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Bill Cosby
Here's What Makes This Accusation Against Bill Cosby Different From Others
TIME - By Katie Reilly
Bill Cosby was ordered Tuesday to stand trial for a felony charge of sexual assault in Pennsylvania, making the case different from the dozens of …
Earliest Cat Domesticated in China Was the Leopard Cat, Scientists Say
National Geographic
Changing Planet The wildcat (Felis silvestris lybica) is the common ancestor of the 500 million house cats (Felis catus) in the world today. It was domesticated in Africa and the Middle East around 10,000
Whaling
Why Whaling Persists in Japan, Despite International Pressure
National Geographic - Ari Beser
The Plate On the island of Ikitsuki at the southern tip of Japan, a certain cut of meat is served up raw or cooked into a variety of dishes, just as it has been for centuries. Rich in iron, fat, and protein,
Better-looking students get better grades — but not in online classes
The Washington Post
By Susan Svrluga Susan Svrluga Reporter covering higher education for the Grade Point blog Email Bio Follow Two economists knew that appearance matters: Studies had shown all sorts of benefits linked attractiveness,
Sinaloa
Timeline of El Chapo's Major Escapes and Captures
TIME - By Tessa Berenson
Drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has been recaptured seven months after he escaped from prison, Mexican authorities announced Friday. But this …
Acquainted
How the Mexican Drug Trade First Began
TIME - By Ioan Grillo
Growing up with drug prohibition, it is easy to think of it as an age-old ban, such as the outlawing of robbery or murder. It seems almost like a law …
Diets
Experts Say Lobbying Skewed the U.S. Dietary Guidelines
TIME - By Markham Heid
On Thursday, the government released the 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. From school lunch menus and public nutrition programs to food labels …
E.coli
Chipotle Slapped With Lawsuit Over E.Coli Outbreak
TIME - By Charlotte Alter
Mexican fast food chain Chipotle was sued Friday for allegedly failing to disclose flawed quality controls to investors, after an outbreak of E.coli …
Trepanation: The History of One of the World's Oldest Surgeries
mentalfloss.com - BY Kirstin Fawcett
During the 1860s, a United States diplomat named E.G. Squier traveled to Cuzco, Peru. While visiting the home of a wealthy woman who collected …
11 Fun Mnemonics to Help Remember Anything
mentalfloss.com
Whether you can recall the name of everyone you have ever met or you just lost your keys for the fifth time this week, using mnemonics can help keep …
When Poachers Kill Their Mothers, Elephant Daughters Hold Social Networks Together
mentalfloss.com - BY Matt Soniak
In elephant families, it’s the matriarchs who call the shots. They decide where a group goes, where it eats and when. They’re also the glue that …
El Niño
Why We’ll Keep Having Weird Weather in 2016
TIME - By Justin Worland
A North Pole with 40°F (4°C) temperatures, extreme flooding across the globe and record storms all contributed to making 2015 a year of weird weather. …
Concealed Carry
New Year's Day Brings New Laws Across U.S.
TIME - By Eliana Dockterman
Scores of new laws went into effect Friday, the first day of the new year. Many of them are firsts for the nation, including a raised legal smoking …
Science Shows Fish Feel Pain, So Let's Get Over It and Do Something to Help These Sentient Beings
HuffPost - Marc Bekoff
A set of essays in the new journal Animal Sentience concerning the question of whether fish feel pain is a must read. Fish are not mere streams of readily available unfeeling protein. There are many fascinating
Endangered Species
See What Happened to the Animals on the Original Endangered Species List
TIME - Lily Rothman
Indiana Bat, Myotis sodalis.Status: Endangered. Timothy D. Easley—AP Photo 1 of 13 When the Endangered Species Act was approved on this day, Dec. 28, in …
Justin Timberlake
How Food-Obsessed Millennials Shape the Future of Food
National Geographic - Rachel A. Becker
The Plate Are millennials obsessed with food? Millennial author Eve Turow Paul certainly thinks so. “We are the first young generation ever to spend our discretionary income on food,” she says. “And it
@stevewinterphoto on #assignment for @natgeo A leopard in a tree getting ready to jump down after feeding on the antelope
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The Seven Most
National Geographic
Changing Planet In case you missed them, South Africa’s famous “flying” sharks, Texas floods that washed “river monsters” onto the land, a video that caught a chameleon changing color, and a “sharkano”
Stratio’s LinkSquare can scan your food or drugs to test their authenticity
VentureBeat - Dean Takahashi
How do you really know that the food or medicine you’re about to ingest is what the package label says it is? With the LinkSquare from Stratio, you can actually run a test to get confirmation. Stratio
14 Funky Facts About Feet
mentalfloss.com - BY Autumn Spanne
The foot is one of the most overworked, under-appreciated parts of the human body. Think about it: In a single day, the average person takes 8000 to …
Self-Acceptance
A Quick Self-Assessment of Well-Being
psychologytoday.com - Gregg Henriques Ph.D.
In a related blog on college student mental health, I make the point that we need awareness about our well-being. Here I offer a quick screen for …
Maintaining Mental Health in College: A Conversation
psychologytoday.com - Gregg Henriques Ph.D.
This blog continues the conversation I had Mike Veny, a leading mental health lecturer who is working to reduce the stigma associated with mental …
5 Eco-Friendly Ways to Dispose of Your Christmas Tree
mentalfloss.com - BY D.J. MacLennan
What’s the environmentally safest way to dispose of your Christmas tree? It’s hard to say. Grown, managed, transported, and recycled efficiently, a …
Scientists Discover a New Part of the Human Body
mentalfloss.com - BY Jordan Rosenfeld
When you woke up this morning, you did so with an entirely new body part—at least in the eyes of science. You can’t see it or touch it, but it will …
Natural Gas
A terrible environmental disaster is unfolding in Los Angeles — and it's practically invisible
Business Insider - Julia Calderone
What's worse, workers are not even close to stopping the flow. The leak sprung from a Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) natural gas storage facility in Aliso Canyon, and it has been gushing methane
You don’t have to be vegetarian to think twice about processed meat. At least eating fish is good for you
The Guardian - Alice Roberts
The World Health Organisation found there was enough evidence to say that salted, cured, fermented or smoked meats were indeed carcinogenic Christmas is the time of the year when I struggle most with a
Paris Attacks
Slain Police Dog Diesel to Be Awarded For Bravery After Paris Attacks
TIME - By Melissa Chan
A French police dog named Diesel who died a hero as he led a counter-terror operation after the Paris attacks will be posthumously honored for his …
Selling
The U.S. Is Still No.1 at Selling Arms to the World
TIME - By Denver Nicks
The United States remains the world’s preeminent exporter of arms, with more than 50 percent of the global weaponry market controlled by the United …
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National Geographic
Of Molluscs (excerpt) You who have held yourselves closed hard Against warm sun and wind, shelled up in fears And hostile
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Here's What Makes This Accusation Against Bill Cosby Different From Others

