Category: Coping with COVID
This Adorable Good Boy Just Got Rare, Life-Saving Brain Surgery
Gizmodo Six-year-old Woody has recovered well enough to take his daily walks again. A six-year-old dog named Woody has just earned a new lease on life, thanks to a rare type of brain surgery performed by veterinarians in Portland, Oregon. Surgeons at DoveLewis Animal Hospital conducted the surgery to remove a tumor in Woody’s skull. […]
Jan 21, 2026
Mystery as hundreds of Victorian shoes wash up on beach
BBC Mystery surrounds the appearance of hundreds of Victorian hobnailed shoes which have washed ashore on a beach. The black leather boots, thought to date back to the 19th Century, were discovered by volunteers cleaning up rock pools on Ogmore By Sea Beach in the Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales. Emma Lamport from the Beach […]
Jan 14, 2026
The Ancient Art of Nasal Rinsing Might Protect You From a Cold
Wired On average, the typical American contracts two to three colds per year between September and May, at an estimated cost of around $40 billion to the economy. Effective forms of treating or preventing colds have proven hard to come by, with the majority of over-the-counter medicines yielding modest results; it’s hard to devise a drug that tackles the vast array of viral […]
Jan 7, 2026
The Origins of 6 Unique Christmas Traditions
History Facts bserved on December 25, Christmas is both a religious holiday, commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, and a secular holiday that includes cultural customs and traditions, many of which have their roots in the pagan festival of Saturnalia, honoring the agricultural god, Saturn. For more than 2 billion people in over 160 countries, […]
Dec 30, 2025
How the Pandemic Lockdowns Changed a Songbird’s Beak
NYT For ecologists, the Covid-19 pandemic has presented a remarkable natural experiment in what can happen to wild animals when humans stay home. About two decades ago, the dark-eyed junco, a forest-dwelling sparrow, began to colonize urban Los Angeles. The birds proved to be remarkably successful in the city, making themselves at home on the […]
Dec 17, 2025
He set out to teach an octopus piano. The results surprised even him.
Washington Post The task required hundreds of hours of problem-solving and patience. Musician Mattias Krantz said it was worth it. The white package that arrived at Mattias Krantz’s home in Sweden after a five-hour flight contained an octopus that Krantz saved from becoming someone’s meal. Krantz’s hopes for the octopus, which he named Takoyaki, were […]
Dec 10, 2025
A Drunk Raccoon Passed Out in the Bathroom of a Virginia Liquor Store
NYT A raccoon entered a liquor store the other day and drank his fill: rum, moonshine, even peanut butter whiskey. Then it passed out on the floor of the bathroom. The raccoon entered the ABC liquor store in Ashland, Va., through the ceiling early Saturday morning. “It wreaked havoc,” said Carol Mawyer, the public relations […]
Dec 3, 2025
Burnt Marie Callender’s Pie Became a Thanksgiving Meme: Here’s What Really Happened
C|Net As Thanksgiving approaches, let’s look back at our interview with the viral grandma who torched a pie and became a meme that starts circulating again every November. Memes come out of nowhere, and they don’t take holidays off. On Thanksgiving 2021, a Georgia grandmother named Sharon Weiss burned a Marie Callender’s pumpkin pie, and […]
Nov 26, 2025
Cow cuddling gives farms boost amid dropping dairy prices
Washington Post Farms are increasingly turning to cow cuddling as a new revenue stream amid decreasing dairy prices Donald Scherber bought a Minnesota dairy farm in 1958. His son, John, bought it from him in 1995 and will probably pass it down to his children. For decades, the family has made a living selling the […]
Nov 19, 2025
Northern Lights Illuminate Skies Above North America
NYT The northern lights could be seen in skies as far south as Texas late Tuesday and early Wednesday after the sun emitted masses of charged particles that disrupted the Earth’s magnetic field — and created a dazzling display.
Nov 12, 2025
