Why Yelling At Your Dog for Training is a Bad Idea
Yes, you love your dog beyond all reason. But, some days, he can be wholly infuriating. But as much as you want to, a new study says you might want to think before you yell at or physically punish your pet. Last year, research found positive punishment and negative reinforcement, also called aversive training, can negatively...
These Teachers Are All Doing a Great Job Educating Students During This Weird Time
To all the teachers out there: you always do a great job and you’re really doing a great job right now during this worldwide crisis. Since schools are closed for the time being, educators have to get creative about how they’re teaching kids over the Internet. And these teachers all definitely deserve an A+! 1. He’s killing...
Do Blackouts and Blizzards Really Cause Baby Booms?
Stop me if you’ve heard this before: a major snowstorm or blackout blankets a city. Hundreds of thousands of people are told to stay indoors and hunker down for a day or two until things return to normal. Nine months later, newspapers report that local maternity wards are seeing an unusual spike in births, complete...
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What Did People Use Before the Invention of Toilet Paper?
Toilet paper is definitely something I take for granted. It’s been readily available my entire life, and because I live in America, it’s basically the way we’re taught to clean ourselves in the bathroom, and really, why would you question it? But if you stop and thinking about it, obviously, it hasn’t always been the...
This Simple GIF Will Totally Mess With Your Head
If you’re looking for a reminder today that we’re all just sheets of skin that are slaves to the strange organ encased in our skulls, here’s one – this GIF of an optical illusion that’s really just two dots. The GIF has been around since early 2018, when Reddit user do23n posted it, along with...
Speechwriter’s Thread Explains How World Leaders Can Get People to Pitch in Against COVID-19
COVID19 has fueled a pandemic, and this means countries all over the world have to cooperate. Flattening the curve requires as many people to cooperate as possible. That’s why it’s vital that leaders inspire people around them to collaborate for the good of humanity. Speechwriter Simon Lancaster wrote a thread explaining one acronym world leaders...
