Cartoon – Mistakes Happen
Author: Antarctica Journal
Cartoon – In Gods Kitchen
Benjamin Franklin Quote – Good For Making Excuses
“He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.” – Benjamin Franklin
Read moreRob Brezsny Quote – Be An Enlightened Monarch
“Imagine that the whole world belongs to you. The birch trees in New Hampshire’s White Mountains are yours, and so are the cirrus clouds in the western sky at dusk and the black sand on the beaches of Hawaii’s Big Island. You own everything, my dear sovereign — the paintings in all the museums of the world, as well as […]
Read moreHarriet Tubman Quote – Reach For The Stars
“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.” ― Harriet Tubman
Read moreFish on drugs
Psychiatric medications passing through sewage treatment plants could be dramatically changing the behavior of fish. After researchers discovered low levels of common anti-anxiety drugs called benzodiazepines in perch living downstream from a treatment plant in southern Sweden, they tested the same concentrations of the drug on fish in the lab. They found that the medicine made the fish lose their […]
Read moreOscar Wilde Quote – Be Yourself
“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” – Oscar Wilde
Read moreWinston Churchill Quote – You Have Enemies
“You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.” – Winston Churchill
Read moreSimilarities and differences – COVID-19 and influenza
As the COVID-19 outbreak continues to evolve, comparisons have been drawn to influenza. Both cause respiratory disease, yet there are important differences between the two viruses and how they spread. This has important implications for the public health measures that can be implemented to respond to each virus. How are COVID-19 and influenza viruses similar? Firstly, COVID-19 and influenza […]
Read moreThe world’s No. 1 streaker
Mark Roberts likes nothing more than taking off his clothes in public, said Adam Lee P6tter in The Daily Mail (U.K.). The 48-year-old from Liverpool, England, is the world’s most notorious streaker: He has appeared naked at 519 public events, including the Super Bowl, Miss World, and Wimbledon. “There’s no major venue or event I haven’t done,” he says proudly. […]
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