WEIRD FACTS
People who miss flying are rushing to buy tickets for flights that land in the same place they depart from. On an in-flight screen, a map of a recent flight-to-nowhere trip on Royal Brunei Airlines.Credit…Nadzri Harif – By Tariro Mzezewa 2020 Sep 19 …
Heard about the “waiting package” phishing scam? – By Ari Lazarus Consumer Education Specialist, FTC – Phishing scams can be hard to spot. For example, we’ve been hearing about one where people get a text message saying that there’s a package waiting for …
Eating lots of fruits and vegetables will boost the immune system. Stevens Fremont via Getty Images – By Grayson Jaggers, Assistant Professor, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences 2020 Sep 17 – The connection between the pandemic …
The hotel ‘goes far beyond just sustainable, plant-focused grub: everything here is vegan, from the booze in the hotel bar to the cleaning products’ – The hotel won National Geographic’s ‘GOOD EGG’ award (Photo: Supplied) – By Liam Gilliver 2020 Sep 05 – …
A visitor looks at the faces of some of the victims of the Oklahoma City bombing at the Oklahoma National Memorial museum in Oklahoma City. Joe Raedle/Getty Images – Authors Jeff Gruenewald, Associate Professor and Director of the Terrorism Research Center, University of …
Migraine-suffering test subjects were exposed to green light for one to two hours a day, over a 10-week period. Kris Hanning/The University of Arizona Health Sciences – By Ben Coxworth 2020 Sep 10 – Three years ago, scientists from the University of Arizona reported …
GettyImages. Peter Dazeley/Getty Images – By Yelena Ionova, Postdoctoral Fellow in Quality of Medical Products, University of California, San Francisco 2020 Sep 11 – There are many more ingredients in every pill you take than what is listed on the bottle label. These …
A county election worker gets mailed-in ballots ready to be counted, in this file photo from 2016. AP Photo/Don Ryan – By Priscilla Southwell, Professor Emerita of Political Science, University of Oregon 2020 Sep 03 – Oregon voters have long cast their ballots …
Once you get the hang of it, the CLR can reportedly be set up in one minute. Daniel Schult – By Ben Coxworth 2020 Sep 09 – If you want a kayak (that isn’t inflatable), you typically also need a car with a suitable …
Wildlife is under pressure from habitat loss, including deforestation. Image copyright Getty Images – By Helen Briggs BBC Environment correspondent 2020 Sep 10 – Wildlife populations have fallen by more than two-thirds in less than 50 years, according to a major report …
