BSIP/UIG/Collection Mix: Subjects/Getty Images – By William Petri 2020 Jun 24 – With over 2 million cases in the U.S. since the coronavirus pandemic began in late December, there are now many people who have recovered from COVID-19. At the same time, there …
By Guest Writer Animals 2020 Jul 15 – MUTTS Editor’s Note: We’ve received a great deal of feedback since Butchie’s Fatty Snax Deli went plant-based. Although reader responses have been largely positive, there was one common misunderstanding: “Are Mooch and Earl going vegan? …
An illustration of a sugar plantation in Antigua. The British Library, CC BY-ND – By Tom Zoellner, Professor of English, Chapman University 2020 Jul 10 – While many companies have trumpeted their support for the Black Lives Matter movement, others are beginning to …
Lobsters, birds and some primates use quarantine to ward off infections. Credit: Nick Kilner – In Brief – Despite how unnatural social distancing may feel to people, it is very much a part of the natural world, practiced by mammals, fishes, insects and …
Polina Bright / Shutterstock – By Tracey Anne Duncan Updated: 2020 Jul 13 – When my now 10-year-old cat, Cabbage, was but a wee kitten, I tried to teach her to walk on a leash. She would slink under cars and pull and …
By Bailey Brown – From your favorite rock star’s baby pictures to the unexpected casualties of international conflict, history is immortalized in the photographs your textbooks couldn’t print. National Geographic makes certain global documentation more accessible, but have you seen the oldest surviving aerial picture …
The Chaco Canyon chocolate-drinking jars have a distinct shape, with connections to similarly shaped Mayan vessels. After testing distinguishable jar fragments from an excavated trash pile in in the canyon, archaeologists determined all of the drinking jars were used to consume cacao. (A336494, …
Scientists have developed a new formula for calculating the physical age of dogs. pitrs10/Depositphotos – By Nick Lavars 2020 Jul 05 – For a rough idea of a dog’s physiological age, a popular approach is to simply multiply its actual age by seven, but …
In a study of 78 kitties, researchers concluded our feline friends can differentiate their names out of a series of random words. Skippy, the author’s cat, is generally an attentive listener. (Courtesy of Linda Burakoff) – By Maddie Burakoff 2019 Apr 05 – …
Gobekli Tepe or the “Pot-Bellied Hill”: The site where paradigms were shifted, dogma was broken and our understanding of human history changed forever. Source: mehmet / Adobe Stock – By Freddie Levy, 2020 Jul 11 – Our journey begins with the Freemasons. This …
