January Was Record Warm, And That’s Bad News For Marine Life

Ocean temperatures are soaring. That is bad news for many forms of marine life, including rock lobsters, according to recent studies.

Marooned Among the Polar Bears

Russian pilot Sergey Ananov attempted to set a world record last summer by flying around the world solo in his 800-pound R-22 helicopter. He almost did it, too, but just 3,000 miles from home, his craft failed and dropped him into the sea between Greenland and Nunavut. With the sinking helicopter went his communication devices and most of his survival equipment. All he had was a life raft and his soaking-wet survival suit.

Sergey Ananov is trapped on a slab of ice in the Arctic Circle. He has no locator beacon, no phone, and barely any water. The fog will hide him from any rescuers. Night will come. Hypothermia will come. And whatever large, powerful creatures that scratch out their existence in this primordial world—maybe they will come too.
His eyes wander past the ice and over the roiling open waters of Davis Strait. He is alone, and with each minute that passes he will drift farther from the spot where the helicopter went down, lessening the chance he will ever be found.

Those who were tracking Ananov’s flight knew he went down, but finding someone in the Arctic waters would not be easy, especially at night. He was found almost immediately -by a polar bear. The story of Sergey Ananov’s survival is supposed to be a “long read,” but once you start, you won’t be able to stop and it won’t seem long at all. Read the entire account at Popular Mechanics

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1516		The Hapsburg Charles I succeeds Ferdinand in Spain.
1540		Spanish explorer Francisco Vasquez de Coronado begins his unsuccessful search for the fabled Seven Cities of Gold in the American Southwest.
1574		The 5th War of Religion breaks out in France.
1615		The Estates-General in Paris is dissolved, having been in session since October 1614.
1778		Baron von Steuben joins the Continental Army at Valley Forge.
1821		Poet John Keats dies of tuberculosis at the age of 25.
1836		The Alamo is besieged by Santa Anna.
1846		The Liberty Bell tolls for the last time, to mark George Washington’s birthday.
1847		Forces led by Zachary Taylor defeat the Mexicans at the Battle of Buena Vista.
1854		Great Britain officially recognizes the independence of the Orange Free State.
1861		Texas becomes the seventh state to secede from the Union.
1885		John Lee survives three attempts to hang him in Exeter Prison, as the trap fails to open.
1898		Writer Emile Zola is imprisoned in France for his letter J’accuse in which he accuses the French government of anti-semitism and the wrongful imprisonment of army captain Alfred Dreyfus.
1901		Britain and Germany agree on a boundary between German East Africa and Nyasaland.
1904		Japan guarantees Korean sovereignty in exchange for military assistance.
1916		Secretary of State Lansing hints that the U.S. may have to abandon the policy of avoiding “entangling foreign alliances”.
1921		An airmail plane sets a record of 33 hours and 20 minutes from San Francisco to New York.
1926		President Calvin Coolidge opposes a large air force, believing it would be a menace to world peace.
1936		In Russia, an unmanned balloon rises to a record height of 25 miles.
1938		Twelve Chinese fighter planes drop bombs on Japan.
1942		A Japanese submarine shells an oil refinery near Santa Barbara, California, the first Axis bombs to hit American soil.
1944		American bombers strike the Marianas Islands bases, only 1,300 miles from Tokyo.
1945		Eisenhower opens a large offensive in the Rhineland.
1945		U.S. Marines plant an American flag atop Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima.
1946		Japanese General Tomoyuki Yamashita is hanged in Manila, the Philippines, for war crimes.
1947		Several hundred Nazi organizers are arrested in Frankfurt by U.S. and British forces.
1950		New York’s Metropolitan Museum exhibits a collection of Hapsburg art. The first showing of this collection in the U.S.
1954		Mass innoculation begins as Salk’s polio vaccine is given to children for first time.
1955		Eight nations meet in Bangkok for the first SEATO council.
1960		Whites join Negro students in a sit-in at a Winston-Salem, N.C. Woolworth store.
1964		The U.S. and Britain recognize the new Zanzibar government.
1967		American troops begin the largest offensive of the war, near the Cambodian border.
1972		Black activist Angela Davis is released from jail where she was held for kidnapping , conspiracy and murder.
1991		French forces unofficially start the Persian Gulf ground war by crossing the Saudi-Iraqi border.

