News Mash-up: Social Media Posted August 31, 2021 Facebook to launch Clubhouse-style rooms Facebook Inc. CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on April 19 the company planned to launch…
Dog ejected from car found herding sheep Posted August 30, 2021 A pet dog who vanished for two days after being ejected from a vehicle during an accident has been found apparently doing the job it was …
A rediscovered forgotten species brews promise for coffee’s future Part 2 Posted August 29, 2021 Continued from Part 1… “For the longer term, stenophylla provides us with an important resource for breeding a new generation of climate-resilient coffee crop plants,…
A rediscovered forgotten species brews promise for coffee’s future Part 1 Posted August 28, 2021 In dense tropical forests in Sierra Leone, scientists have rediscovered a coffee species not seen in the wild in decades — a plant they say may help secure the future of a valuabl…
Town accidentally sells municipal water tower Posted August 27, 2021 A small town in Florida accidentally sold its water tower in a blundered real estate transaction. A businessman purchased a municipal building…
Death toll hits 11 in Florida condo collapse as rescue teams search through rubble Posted August 26, 2021 Search-and-rescue teams pulled two more sets of remains from the concrete-and-steel rubble of a partially collapsed Florida condominium tower Jun…
Successful children’s authors Posted August 25, 2021 Last month, Eric Carle, the beloved children’s book writer and illustrator, died. His most famous book, The Very Hungry Caterpillar — about a caterpillar…
UK: Bristol debates fate of toppled bronze statue of 17th-century slave trader Posted August 24, 2021 The bronze statue of Edward Colston stood in the center of the English port city of Bristol for more than 120 years. But last year it was toppled as part of a …
French restaurant serves up food of the future Posted August 23, 2021 Laurent Veyet’s tasting menu is not for the fainthearted, but may point to the future of feeding a booming world population. The menu includes a prawn salad with …
Views & Visions: Back to the office (again) Part 2 Posted August 22, 2021 Continued from Part 1… I did a casual poll of my friends and most of them have begun to return to the workplace during alternate wee…