Earliest Cat Domesticated in China Was the Leopard Cat, Scientists Say

Why Whaling Persists in Japan, Despite International Pressure

Better-looking students get better grades — but not in online classes

Timeline of El Chapo's Major Escapes and Captures

How the Mexican Drug Trade First Began

Experts Say Lobbying Skewed the U.S. Dietary Guidelines

Chipotle Slapped With Lawsuit Over E.Coli Outbreak

Trepanation: The History of One of the World's Oldest Surgeries

11 Fun Mnemonics to Help Remember Anything

When Poachers Kill Their Mothers, Elephant Daughters Hold Social Networks Together

Why We’ll Keep Having Weird Weather in 2016

New Year's Day Brings New Laws Across U.S.

Science Shows Fish Feel Pain, So Let's Get Over It and Do Something to Help These Sentient Beings

See What Happened to the Animals on the Original Endangered Species List

How Food-Obsessed Millennials Shape the Future of Food

@stevewinterphoto on #assignment for @natgeo A leopard in a tree getting ready to jump down after feeding on the antelope

The Seven Most

Stratio’s LinkSquare can scan your food or drugs to test their authenticity

14 Funky Facts About Feet

A Quick Self-Assessment of Well-Being

Maintaining Mental Health in College: A Conversation

5 Eco-Friendly Ways to Dispose of Your Christmas Tree

Scientists Discover a New Part of the Human Body

A terrible environmental disaster is unfolding in Los Angeles — and it's practically invisible

You don’t have to be vegetarian to think twice about processed meat. At least eating fish is good for you

Slain Police Dog Diesel to Be Awarded For Bravery After Paris Attacks

The U.S. Is Still No.1 at Selling Arms to the World

See the Best of Travel 365

Of Molluscs (excerpt) You who have held yourselves closed hard Against warm sun and wind, shelled up in fears And hostile