Posts by Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn

Anti-vax ads are a source of controversy, since the entire movement is based on “research” has been debunked and maligned by educated medical professionals across the globe. Some think that platforms like Facebook should ban any “ads” by labeling them as misinformation, while others think they fall under the umbrella of “free speech,” and are...

Quilty is, at first glance, a cute but unremarkable tabby cat who has found himself in a shelter. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of similar felines waiting for homes all over the country. Well, not quite. https://www.instagram.com/p/B4c615cgYpQ/?utm_source=ig_embed The Houston, Texas, animal shelter that’s housing Quilty cannot wait for him to find his forever home...

The idea to make food from air comes courtesy of NASA, who wondered during the early days of space slight whether they could take exhaled carbon dioxide and turn it into food that could sustain astronauts during a long voyage. It never quite became a reality in space, but now a California-based company is revamping...

Sure, she’s a robot (“not a girl”), but that doesn’t mean Janet from The Good Place doesn’t get humanity on a deep, meaningful level – a fact that is all but proven by these 8 moments, in which she said what we were thinking and felt what we felt. I’m not sure what it says...

You know the feeling – the hair stands up on the back of your neck, your heart starts to race, your palms are sweating, and even though there’s no obvious threat, everything inside you screams to get the heck out while you can. Most of us will be lucky enough to experience this in what...

Sesame Street is a children’s viewing staple, and they’ve made it a point to move seamlessly along with the times, incorporating different types of families, kids with disabilities, the changing challenges of the world, and so on. In short, fifty years later, Sesame Street is still a show that parents everywhere feel comfortable showing impressionable...

As if catastrophic weather events, flooding, forced migrations, and food shortages weren’t enough of a reason to get moving on a serious plan to combat climate change, here’s one more: it may be about to crack open a Cold War-era nuclear tomb. What is that? Let’s get a little history lesson… During the Cold War,...

It’s funny to realize the differences between European and American cultures, but not everyone has the chance to travel and experience them firsthand. That’s when sites like Reddit can come in handy, because there are plenty of people there ready and waiting to weigh in on the best and worst realizations during travel. These 15...

Last Christmas is the talk of the movie theater this holiday season (so far), partially because it’s a good movie and partially because its marketing is a bit wonky and seems to be promising viewers a film that they’re just not getting. No matter whether you love it, hate it, aren’t going to see it,...

In Brazil, vitiligo – a skin disease that results in the loss of pigmentation in patches over the body – affects almost 3 million people. There are treatments available, but even though the medical aspects of the disease can be managed, the way people who suffer from it are treated by the public often can...

Some riddles are too easy, and others are too hard – but we think these 6 riddles are just right. Give them a shot, but don’t be surprised if you don’t nail them all the first time around. 6. What you take to your grave. Can you solve this? pic.twitter.com/I9WjlpcSZ2 — Solve The Riddles (@BRAlNTWISTER)...

Whether you’re someone who finds the chirping of birds soothing, or someone who cringes and thinks of horror films when you hear their twittering communication, there’s one thing we’re all going to agree on – the white bellbird is a rockstar bird who probably arrived here straight from hell. What is a white bellbird? So...

Netflix has had some major wins since they started putting out original content, and they’ve had some busts, too. I’m not sure now where exactly The King will land, but one thing is sure – you can’t hate it for inspiring these 16 tweets. Because they’re pretty much gold. 16. Grandmother’s around the world rejoice....

Matthew Lewis and Tom Felton (Neville Longbottom and Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter movies) both came to fame as child actors. They grew up as the 8 movies followed the students of Hogwarts from middle schoolers to high school graduates, but since then, they’ve had different experiences with growing older. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bmpq9dbAvvr/ Which is to...

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has found herself in the world’s spotlight over the past several months as her previously solitary climate strikes caught on across the globe. The teenager is encouraging others in her generation (and beyond) to treat climate change like the crisis that it is – and some companies in Israel are...