Cook Your Foods to Get the Most Nutrients Out of Them

How to Cook Your Foods to Get the Most Nutrients Out of Them

How The Humble Index Card Foresaw The Internet

Index cards are mostly obsolete nowadays. We use them to create flash cards, write recipes, and occasionally fold them up into cool paper airplanes. But their original purpose was nothing less than organizing and classifying every known animal, plant, and mineral in the world.
Later, index cards formed the backbone of the library system, allowing us to index vast sums of information and inadvertently creating many of the underlying ideas that allowed the Internet to flourish.

Half the world to be short-sighted by 2050

Half the world to be short-sighted by 2050

Half the world’s population (nearly 5 billion) will be short-sighted (myopic) by 2050, with up to one-fifth of them (1 billion) at a significantly increased risk of blindness if current trends continue, says a study published in the journal Ophthalmology. The...

The World's Most Corrupt Countries

Test Tube News: The World's Most Corrupt Countries

From politicians to police officers, corruption has plagued countries around the world. Which nations top a new list of the most corrupt countries?

How America's Superrich Are Draining the Poor of a Longer Life Span

How America's Superrich Are Draining the Poor of a Longer Life Span

Iowa mom buys semiautomatic rifle for teen son — and his friend is accidentally killed by it the next day

Iowa mom buys semiautomatic rifle for teen son — and his friend is accidentally killed by it the next day

Police said 14-year-old Emma Redlinger was fatally shot in the head Feb. 28, 2015, while some teenagers handled a semiautomatic rifle at a friend’s house in Vinton.

Shotgun-wielding man threatens to kill girlfriend after becoming jealous of breastfeeding infant

Shotgun-wielding man threatens to kill girlfriend after becoming jealous of breastfeeding infant

Nicholas George Lehmeier, 28, of Cold Spring was arrested after the woman reported years of domestic and physical abuse. The couple’s other children had already been removed from the home and Lehmeier criminally charged for abusing them.

Kansas Supreme Court Orders Lawmakers To Fix School Funding That’s Biased Against Poor Districts

Kansas' highest court is ordering lawmakers to work on making school funding equitable.

Obama FINALLY Eliminates Funding For Abstinence-Only Sex Ed

Obama FINALLY Eliminates Funding For Abstinence-Only Sex Ed

This decision will save teen lives, while at the same time saving taxpayers billions of dollars.

First-of-its-kind domestic violence shelter for all-male victims opens in Arkansas

First-of-its-kind domestic violence shelter for all-male victims opens in Arkansas

The Taylor House Domestic Violence Shelter for Men could be the first registered, stand-alone shelter for men in the country, said Patty Duncan, executive director of the non-profit Family Violence Prevention.

Couple both arrested for battery after dispute over using bathroom amenities

Lasaro Burnias said the problems began when his girlfriend was in the shower, and he needed to go to the toilet. Burnias, 32, said his girlfriend, Lorrie Ramos, also 32, wouldn’t open the door to let him in. What happened next during the domestic discord at their home in Fort Pierce, Florida, landed them both in jail. Burnias told St. Lucie County Sheriff’s investigators that after Ramos wouldn’t open the door, he “jiggled” it and it came off the hinges. He said Ramos got mad at him for busting the door and punched him in the face. Burnias also said she punched him in the throat after they walked in the bedroom.
Ramos, meanwhile, told deputies she was in the shower, and Burnias broke down the door because he had to go to the toilet. She “freaked out” and started yelling at him. “She got out of the shower, pushed the door that Lasaro was still holding and accidentally made contact with Lasaro’s face,” the affidavit states.
Ramos said she walked in the bedroom, and after a few minutes wanted to leave. Burnias was in the way, and she pushed him and walked by. Ramos said she started to gather Burnias’s items to throw out. She said Burnias slammed her on the bed to prevent that. Ramos and Burnias were both arrested, each on a battery charge. The affidavit didn’t state whether Burnias was eventually able to use the toilet.

Easter Island not destroyed by war ...

Easter Island not destroyed by war, analysis of ‘spear points’ shows

Analysis of artifacts found on the shores of Rapa Nui, Chile (Easter Island) originally thought to be used as spear points reveal that these objects were likely general purpose tools instead, providing evidence contrary to the widely held belief that the ancient...

