Pay As You Go At The Long Table in Gloucestershire, England, diners sit communally and enjoy menu items like dal with honey-glazed carrots, bread and butter pudding, and lasagna. All ingredients are sourced with the goal of minimizing waste, and when it’s time to take...
Working With Your Hands Activities like writing, gardening and knitting can improve your cognition and mood. Tapping, typing and scrolling? Less so. The human hand is a marvel of nature. No other creature on Earth, not even our closest primate relatives, has hands...
Solar Eclipse Eclipse overview On Monday, April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will pass over the United States, Mexico, and Canada. It will be the first total solar eclipse to move across the continent since 2017. It will be the world’s longest land-based solar...
The Simple Things in Life Choosing to live with less can be a great way to appreciate the simple things in life. When we’re not bogged down by excess possessions, we have more time and energy to focus on the things that matter most to us. This might mean spending more...
The History of April Fools An ancient Roman festival and a fish? The theories behind April Fools’ Day are no joke. April first is pranksters’ paradise: tape over a computer mouse sensor, put food coloring in milk, freeze cereal in the bowl—the ideas for practical...
Building New Coral Reefs As coral reefs around the world face the threats of pollution and warming waters, restoration projects have become a beacon of hope for the essential ecosystems. And new research found that such projects are even more effective than previously...
