Study Finds Your Smartphone Is Making You Dumber, Even When It’s Turned Off
Turn off your phone. Better yet, throw it away! According to one 2017 study, you basically get stupider just by sharing the room with a smartphone, even if it’s not turned on. The idea that smartphones dull your intelligence is not a new one. Many people are cautious about the over-use of screens and what it’s...
Mother Posts Pictures of Her Drug-Addicted Son as a Warning for Others
Drug addiction is nothing to take lightly, but for people who have only seen the versions Hollywood puts out on television and in film, there can be some disconnect from what it is like in real life. Jennifer Salfen-Tracy has been forced to learn firsthand how addiction wrecks the people we love – her son,...
Italy Will Require That Children Learn About Climate Change in School Starting in 2020
This seems like common sense, doesn’t it? But as they say, common sense isn’t very common. It looks like Italy is taking a big step in the fight against global warming and climate change, and for that, we should be thankful…and we should hope that this kind of curriculum spreads across the globe. Lorenzo Fioramonti...
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Michael Jordan Opens a Clinic for Patients with Little or No Health Insurance in North Carolina
Michael Jordan is arguably the greatest basketball player of all time, and while he still remains in the game as owner of the Charlotte Hornets, he has also shifted his focus to helping out the needy in North Carolina. Jordan recently opened the first of two clinics that he funded in Charlotte. The Novant Health...
Amazing Reviews of Different Ant Emojis, from a Trained Entomologist
Emojis are obviously all the rage (even though, if you ask me, the jury is still out on the whole memoji thing), but have you ever stopped to wonder how correct the little figures of insects, plants, and animals really are? And I mean really correct, not just recognizable. I bet you haven’t, but entomologist...
If the Sun Is So Hot, Then Why Is Space So Cold?
Our solar system is pretty extreme as far as temperatures are concerned. At its core, our sun registers at around 27-million degrees Fahrenheit, but its surface is no slouch temperature-wise either: it’s clocks in at about 10,000 degrees. So is it kind of weird that in outer space, away from the sun and the mild...
