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Air Pollution Is Clogging Our National Parks, Study Finds

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Our national parks are natural wonderlands — mountains, deserts, forests, beaches, lakes and rivers, grasslands, even glaciers, designated and protected […]

Is Pluto a Planet Again?

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Pluto and astronomers have had a complicated relationship over the last couple of decades. If you went to school between […]

Latinx, Gender Nonconforming, and Other Words That Were Just Added to the Dictionary

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Springtime means baseball for sports fans, flowers and plants for gardeners, and new dictionary words for wordsmiths. Some of the […]

How Many Penguins Are in Existence?

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With all the talk about climate change and how it’s slowly killing wildlife, have you ever wondered how many penguins […]

Don’t Ever Forget to Put a ZIP Code on Your Mail, and This Is Why

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A letter without a ZIP code may not reach its intended destination. That is because of the way addresses are read by automated postal systems.

This Is Why There Are No Wild Elephants in America

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If you live in the United States and you want to see or even interact with elephants, your best bet […]

This Is Why April 15 Is the Last Day to File Your Taxes

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Don’t look now, but Tax Day is just around the corner. The hard, IRS-enforced income-tax return deadline leaves perennial procrastinators […]

House Cats in Los Angeles Are in Serious Danger

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The Humane Society of the United States warns that, while coyotes typically feed on such small mammals as rabbits and […]

Amazon Offers Free Restaurant Delivery So People Can Binge Watch Shows

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Amazon.com has a new promotion. Order in and stream your favorite movies and TV shows all month. It combines two services offered by Amazon Prime.

This Is How Ireland Celebrates St. Patrick’s Day

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Ready to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day like a real Irish person would? Then start your day off by going to […]

Daylight Saving Time? Non, Merci, Say the French

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The French are apparently tired of changing their clocks twice a year. European Union regulations have long required members to observe […]

Why Do We Really Move the Clock Forward?

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When local time on Sunday, March 10, is 2 a.m., the clocks will turn forward one hour to 3 a.m. […]

The Origins of Women’s History Month

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March is Women’s History Month — a time in the United States to remember and celebrate American women’s often unnoticed […]

How the National Anthem Became a National Pastime

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On March 3, 1931, President Herbert Hoover signed a congressional act making “The Star-Spangled Banner” the official national anthem of […]

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