Posts by Jenifer Sako

Comedian Abby Govindan recently posted an observation on Twitter that every oldest sibling can relate to–just how much crap the younger ones got away with and how much the oldest did not. She started the thread with a tweet that said, “When my mom found my weed in high school she cried for 3 days, enrolled...

Want to make friends with a goat? Start by giving one your most winning smile. They recognize a friendly face when they see one. A paper published in Royal Society Open Science says like humans, goats are drawn to smiling faces. Researchers at Queen Mary University of London wrangled 20 goats (12 males and 8 females)...

Many people like to sleep with the thermostat turned down or with a fan blowing on them. Cooler temps promotes more restful sleeping. But could you stand napping outside when it’s almost zero or even below zero degrees F? Would you make your child do it? Let me ask you another question. Do you want...

Tardigrades are tough little things; they can survive freezing temperatures, being boiled, and even the vacuum of space. They don’t need to drink water or breathe air to stay alive. But scientists seem to have hit on one thing that might be a killer for them–global warming. Ricardo Neves, from the University of Copenhagen in...

When you need a little happy in your life, there’s nothing like getting pampered. But if you’re thinking you need a day at the spa and a bank loan…well, that kind of thinking only adds to your stress, requiring more pampering, which means more money. It’s a vicious cycle. Plus, you could not be more...

When you are squeezed into your row while flying, you may wonder if it’s worth it to buy the seat next to you just so you can spread out a bit and be more comfortable. A discussion on this topic appeared on the Elliott Advocacy forums. To satisfy your curiosity, buying the additional seat is...

Did you know that Helium is the second most abundant element in the universe? That’s right, even though we apparently are running out of it here on Earth. It was first discovered on the sun by French astronomer Pierre-Jules-Cesar Janssen in 1868 as a yellow line in the sun’s spectrum while he was observing a...

As we all painfully remember, spending hours practicing something, say like an instrument, doesn’t necessarily “make perfect.” You can bang away on a piano until your fingers bleed, but you can still sound terrible. That’s why performance expert, K. Anders Ericsson, likes to talk about deliberate practice to help anyone struggling with  mastering anything. In...

Every once in a while, especially during high travel volume seasons, you’ll find an online discussion about booking tricks that net you a cheaper fare. Reddit had one such discussion, when a poster asked why the price of a round trip ticket is sometimes cheaper than the one way. Basically… why wouldn’t you just book...

In Pennsylvania, a beautiful house sits on top of a waterfall. The house is called Fallingwater, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1935, and it’s an architectural marvel. The private residence was built for Mr. and Mrs. Edgar J. Kaufmann, Sr., of Pittsburgh, as a family getaway and cost $155,000. Wright’s fee was $8,000. Each year,...

Hey travelers! You all are in a lot of airports and other public places for hours upon hours. Which means you need to charge your phone or tablet for the rest of the trip. In fact, charging outlets like this might look familiar… Unfortunately, you could be at risk, and we’re here to tell you...

If you like wine and brain teasers, you’ll love trying to solve this puzzle presented by PBS Infinite Systems. You will need to rely on your binary number knowledge for this one. It’s a toughie. Here’s the puzzle: One bottle of wine is poisoned out of the 1,000 bottles you have to serve at your...

Meet Lexie Alford. She has a life that many may envy because she’s the youngest person EVER to have visited all 196 countries on the globe. https://www.instagram.com/p/B5IZ4ggnuOF/ Yeah, that’s right… she’s just 21 years old and holds the Guinness World Record holder for traveling. So how’d she do that? Well, her family owns a travel...

Hiking is excellent exercise for our bodies, and getting out into nature always makes us feel great mentally. But, now science tells us that not all hiking is created equal, and one kind actually makes changes inside our brains that improve our well-being. Many of us have experienced intrusive, negative thoughts. Obsessing and constantly dwelling...

If you’re fur-tunate to live with a cat, then you’ll want to scroll through this purr-fect list of feline facts that’ll make you glad they own you. 1.  Abraham Lincoln was a cat lover So you’re in excellent company. 2. Cats can be allergic to humans Some cats can have asthma. It’s true! Particularly indoor...