For most people, a good, trusty pair of shoes or sandals is non-negotiable. Our footwear takes us everywhere, and it is only logical to want the best for ourselves—and best also means a pair that is animal-friendly and eco-friendly. The problem is that many conventional footwear materials are made from …
Read More »Winning the Laptop Market
CES is always good for a peek at what companies are planning for the future, and the show in 2022 was no exception. Intel and AMD both updated their respective mobile roadmaps for 2022 last week. Apple hasn’t made any major announcements recently, but the company’s plan for ramping its …
Read More »Boost Happiness Hormones
Most people think of financial planning as a source of stress. If this is you, I have news for you: you have it ALL wrong. Creating and following a financial plan is a great way to REDUCE your stress. In fact, financial planning activities are guaranteed to release the four …
Read More »Grasshoppers Explosives Smells
In a new study published this month in the journal Biosensors and Bioelectronics: X, a team of scientists at Washington University in St. Louis showed how they were able to hijack the olfactory system of the American grasshopper (Schistocerca americana) to both detect and discriminate between different explosive scents — …
Read More »CHIPS Is Very Different Than The Classic TV Show
If you grew up in the late 70s/early 80s, odds are you have seen at least one episode of CHIPS. After all the series lasted for 6 seasons, and was one of the most popular on TV during its run. If you liked the series, or even if you didn’t, …
Read More »Want to see if the same search query is appearing in different ad groups?
Having the same search query leading to different ad groups can be bad news. The data about that query isn’t all in one place, making it harder to see how it is performing. It also gets in the way of managing bids: if some queries do badly, turning the bids …
Read More »Goffin’s Cockatoos Filmed Making Same Tool Type from Different Materials
An international team of researchers from Austria and the UK has shown that Goffin’s cockatoos (Cacatua goffiniana) can manufacture and use stick-type tools of appropriate shape and length out of three different materials, suggesting that the birds can anticipate how the tools will be used. Goffin’s cockatoos can cut out …
Read More »Hen Harrier is Actually Two Different Species
New research confirms that the hen harrier (Circus cyaneus), a medium-sized bird of prey found in parts of North America and Eurasia, is two different species of bird that are only distantly related. The northern harrier (Circus hudsonius). Image credit: Simon Richards. The study, led by Dr. Graham Etherington of …
Read More »How Backpacking in Central America is Completely Different Than Anywhere Else
The Central American backpacker trail differs greatly from its Southeast Asian and European cousins. It’s a different monster; a much more good-looking, older, hiking monster. Traveling through CA proved over and over again that any expectations I carried from previous trips must be thrown out the window. This was slightly to …
Read More »Unwanted Hair | Different Methods of Hair Removal
Unwanted Hair | Different Methods of Hair Removal – Unwanted hair growth at the skin of the body is always an annoying factor in feminine beauty. Stray hairs which are seen at the places where these are not liked to be seen reduce the self esteem of the person who …
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