Catnip, renowned for bringing an adrenaline-like rush to even the most docile cats, has actually been discovered to have distinct benefits. It is widely accepted that this plant, and its…
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Livin’ Good Currency Ep. 14: Fred and Keith on ‘Producing’ Justice for Emmet Till
The Lesson: A dog-eared moment in the early American Civil Rights movement, the racially-motivated murder of 14-year-old African American lad, Emmett Till, and its subsequent acquittal, always inspired Keith Beauchamp…
FDA Approves First Alopecia Drug That Restores Hair Growth in Many Patients
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the use of the Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor baricitinib as a treatment for severe alopecia areata, a disfiguring skin disease. It is the…
Stray Dog Becomes a Fierce Crossing Guard for These Children Every Day
A stray dog in the country of Georgia has appointed himself as the local crossing guard for young children crossing a busy intersection. Every morning, he strongly discourages drivers from…
Man Goes to Rescue One Kitty and is ‘Ambushed’ By 12 More in a Roadside Meet-Cute
A Louisiana man was surprised to find a stray kitten in the middle of the road. The poor thing was weary and dirty, and not shy about approaching him. Robert…
Astronomers Think They’ve Detected a ‘Dark’ Free-Floating Black Hole For the First Time
If, as astronomers believe, the death of large stars leave behind black holes, there should be hundreds of millions of them scattered throughout the Milky Way galaxy. The problem is,…
Striking Photo of a Panther is Now Part of a Huge Project to Better Protect Amazon Diversity
A total of 120,849 records on 289 species from 2001 to 2020 have been collected and standardized. Building this new database involved 147 scientists from 122 research institutions and conservation…