Do you frequently find yourself in a late-afternoon funk? You’re in good company: It’s a worldwide phenomenon, and Twitter proves it, researchers say. Despite different cultures, “we found a very similar pattern in India, Africa, Europe, the UK, Canada, North America, Australia,” says a sociology professor. Over the course of…
Continue reading …The cat is named Frank and Louie. Yep, Frank and Louie. That’s because it was born with two faces, mouths, and noses (but just three eyes, the middle of which can’t blink). And he almost didn’t make it. Marty Stevens rescued the cat from being euthanized, and 12 years later…
Continue reading …Fuming at Pakistan over its alleged role in the assassination of a former Afghan president , Kabul is abandoning a trilateral attempt at peace in the region. A meeting between US, Afghan, and Pakistani officials had been scheduled for Oct. 8, with the three intending to work toward bringing the Taliban…
Continue reading …You can sleep easy tonight. Or easy-ish. NASA today announced that it has identified more than 90% of the giant asteroids out there that could threaten Earth (think dinosaur-killing size). “We know now where most of them are and where most of them are going. That really has reduced our…
Continue reading …One for the “what was he thinking?” file: A school committee chairman in Abington, Massachusetts, has apologized for kicking off Tuesday’s meeting with a magic trick, in which he seemingly removed a woman’s bra. “My intention was to begin a purposeful school committee business meeting in a way which was…
Continue reading …And handful of workers at Boeing’s Ridley Park plant were apparently doing more than building military aircraft: The FBI today arrested 36 current and former employees, along with a 37th individual, who were allegedly involved in illegally distributing prescription drugs. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that the arrests follow a four-year…
Continue reading …All that hippie stuff about opening your mind may have some truth to it. Scientists have found that psilocybin, the drug in “magic mushrooms,” can improve one aspect of a subject’s personality: her “openness.” In a trial, nearly 60% of subjects who were given one dose of psilocybin saw a…
Continue reading …The cantaloupe-borne listeria outbreak has now spread to 18 states, and it’ll probably get worse before it gets better, health officials tell the LA Times . While the official death toll is still at 13, that’s expected to rise as more testing is done on suspected listeria victims, and as more…
Continue reading …Puppy lovers, rejoice. Officials in eastern China last week canceled the Jinhua Hutou Dog Meat Festival. If that name makes you a little queasy—well, there’s good reason for that. The 600-year-old tradition saw at least 5,000 of dogs slaughtered on the spot, and served up as the main…
Continue reading …Today’s testimony in the Conrad Murray trial doesn’t exactly speak to his skills as a doctor. One of Michael Jackson’s security guards said that when he entered the singer’s room, he saw Murray performing a shoddy version of CPR—using only one hand, intermittently, reports the Los Angeles Times . Murray…
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