Blog US Has a Teacher Shortage Surrounded by kindergarteners, Lana Scott held up a card with upper and lower case Ys, dotted with pictures of words that started with that letter: Yo-yo. Yak. Yacht. “What sound does Y make?” Scott asked a boy. Head down, he mumbled: “Yuh.” Instead of moving on, she gave him a nudge. “Say it confident, because […]
Animals 3,500 Year-Old Bear Discovered Scientists dissect 3,500-year-old bear discovered in Siberian permafrost A brown bear that lay almost perfectly preserved in the frozen wilds of eastern Siberia for 3,500 years has undergone a necropsy by a team of scientists after it was discovered by reindeer herders on a desolate island in the Arctic. “This find is absolutely unique: the […]
Animals Asexual Animals Reproduce Without Mates Are you familiar with asexual animals? Asexual animals reproduce without involving sex or traditional fertilization. While this might sound strange, it’s actually quite natural—and even helps many animal species survive in otherwise poor environmental conditions. In fact, many different types of animals reproduce asexually. Here are just a few examples: Sharks While rare, some shark […]
Animals Insects Weigh as Much as People and Farm Animals Combined Israeli scientists finally find the answer to a question that has bugged ecologists for decades. More than a million species of arthropods –cold-blooded creepy-crawlies including all insects — crawl and buzz around us outdoors and indoors, aboveground and underground, in our plumbing systems, in our food and on our bodies. Like them or not, they […]
Animals No More Joy Rides? Bill would ban dogs from sticking heads out of car windows A new Florida bill would make it illegal to let a dog be in a driver’s lap or stick their head out of a window of a moving car. Additionally, Senate Bill 932, filed by state Sen. Lauren Book (D-Broward) and intended to protect […]
Blog Free Subway Rides for the Elderly In South Korea, free subway rides for the elderly become a political headache Every day, 71-year-old Park Gyung-sun delivers flowers, documents and other packages around Seoul – a job popular among senior citizens who are entitled to ride the city’s subways for free. The work, dubbed “silver delivery” in South Korea, earns Park, a former […]
Blog Neiman Marcus to Lay Off About 5% of Workforce Neiman Marcus Group said on Tuesday it would lay off about 5% of its workforce, or around 500 employees, as the luxury department store chain looks to cut costs in a tough economy. The Dallas-based luxury icon, which also owns Bergdorf Goodman, is preparing to distribute pink slips this week to nearly 500 of Neiman’s […]
Blog Ford to Cut 3,800 Jobs in Europe Ford Motor Co. is planning to slash 3,800 jobs in Europe over the next three years to lower costs and boost profits as it continues to shift toward electric vehicles, the auto maker said on Tuesday. The bulk of the job cuts would primarily hit Ford’s European product development staff, reducing the number of Europe-based […]
Blog Man Charged After 200,000 Stolen Creme Eggs A man has been charged with theft after a trailer-load of 200,000 Creme Eggs were stolen from an industrial unit. Joby Pool was arrested in connection with the incident on Saturday which involved an estimated £40,000 worth of confectionery. In a series of tweets, West Mercia Police said the “eggs-travagant theft” unfolded at Stafford Park […]
Blog Inflation Eases Again Inflation eased for a seventh month straight in January, but interest rates will keep rising as the Fed works harder to root stubbornly high prices out of the economy. Data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Tuesday morning showed prices rose 6.4 percent in January compared to the year before. That marked a […]