Swarm of bees follows car for 2 days to rescue queen trapped in back
Devotion knows no bounds when it comes to bees and their leader. When Carol Howarth parked her Mitsubishi in the town of Haverfordwest, Wales, to do some shopping, little did...
The woman who invented chocolate chip cookies
Ruth Graves Wakefield (June 17, 1903 – January 10, 1977) was the inventor of the Toll House Cookie, the first chocolate chip cookie, which she created c. 1938. She was...
Military dolphins help defend the world’s largest stockpile of nuclear weapons
Naval Base Kitsap, a marine base 20 miles from Seattle, may be home to the world’s largest single-location arsenal of nuclear weapons, and it’s defended by dolphins trained by the...
Briton Is Kin of Stone Age ‘Cheddar Man’
LONDON – After he was killed by a blow to the face about 9,000 years ago, the 23-year-old hunter was laid to rest in a limestone cave in what is...
The SR-71 Blackbird Retired By Flying Coast-To-Coast In One Hour
The SR-71 wasn’t like other planes. It didn’t retire like them either. On this day in 1990, SR-71 #972 took its final flight for the U. S. Military and was...
Free-monty-python-videos-on-youtube-lead-to-23-000-dvd-sale-increase
Following up on our previous news regarding Monty Python material on iTunes, Mashable is now reporting on a staggering increase of Monty Python DVDs sold on Amazon soon after the...
Borrow a sewing machine? Sacramento Public Library to start loaning more than books
Sacramento Public Library patrons will soon be able to check out a variety of tools, technology and home appliances through a “Library of Things” program. Have you ever had the...
New home for US Maasai cattle
Four years after a group of Kenyan Maasai herders touched the hearts of Americans by donating 14 head of prized cattle to the US to help ease the pain of...
Five Reasons Why You Should Probably Stop Using Antibacterial Soap
As the FDA recently noted, antibacterial products are no more effective than soap and water, and could be dangerous The FDA announced a bold new position on antibacterial soap: Manufacturers...
Man Comes To Realize His Puppies Aren’t Puppies After All
A farmer in China bought two “good-looking pups” from a man who said they’d make good watch dogs. For two years he raised the little black puppies, grooming their coarse...
Inky’s Daring Escape Shows How Smart Octopuses Are
The fleeing of a mollusk from a New Zealand aquarium has captivated the world. Here’s how he did it, and what it means. An octopus at New Zealand’s National Aquarium...
Best Buy Confirms The Existence Of Its Secret Website
In the wake of an investigation launched by the Connecticut Attorney General’s office, Best Buy has finally admitted that the now-infamous “secret intranet” (used to mislead in-store customers about BestBuy’s...
Suing for the Cure?
You’ve heard of the race for the cure. But what about kayaks for the cure, barks for the cure, blondes for the cure or kites for the cure? Recently, these...
‘If We Left, They Wouldn’t Have Nobody’
Maurice Rowland (left) and Miguel Alvarez were working at an assisted living home last fall. When it shut down, Maurice -- the cook - and Miguel – the janitor -...
‘Kung Fu Panda’ Hits A Sore Spot in China
Why a Quintessentially Chinese Movie Was Made in Hollywood BEIJING – The blockbuster success of an American animated movie that’s set in ancient China, highlights Chinese culture, mythology and architecture...
Empathic rats spring each other from jail
You enter a room with two cages. One contains a friend, who is clearly distressed. The other contains a bar of chocolate, which clearly isn’t. What do you do? While...
When ‘thirty-seven-fifty’ for your wine means $3750
You’re at a restaurant and can’t be bothered with looking at the wine list, so why not ask the waiter for a suggestion, right? But for one New Jersey man,...
Scientists find woman who sees 99 million more colors than others
Newcastle University neuroscientist Dr. Gabriele Jordan, recently announced that she has identified a woman who is a “tetrachromat,” that is, a woman with the ability to see much greater color...
Fox urine spray thwarts tree thefts
What can run a feral, East Campus cat off a liver truck and save a few trees in the process? Fox urine sprayed on pine and spruce trees might not...
LEGO Is Investing Millions To Ditch Their Oil-Based Plastics In Search Of Environmentally Friendly Alternative
LEGO’s toy dominance over the last half century has been built on petroleum-based plastics. The toy company is investing hundreds of millions of dollars dedicated to research, development and implementation...