10 fascinating drugs that our ancient ancestors used to get high

Here are 10 fascinating drugs that our ancient ancestors used to get high

Neanderthal-Human Sex Happened Earlier

Neanderthal-Human Sex Happened Earlier

A Neanderthal woman from Siberia with human DNA may suggest we should no longer consider Neanderthals separate from the human race.

Scientists discover bird blood cell which destroys fatal fungal infection

Scientists discover bird blood cell which destroys fatal fungal infection

Scientists have discovered that a specialized white blood cell found in birds can destroy a potentially fatal fungal infection which affects more than one million people every year. Cryptococcus neoformans is a fungus that causes fatal infections in those with a...

Coral Herpes

Bleached Corals May Have Herpes

Viruses may play a role in coral bleaching events, a new study finds.

Arachnid News

Eight New Spiders Grab (Don't Bite) Humans

A batch of new spiders that grab their victims, including threatening humans, have just been found in Brazil.

Why Spiders Can Climb Walls and We Can't

Spiderman, spiderman, does whatever a spider can. Right? But what works for spidey doesn't work for us. How come we can't climb walls while animals such as geckos and spiders seem to stick to them like glue?

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1349		Jews are expelled from Zurich, Switzerland.
1613		Mikhail Romanov is elected czar of Russia.
1732		George Washington was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia.
1797		The last invasion of Britain takes place when some 1,400 Frenchmen land at Fishguard in Wales.
1819		Spain signs a treaty with the United States ceding eastern Florida.
1825		Russia and Britain establish the Alaska/Canada boundary.
1862		Jefferson Davis is inaugurated president of the Confederacy in Richmond, Va. for the second time.
1864		Nathan Bedford Forrest‘s brother, Jeffrey, is killed at Okolona, Mississippi.
1865		Federal troops capture Wilmington, N.C.
1879		Frank Winfield Woolworth’s ‘nothing over five cents’ shop opens at Utica, New York. It is the first chain store.
1902		A fistfight breaks out in the Senate. Senator Benjamin Tillman suffers a bloody nose for accusing Senator John McLaurin of bias on the Philippine tariff issue.
1909		The Great White Fleet returns to Norfolk, Virginia, from an around-the-world show of naval power.
1911		Canadian Parliament votes to preserve the union with the British Empire.
1920		The American Relief Administration appeals to the public to pressure Congress to aid starving European cities.
1924		Columbia University declares radio education a success.
1926		Pope Pius rejects Mussolini‘s offer of aid to the Vatican.
1932		Adolf Hitler is the Nazi Party candidate for the presidential elections in Germany.
1935		All plane flights over the White House are barred because they are disturbing President Roosevelt‘s sleep.
1942		President Franklin Roosevelt orders Gen. Douglas MacArthur to leave the Philippines.
1951		The Atomic Energy Commission discloses information about the first atom-powered airplane.
1952		French forces evacuate Hoa Binh in Indochina.
1954		U.S. is to install 60 Thor nuclear missiles in Britain.
1962		A Soviet bid for new Geneva arms talks is turned down by the U.S.
1963		Moscow warns the U.S. that an attack on Cuba would mean war.
1967		Operation Junction City becomes the largest U.S. operation in Vietnam.
1984		Britain and the U.S. send warships to the Persian Gulf following an Iranian offensive against Iraq.

Today's Recipe

Smoked Paprika Open-Faced Egg Salad Sandwich

You won’t be able to put down this protein-packed sandwich

What you’ll need:
4 hard-boiled eggs, chopped
1/4 cup Greek yogurt
2 strong shakes smoked paprika
1 Tbsp garlic, minced
1/2 whole-wheat hamburger bun, toasted
1 leaf romaine lettuce
How to make it:
In a medium bowl, stir together the eggs, yogurt, smoked paprika, and garlic. Season to taste with sea salt and pepper. Put the lettuce leaf atop the burger bun and scoop the egg salad atop. Makes 1 serving.
Nutrition information per serving: 438 calories, 34g protein, 26g carbs (3g fiber), 22g fa

6 Powders with Serious Superfood Benefits

6 Powders with Serious Superfood Benefits

They go way beyond whey.

