Posts by Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn

A recent study published in Applied Animal Behavior Science aimed to find out whether big or small dogs make better pets. The researchers used criteria like levels of obedience, aggressive behavior, excitability, anxiety, and fear responses. Going into the study, they believed they would find that smaller dogs displayed less obedience and more of the...

With Marie Kondo and her Netflix series inspiring people everywhere to tidy up, it’s not surprising that people are seeing changes for the better – and not just in the happiness of the adults in the home, either.  According to psychologist Dr. Ryan Sinclair, there is a “direct relationship…between clutter and tension” that can increase...

There are some things that are natural family packs – fried chicken, for instance, or vacations or flights or, heck, even matching Chuck Taylors. But the 15 things below take on a should never, ever be offered to the entire family at once. #15. Same, but with my sister. “I once got offered a family...

We spend at least as much time at work as we do at home, but, sadly, those drab, gray cubicle walls aren’t nearly as homey as the spaces we create for ourselves. That said, there are things to be done to make you smile just a bit more when you sit down for another day’s...

In 1995, eBay founder Pierre Omidyar listed a broken laser pointer for sale. It sold for $14.83, and Mark Fraser became the website’s very first buyer – but far from its last. Until the recent eBay Seller Summit, though, Mark’s identity – and the reasons behind his apparent interest in broken laser pointers – had...

There’s an obscure Dutch law that forbids law enforcement from interrupting church services, so since the 1970s citizens have been using it to protect refugee families threatened with deportation – first to protect a group of 182 Moroccans who were later granted the right to stay in the Netherlands and, today, to protect an Armenian...

It can be hard to tell whether that special someone feels the same way, so here are some examples of what to look for if you’re hoping to find out if someone has a crush on you! #15. Getting up to have breakfast. “Being in college and getting up at 7am to have breakfast with...

If you want my opinion, the next epidemic that threatens millions of lives isn’t going to be ebola or one of its truly terrible cousins. It’s going to be a twist on the annual flu. There’s precedent for this: in the early 20th century, the Spanish flu killed up to 100 million people across the...

Your age may just be a number, but, when it comes to happiness, there are some numbers that are better than others. A survey of 160 countries found that life satisfaction dips in middle age – around 45 – and spikes again around 54. The findings didn’t surprise researchers who’ve listed plenty of reasons to support...

Netflix’s 4 part docuseries Conversations With a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes is reacquainting America with one of her best known serial killers. Ted Bundy killed at least 30 young women in the 1970s and was executed for his crimes decades ago. However, the reason he was caught is largely due to the few times he...

Everyone with children hopes that our kids’ educators are people who love and want the best for them, at home and on campus. And there can be no doubt that Indiana superintendent Casey Smitherman is passionate about the kids entrusted to her in the Elwood Community Schools – she committed insurance fraud to make sure one...

Many in the history and medical fields feels as if we’re on the verge of our next major epidemic – akin to the Spanish flu, in terms of how many humans could lose their lives – but no one knows for sure what it will be or when it will show up. If the 5...

It’s hard to imagine someone dying of food poisoning in 2019, but it happens more than you think – and a bacteria called Bacillus cereus is often the culprit. The 20-year-old Belgian student likely wasn’t aware of Bacillus cereus, or that it could be lurking in the dish of 5-day-old pasta he ate after leaving it...

Could you explain the opposite of your job? It’s harder than you think – I would be an eraser or an…unteller of stories? I don’t like the sound of that. Good thing these 15 people are way funnier than me! #15. This sounds fun. “I encourage people to fight and forceably drag them INTO bars.”...

Getting along with your co-workers can often prove to be a challenge, and that goes double when we work with people who are very different from ourselves – different experiences, different upbringings, different backgrounds, different faiths, different whatever. But given that none of us want to end up on the street without a paycheck, getting...