Our partner Rob Brezsny, who has a new book out, Astrology Is Real: Revelations from My Life as an Oracle, provides his weekly wisdom to enlighten our thinking and motivate our mood. Rob’s Free Will Astrology, is a syndicated weekly column appearing in over a hundred publications. He is also the author of Pronoia Is the […]

Need a late gift idea? A new video game console is flying off the shelves by offering an alternative to parents worried about gaming’s effects on their children. With no in-app purchases, violence, or online interactions, and all available titles accessible immediately through an annual subscription, the Nex Playground […]

The American infestation of so-called ‘murder hornets’ has been cleared and the species eradicated from these shores thanks to an all-hands-on-deck effort. First detected in British Colombia in the summer of 2019, the Asian giant hornet moved down into Washington where they quickly gained a reputation for painful, […]

In early December, a major anti-trafficking operation resulted in the arrest of a suspected pangolin scale broker and the seizure of over 2 metric tons of pangolin scales. Representing approximately 1,100 pangolins, the seizure is a significant blow to transnational wildlife trafficking networks operating in Nigeria, where […]

In one of the more fascinating pieces of Christmas news you’ll read this year, scientists studying the skull of the real man who became St. Nicholas, found that his facial proportions match pretty well with those described in Twas the Night Before Christmas.  Using 3D digital facial reconstruction, often used in […]

21 years ago today, Gangs of New York premiered in theaters. Martin Scorsese’s colorful and gritty depiction of gangland violence among the poor immigrant residents of New York City’s Five Points received 10 Academy Award nominations. While winning none, Daniel Day Lewis’ mesmeric portrayal of street gang leader Bill […]