No, "Organic" Snacks Are No Healthier for You

Organic snacks aren't automatically better for you. They may even be less healthy. Here's how to know

The Emotional Toll Caregiving Takes On A Person

A new study published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine sadly supports the saying that no good deed goes unpunished, not even for the devoted family of an elderly relative.

Brain Damage and Dreams

Sugar may be as damaging to the brain as extreme stress or abuse

Check out these 9 amazing facts about the science of dreaming

How Lawmakers Use Satirical Bills To Troll Anti-Abortion Legislation

From banning masturbation to forcing gun owners to be educated on non-violent alternatives.

Getting Rid Of The $100 Bill Could Reduce International Crime

How Getting Rid Of The $100 Bill Could Reduce International Crime

Violent extremism in the US hasn’t been this bad since 1968

Violent extremism in the US hasn’t been this bad since 1968 — and wingnut elected officials are to blame

Rapid demographic and economic changes have spurred a dramatic uptick in the number of hate groups operating in the U.S. and left the nation “awash in deadly extremist violence and hateful rhetoric from mainstream political figures.”

Wisconsin Muslims Plan RFRA Lawsuit Against Employer

Wisconsin may have a handful of unintended consequences on their hands.

City Offers Free Showers And Private Bathrooms To The Homeless

Santa Rosa is rolling out a mobile trailer equipped with hot showers that will also connect the homeless with services.

The Majority of People Don't Actually Believe the Gender Wage Gap Exists

The Majority of People Don't Actually Believe the Gender Wage Gap Exists

Despite a lot of evidence to the contrary..

In Exchange For Cutting Benefits, This Bankrupt Coal Company Agreed To Pay Executives Millions

Alpha Natural Resources is one of the four largest coal companies in the U.S. and filed for bankruptcy last year.

A Federal Reserve President Said Something That Will TERRIFY ‘Too Big To Fail’ Banks

A Federal Reserve President Said Something That Will TERRIFY ‘Too Big To Fail’ Banks

The era of “too big to fail” might actually be coming to an end. Not because of legislators railing against it constantly, or because of economic...

Archaeologists discover 7,000-year-old settlement

Israeli archaeologists said Wednesday they have unearthed a 7,000-year-old settlement in northern Jerusalem, describing it as the oldest discovery of its kind in the area.
Israel's Antiquities Authority said the excavation exposed two houses with well-preserved remains and floors containing pottery vessels, flint tools and a basalt bowl.

Ronit Lupu, the authority's director of excavations, said the items are representative of the early Chalcolithic period, beginning around 5,000 B.C. Similar developments have been found elsewhere in present-day Israel but not in Jerusalem.

"This is the first time we found architecture of this kind in Jerusalem itself," she said. "We are talking about an established society, very well organized, with settlement, with cemeteries."

During the Chalcolithic period, people began to use tools made from copper, while continuing to use stone tools as well.

The site was discovered while authorities were doing roadwork in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Shuafat.

It remains unclear how large the development was. The excavation covered an area of just 50 square meters (about 500 square feet), and there were no immediate plans to expand the work, Lupu said.

Buried Upright

Remains Found of 7,000-Year-Old Man Buried Upright

The young man was buried in a vertical pit in a 8,500-year-old cemetery, one of the oldest ever found in Europe.

Paleontology News

1.1-Million-Year-Old Stegodon Tusk Unearthed in Pakistan

The find may shed new light on the evolutionary journey of the distant cousin of modern elephants.

Trilobites Were Savvy Worm Killers

The creatures hunted down their prey and used their many legs to wrestle them into submission, newly discovered fossils suggest

Big-Brained Mammals at Greatest Risk of Extinction

Big-Brained Mammals at Greatest Risk of Extinction

A big brain can be a liability instead of an asset for many mammals, finds new research that identifies a reversal of a 40-million-year-old trend.

