Be the coolest person on your block with these tips on how to hydrate, what to wear, and ways to turn your home into a refuge from the heat. Photograph: Paula Winkler/Getty Images Summer has come to mean record-breaking temperatures, raging wildfires, and heat-related illnesses. It can be hard to stay cool when we’re literally Read More…
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The 5 Dumbest Things We Keep Spending Money On
Greedy businessman eating money. (Used clipping mask) You’ve done what you can to cut back your spending. You brew coffee at home, you don’t walk into Target and you refuse to order avocado toast. (Can you sense my millennial sarcasm there?) But no matter how cognizant you are of your spending habits, you’re still stuck Read More…
The Murderer Who Helped Make the Oxford English Dictionary
An American imprisoned in a British mental asylum became one of the greatest contributors to the English language. Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images. William Chester Minor opened his eyes and gazed sleepily at the figure of a man looming over the foot of his bed. The intruder, who had been hiding in Minor’s attic during Read More…
Camel Stomach Facts & The Dangerof Plastic
Camel Stomach Facts & The Dangerof Plastic 1. Camels Are Not Ruminants With Four-Chambered Stomachs Many classify camels as ruminants, which is wrong. Camels are considered to be pseudo-ruminants. Compared to ruminants that have a four-chambered stomach, camels have a three-chambered one. [1] Those three stomach parts are the forestomach or rumen, reticulum, and abomasum; Read More…
An Airbnb collapse won’t fix America’s housing shortage
There’s more to the housing affordability crisis than Airbnb. First, build more houses. Scott Olson/Getty Images Rani Molla is a senior correspondent at Vox and has been focusing her reporting on the future of work. She has covered business and technology for more than a decade — often in charts — including at Bloomberg and Read More…
Family adopt a 5 yr old girl
Americans are turning to overseas adoption to fulfill their visions for their family. Although they have good intentions, they are guided by international adoption agencies to find children who need homes. One Ohio couple went through this process believing they’d found a daughter who would complete their family. Little did they know she had a Read More…