Finding your soul mate is basically finding that one person (arguably one of several) who has the right traits – traits that are relevant to you as an individual. In other words: You have to find a person whom you can put up with and who, more importantly, can put up with you. Plus all that lovey-dovey stuff, of course. If love isn’t much more than the way that you […]
f you missed the Blood Moon last night, don’t worry. The rest of the world stayed awake to capture all of the pictures you’ll ever need to see. According to Live Science, last night marked the first of four lunar eclipses that will happen over the next 18 months. During a lunar eclipse, Earth’s shadow blocks out the Sun’s beaming rays of light, which makes the moon look… well, spooky. The […]
If you think your time is running out and life is moving faster than you can keep up with, you’re not delusional, you’re perceptive. Time is moving faster and you are starting to lose the race. Before you realize it, you will wake up and be 30, looking back on things you wish you had accomplished, or at least attempted, in your twenties, when the world seemed a little less […]
A video of a mysterious black ring in the sky over Leamington Spa left people scratching their heads, and prompted a wave of speculation, writes Tom de Castella. The ring was reportedly captured by a 16-year-old schoolgirl with her smartphone after she played tennis with her mother. The ring – which appeared to be close to Warwick Castle – remained in the sky for around three minutes before vanishing, it […]
For a brief moment early Tuesday, eyeballs turned upward to the moon, not downward on electronic devices.Crowds worldwide stepped outside in the wee hours to catch a glimpse of the coppery red moon as it crossed the Earth’s shadow.The spectacular blood moon will grace the skies in different phases between 2 a.m. ET and 4:30 a.m. ET. Live streaming video by UstreamIn Los Angeles, the chance to view the total […]
“Oh, my goodness, you could grow potatoes in those ears — wash them again!” It’s an old saying, but one some parents are sure to admonish their children with at bath time, repeating what they heard as kids from their own parents once upon a time. And many of those adults still adhere to the notion that the only clean ear is an ear devoid of wax. But doctors say wax […]
Powerful people, intelligent people, wise people, the most grounded people, all do one thing that most others don’t: They talk to themselves. They’re not crazy. In fact, they’re quite the opposite. Powerful individuals understand that nothing in their lives, themselves included, is stable continuously forever. Things change. People change. The only way to stay atop of it all is to constantly talk to yourself, constantly ask yourself questions to understand […]
Life is a series of calculated risks – nothing more. Everything that you decide to do has a margin of risk. No outcome is ever 100 percent certain and, therefore, any attempt at anything has a chance of complete failure. We risk everything, every day of our lives without knowing it. There is always a chance that walking outside will kill us. There’s a chance that we’ll never make it […]
For the next six months, Martin Kastner will be climbing trees on the remote Indian Ocean island of Mauritius. He’ll net birds and collect eggs and perhaps track a rare reptile or two. It’s all part of a diploma program in species recovery, and there are few better places to do it than Mauritius. Once home to the extinct dodo bird the island still has one of the most diverse […]
How Walnuts Can Boost Fertility and 17 Other Healthy Reasons Walnut is an edible kernel of the fruit from trees belonging to Juglandaceae family, in the genus: Juglan. Apart from walnuts, this tree nut family includes Brazil nuts, cashews, hazelnuts (filberts), macadamia nuts, pecans, pine nuts, and pistachios. Black and white walnuts are native to North America, specifically the Central Mississippi Valley and Appalachian area. They played an important role […]
