It’s an indisputable fact that the brain is divided into the left and right hemispheres. What’s not so cut-in-stone is whether or not an individual can be defined as being largely left- or right-brained. Left brain vs Right brain According to a research, The left brain is more orderly, verbal, and analytical than the right…
Popular myth states that the reason schoolchildren have off during the summer is due to 19th century farming practices, and the need for parents to have extra hands around the farm in summer. Unfortunately, while that story certainly fits into America’s hard-working ethos, the truth is a bit more spoiled than all that. To…
Where there’s a new, there’s usually an old. New England, obviously, named for England. New Orleans, named for the French city of Orleans. New York, named for York. Even Novia Scotia is Latin for “New Scotland”. But if there’s a New Zealand, there must be an Old Zealand; where, exactly, is that? New Zealand…
Michael Pineda of the New York Yankees landed in some hot water when he was suspected of using pine tar during a game against the Boston Red Sox. Pineda was ejected during the second inning due to marks on his neck that raised some eyebrows; it came after a considerable amount of public outcry when…
Seal or sea lion: the question has plagued zoo-goers and amateur marine biologists for decades. They sure look similar, and does anyone even really care if you mix them up? Maybe not, but if you want to be able to impress your friends and family, here’s how you can tell the difference between a…
Tornadoes are among the most fearsome and recognizable weather phenomena, ravaging whole communities and homesteads on a yearly basis. They’re no joke, really: in 1925, the infamous Tri-State tornado was responsible for 700 deaths and 15,000 demolished homes in a single night, while 2014 saw the month of April ushering in a total of…
Boston goes by a lot of nicknames, but there’s one that just seems to stick a little better than all the others. We’re talking, of course, about “Beantown”. Boston is the largest city in New England, and one has to wonder if Bostonians don’t somewhat resent their silly-sounding nickname. Where does the name come from,…
Every year, Broadway’s brightest stars come together to celebrate the year’s best productions and the people responsible for making them happen. The annual Tony Awards is the event for Broadway bigwigs and die-hard fans. But who is Tony, anyway? Where do the famous awards get their name? Who are The Tony Awards named after? Tony…
In America, a trip out West isn’t complete unless you take a drive through one of the majestic national parks of Wyoming and Montana, home to bears, wolves, eagles, and buffalo. Or bison. Or both? Aren’t bison and buffalo the same thing? The answer is a rather wishy-washy “yes and no”. It is perfectly reasonable…
When a sinkhole opens up in the middle of a college football field, people tend to take notice. When that sinkhole measures 30 by 50 feet across and 40 feet deep, that’s even more interesting. That’s the size of the sinkhole that opened up at Austin Peay State, and it caused a lot of…
Dolphins are mammals, which means they need oxygen to survive. That’s great for those of us humans who like watching dolphins play at the surface of the water, but it begs the question: do dolphins ever get to sleep? For humans, sleep means losing control over all but the most basic bodily functions; we…
The question of why zebras have stripes has been a zoology mystery for as long as humans have known that zebras exist, or at least since the 1870s. Evolution proponents Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace had some famously different ideas about the evolutionary purpose of stripes on a zebra. They’re pretty unique in the…
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