Science

If you heat your home with wood or some other type of burning material, here is something else you can use. This is also a great way to get rid of all the junk mail you receive. Turn your junk mail into burning logs of paper. Check it out.    

I have notice a lot of people getting a cold this time of year, it happens every year of course. There are so many different ways of taking your temperature from putting a thermometer in your mouth to putting one in your ear to wiping one across your forehead. All o.k. but not the best.

The newest ‘superfood trend’ is eating banana peels. You know the thing you usually throw in the garbage. You peel the banana and throw the skin away, but it turns out they are rich in vitamins and nutrients.

This is the first known case of its kind where a man has died of cancer from a tape worm. A Columbian man’s lung tumors where not caused by human cells, but where from a tape worm inside of him.

The sun -- it's more than just a bright ball of light shining down from the sky that can give you a wicked tan or an equally wicked burn.

There is a comet racing through outer space that has earned the nickname ‘happy hour’. It’s the comet ‘Lovejoy’ and is leaving behind it a trail of alcohol and sugar as it goes through the solar system.

This is the time year when leaves are falling all the time and we rake, rake, and rake. Leaves fall in more places than on your yard, if you have a patio, they fall there too. You can rake the leaves on the patio but you will also need to sweep.

It seems scientists now agree, ‘cuffing season’ is for real. Never heard of ‘cuffing season’? The definition is: ‘During the fall and Winter months people who would rather be single or promiscuous find themselves desiring to be ‘Cuffed’ or tied down by a serious relationship’.

There is new U.S. record for time spent in space. It was set by astronaut Scott Kelly for the most time spent off earth by an American citizen.

Men who have what is called ‘a baby face’ are headed to hair restoration surgeons for beard transplants. They are going in record numbers too.

I will start this story by saying this prediction comes from Great Britain and it is of an adult nature. I say that because I have noticed some of these studies that come from that country are a little, shall we say, weird. This one defiantly fits that category.

In June, 2013, some students launched a weather balloon over the Grand Canyon. They attached a GoPro camera and smartphone with GPS capabilities. The balloon climbed to its maximum of 18 and half miles, then bust, falling back to Earth. They lost the balloon.

A Japanese company known for its whiskey and other alcoholic beverages delivered a supply of their drink to the International Space Station. The whiskey arrived with 10,000 pounds of cargo that included space walking equipment, an emergency breathing kit and toilet wiring.

Here’s a video of a colorblind guy who received a pair of special glasses. The glasses were developed by scientists to allow people who suffer from colorblindness to see true color for the first time. The glasses are called Enchroma Color.

The Martin Aircraft Company of New Zealand says ‘The Martin Jetpack’ will be available by the end of next year. It’s ‘jet pack’ that will be sold to everyone.

A lot of people think flying cars should be on the market already. Flying to work or play. It has been quite a few years since ‘they’ said flying cars would be here, we may have to wait a little longer.