.
Read More
So, it looks like humanity has done it once again. On March 11, 2020, the rangers at Ishaqbini Hirola Community Conservancy -- a nature conservation area in Garissa County, Kenya -- finally found out what happened to the two ultra-rare white giraffes that have been AWOL for months.
Read More
There is plenty of discussion on the topic of the most playful cat, but there are some clear contenders for the title.
Read More
Between stories like Stephen King's Cujo and the primal understanding that they're all basically wolves that we taught to eat biscuits, we're all instilled with, at the very least, a healthy instinct to cross the street when a loose hound comes our way.
Read More
Every time something newsworthy happens, someone digs into an old episode of The Simpsons and finds a joke that seems to predict the real-life incident. But people have recently discovered another coronavirus oracle, whose predictions are even more reliable than a yellow cartoon family: Bill Gates.
Read More
One of the best ways to stay calm is to stay informed. Facts are of utmost importance at this point in the story, and with ever changing facts and reporters eager to jump the gun on a story, it's important to ensure the facts you're getting are reliable and up to date.
Read More
It's probably safe to say that car owners aren't complaining, but what exactly is going on? What could be the real reason why gas prices are plummeting? It's ... it's the COVID-19 virus, right?
Read More
The merest mention of a national quarantine is enough to have the old "What if?" hairs on the back of the neck stand up. Could it really happen?
Read More
If you live on Planet Wasp-76b, then your weather forecast may very well be "Cloudy, with a chance of liquid iron rain."
Read More
There are a few basic facts which filmmakers seem to take great pride in driving home on a regular basis: One is that dogs die.
Read More
In his autobiography, Mark Twain wrote, "A bat is beautifully soft and silky; I do not know any creature that is pleasanter to the touch or is more grateful for caressings, if offered in the right spirit..." But he may have written differently if he knew about the world's largest bat.
Read More
Might as well start with the basics: don't drink vape juice. Nothing that you're about to read will change the fact that drinking vape juice will cement your place as the weird (and unhealthy) dude who drinks vape juice. That sort of social branding doesn't go away.
Read More
Quarantine is the word of the day, and unfortunately, it can do a lot more than just earn us a ton of points in Scrabble. Thanks to the COVID-19 coronavirus strain currently making the rounds, tons of people are getting intimately acquainted with the term, whether they like it or not.
Read More
Unfortunately, there are a lot of myths about coronavirus and about disease outbreaks out there. Here are some myths about pandemics and coronavirus.
Read More
You've read the news, and you've seen the memes: Everyone and their mom has been busy hoarding toilet paper recently. But bottled water is also flying off shelves. Here's why.
Read More
Forget Bruce Wayne, who carries lots of gadgets and emotional baggage. The really impressive bat-creature weighs in at less than an ounce. It's the Chinese horseshoe bat, and by some estimates, according to the New York Times, it's a possible source of the coronavirus.
Read More
At this point, lots of people are afraid of the same thing: You're walking down the street minding your own business, when suddenly, some random person coughs at you, and boom! You now have coronavirus. But is that how it would work? How long does it last in the air?
Read More
Here are some things the virus itself does not like.
Read More
"Pandemics are inherently unpredictable in appearance and severity," so it's by no means guaranteed that waves will occur at all. However, both the Black Death and the 1918 flu had hellacious second waves. So why might these second waves happen?
Read More
It's pretty clear that information about COVID-19 is, well, going viral. As is the virus itself. Health authorities have repeatedly requested that people do their best to stay calm, and wash their hands twenty seconds at a time. Nonetheless, a lot of people have become ill in a short time period.
Read More