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1595		The jesuit poet Robert Southwell is hanged for “treason,” being a catholic.
1631		Michael Romanov, son of the Patriarch of Moscow, is elected Russian Tsar.
1744		The British blockade of Toulon is broken by 27 French and Spanish warships attacking 29 British ships.
1775		As troubles with Great Britain increase, colonists in Massachusetts vote to buy military equipment for 15,000 men.
1797		Trinidad, West Indies surrenders to the British.
1828		The first issue of the Cherokee Phoenix is printed, both in English and in the newly invented Cherokee alphabet.
1849		In the Second Sikh War, Sir Hugh Gough’s well placed guns win a victory over a Sikh force twice the size of his at Gujerat on the Chenab River, assuring British control of the Punjab for years to come.
1862		The Texas Rangers win a Confederate victory in the Battle of Val Verde, New Mexico.
1878		The world’s first telephone book is issued by the New Haven Connecticut Telephone Company containing the names of its 50 subscribers.
1885		The Washington Monument is dedicated in Washington, D.C.
1905		The Mukden campaign of the Russo-Japanese War, begins.
1916		The Battle of Verdun begins with an unprecedented German artillery barrage of the French lines.
1940		The Germans begin construction of a concentration camp at Auschwitz.
1944		Hideki Tojo becomes chief of staff of the Japanese army.
1949		Nicaragua and Costa Rica sign a friendship treaty ending hostilities over their borders.
1951		The U. S. Eighth Army launches Operation Killer, a counterattack to push Chinese forces north of the Han River in Korea.
1956		A grand jury in Montgomery, Alabama indicts 115 in a Negro bus boycott.
1960		Havana places all Cuban industry under direct control of the government.
1965		El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (Malcom X) is assassinated in front of 400 people.
1972		Richard Nixon arrives in Beijing, China, becoming the first U.S. president to visit a country not diplomatically recognized by the U.S.
1974		A report claims that the use of defoliants by the U.S. has scarred Vietnam for a century.

Town seeks hairdresser after years without one

It's a situation that people in Norman Wells, in the Northwest Territories, Canada, call "desperate." It's threatening relationships, creating messes and, worst of all, it's making for some really bad haircuts. The town hasn't had a permanent hairdresser in years. "Whenever I get out of town, that's like the first thing, 'Oh my! I'm going to get my hair done!'" laughs Nicky Richards, the economic development officer for the town of about 800 people. It's a unique, small-town problem, something people in Norman Wells say they took for granted when they had a permanent hairstylist. Richards says she's going public with their plight, in hopes of attracting the right person, and improving local 'dos.

"We have a couple of shaggy people around here for sure," she says. "I cut my boss's hair all the time. We had a friend that lived out in the bush that every time he'd come in I'd cut his hair. I cut my husband's hair. But I mean, it's just with the clippers, I'm not a hairdresser, so everybody's got the same kind of buzzed haircut!" According to Richards, most people wait months to deal with their shaggy manes when they travel south. Otherwise, they're doing it themselves, or handing the scissors to trusted friends. "Especially women, they turn to trying to dye their own hair with the box dyes," Richards says, "which is usually a mess and nobody ever wants to do that. "Everybody likes to go to their hairdresser and get their hair done," she says.
Syrah Ball, who works for the Town of Norman Wells, says she's thankful she can trim her own long locks without too much risk. "I know a lot of the guys in town have tried their own clippers on their hair. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't," Ball laughs. "I've tried to do it for them sometimes too, but I don't feel comfortable," she says. "I don't want to be responsible for that if it turns out bad." Ryan Spurrell is one such friend. Ball watched him take matters into his own hands last spring. "I was in desperate need of a haircut," Spurrell laughs. "So we just did it in Syrah's front yard there, down by the parking lot, with a pair of sheep shears and some scissors." But not having a regular hairdresser doesn't seem to faze him as much as the others. "It was fine by me, I really didn't care."
Richards says the town has a spot that a hairdresser could walk right into, at the Yamouri Inn, complete with a chair, mirror and sink. The coiffure would just have to pay a reasonable monthly rent. "I know that the hairdressers that were here before, on a long-term basis, were always busy," Richards says, because they also service the surrounding communities of Colville Lake, Fort Good Hope, Deline and Tulita. "When anybody from the whole region needs their hair cut, they come here," she says. Richards has been spreading the word and encouraging other townspeople to do the same. "Whoever's doing my hair [down South], I'm like 'gee you should come to Norman Wells,'" she laughs. Richards says it would be a great opportunity for someone to come for a year or two, but until then, she'll have to wait until her next trip south to get her hair done. "I'm going to have six months worth of roots that needs to be done!"