Trace the birth of fossil fuels
Anyone who has thrown a log into a campfire has witnessed changing forms of energy, from dead organic matter to heat. Ironically, whether you’re using a beam of light through…
Friday Night Notes: 13 recruiting stories from across the College Wires network
USA TODAY high school sportsFriday Night Notes is a weekly roundup of high school recruiting that looks at the latest news from around the country – from the class of…
The difficult task of measuring dinosaur intelligence
The study of intelligence is an extremely difficult task, even in animals living today. In part, this is because much of the scientific jury is still out on what intelligence…
Contentment is the most underrated key to happiness
Finland has been ranked the happiest country in the world for six years in a row. And many other Northern European countries such as Sweden, Iceland, Denmark and Norway are…
What are neglected tropical diseases?
You’ve probably heard of malaria, HIV-AIDS, and tuberculosis. These three diseases continue to have a huge impact on human health worldwide. However, you may not be familiar with schistosomiasis, Chagas…
A mixed picture for real personal income, savings and spending in March and real total sales in February
– by a New Deal Democrat As I’ve indicated several times recently, I currently consider the Personal Income and Expenses report equal to the Employment report as the most important…
Is plant communication a real thing?
How plants communicate has long been a matter of debate. In fact, it was initially very controversial: books like The Secret Life of Plants (1973) seemed to undermine the credibility…
Water in the West: Before and after satellite images reveal a year of snow boom – but…
As the animations below dramatically illustrate, this was indeed a boom year for snow in the western United States. This is especially true for water-depleted California, as well as the…
Researchers discover species of tequila worm
For Akito Kawahara and his colleagues, some pictures of soft were well deserved after a long day of butterfly catching in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula four years ago. But just because…
5-star SF Carter Bryant commits to ‘perfect situation’ in Arizona
Arizona basketball scored a huge recruiting win yesterday. Here’s a look at Sage Hill School (Calif.) five-star small forward Carter Bryant announcing his commitment to the Wildcats with the classic…