How a Mexican spiritual leader preserves the sacred knowledge of the volcano known as El Popo
After the alert level on the Popocatépetl volcano was lowered in early June, the name of Mexico's most famous volcano might start fading from news headlines
2023-06-21 08:47
Ireland Has a Plan to Repopulate Its Remote Islands: Pay People $92,000 to Move There
Ireland’s Our Living Islands program will pay for housing rehab on its beautiful but sparsely populated islands.
2023-06-21 03:30
Why It Can be Hard to Get Pronouns Right, According to Linguistics
A pronoun slip can be embarrassing, especially if you pride yourself on being generally good at using the language people have asked you to use. Why do pronoun slips happen, and why do we seem to mess up pronouns more than names or other gendered words?
2023-06-21 01:18
Living la vida yoga: India's Modi will bend leaders into shape on International Yoga Day
When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi leads foreign dignitaries and bureaucrats in a session for International Yoga Day on Wednesday at the United Nations’ Secretariat in New York, millions of Indians will take note
2023-06-20 12:46
The Most Popular Pet Names of 2023 in Each U.S. State
Curious about pet name trends for 2023? Here are the most popular for dogs and cats across the United States.
2023-06-20 02:25
Giorgio Armani, Zegna present fluid elegance for the next hot season as Milan Fashion Week wraps up
With temperatures rising, Milan designers focused on fluidity in dressing, allowing the body to move without constrictions
2023-06-20 01:52
The women who run Antarctica's 'penguin post office'
When this year's all-woman team arrived on Antarctica's Goudier Island to run the world's most remote post office, it was shovels they needed rather than stamps.
2023-06-19 19:15
What if things could turn out differently? How the multiverse got into our heads and didn't let go
Alternate universes are everywhere these days, from “The Flash” to “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.”
2023-06-19 12:24
Stalled contract jeopardizes relations between new Disney governing body and firefighters
After appointees of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took over Walt Disney World’s governing district earlier this year, its firefighters were among the few employees who publicly welcomed them with open arms
2023-06-19 05:20
The woman who founded Father's Day was a renegade, great-granddaughter says
You could call her the mother of Father’s Day
2023-06-18 20:22
What's the Kennection? #67
All five answers to the questions below have something in common. Can you figure it out?
2023-06-18 13:51
Cruising to Nome: The first U.S. deep water port for the Arctic to host cruise ships, military
Climate change is opening up the Arctic, and a $600 million-plus expansion will make Nome on Alaska's western coast the nation’s first deep-water Arctic port
2023-06-18 12:53