by | Feb 24, 2016 | Weirdness
from The New York Post These moms love babies that never throw up or grow up By Gabrielle Stranieri It’s 1 a.m. and the baby’s fussing. Stephanie Ortiz rises from bed, groggy, tired. Royal needs his diaper changed. Methodically, and like a good mom, Ortiz takes off...
by | Feb 23, 2016 | Culture Music Art
from The New York Times Death Valley Is Experiencing a Colorful ‘Superbloom’ By TATIANA SCHLOSSBERG Credit: National Park Service Death Valley, one of the hottest places on Earth, is currently a riot of color: More than 20 different kinds of desert wildflowers are in...
by | Feb 22, 2016 | Mirth
from CityLab A New York Politician Is Using Spiteful Street Names to Get Revenge on Developers by AARIAN MARSHALL (JeremyWhat/Shutterstock.com) Earlier this month, a New York State Supreme Court judge ruled that the Staten Island Borough President James Oddo could go...
by | Feb 21, 2016 | Weirdness
from The San Jose Mercury News 100-foot asteroid to zoom past Earth in two weeks, and ‘it’s gonna be close’ By Paul Rogers In this frame grab made from a video done with a dashboard camera a meteor streaks through the sky over Chelyabinsk, about 1500...
by | Feb 20, 2016 | Literary News
from NPR Italian Author And Philosopher Umberto Eco Dead At 84 by MERRIT KENNEDY Ulf Andersen/Getty Images Internationally acclaimed Italian author and philosopher Umberto Eco has died at age 84. His death was confirmed by his American publisher Houghton Mifflin...
