Goats like it best when you smile, new research shows
BY LAURA BYAGER From Mashable You should be happy when you meet a hoofed friend. Especially if that friend is a goat. Because, it turns out, goats can read human moods and are more drawn to people who look happy….
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Daydreaming might actually be a good thing — here’s why
By Krista Gray, INSIDER From Business Insider Daydreaming is actually a sign of brain efficiency. Daydreaming offers mental health benefits, such as increased creativity. Maladaptive Daydreaming is a known condition with intense daydreams that can overpower reality. Do you ever…
Knives from weird objects
You need to watch this guy make sharp knives out of weird objects BY XAVIER PIEDRA From Mashable It can be argued that if something has the ability to cut through objects, it can technically be considered a knife. So…
Bizarre invention
Steven M. Johnson’s Bizarre Invention #187: Foot-Based Steering for Cars From Core 77 By Steven Johnson Sideline business as cartoonist specializing in quirky invention ideas since 1966. Author of 8 books: What the World Needs Now; Public Therapy Buses (two…
One woman living-home with 7 men, and everybody happy about it
By Dennis Adonis From Guyana Guardian Observation – From her Facebook profile photo, her slightly green eyes seem to dictate that she is from Middle Eastern Europe. But then again, her round face seems to suggest that she is from…
Rogue goat may have helped dozens of farm animals escape
Dozens of goats and sheep brought for slaughter escaped from a New Jersey livestock auction house Wednesday night — and the facility’s manager believes another goat who had bolted to freedom more than a year ago helped them to make…
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A resurrected gene may protect elephants from cancer
BY AIMEE CUNNINGHAM From Science News LIF6 instructs damaged cells to self-destruct before the disease has a chance to take hold Elephants rarely succumb to cancer. That’s surprising given how large the animals grow and how long they can live,…
Employees at a National Weather Service office in Maryland were startled when a random message suddenly blared over the intercom in Chinese
By Bryan Logan From Business Insider Federal officials are trying to figure out how a random Chinese-language message suddenly blared over the intercom at a National Weather Service office in Maryland on Wednesday. Minutes before the voice of a Chinese…
A clever mechanism inside this Japanese mechanical pencil keeps the leads sharp
BY RAIN NOE From Cre77 Here’s another Japanese design that skirts the line between “Good gosh that’s clever” and “Do we really need this?” By utilizing thin, perfectly-cylindrical leads, mechanical pencils obviate the need for sharpening. But if you were…
Juul, the vape
New York Teens Created the Biggest Vape Trend (and Now They’re Over It) By Lauren Levy From The Cut By now you’ve probably heard of the Juul, the vape that looks like something between a USB drive and a pack…
