There are endless memes around the internet about hapless dads doing their best on the days their uber-organized, always-on-top-of-it wives leave them in charge of the house and the kids and probably a dog or two, as well. It never goes well in the stories – and in this case, the memes are on the...

Researchers recently asserted that goats can bond to humans as closely and as lovingly as dogs. And, why not? They’ve been domesticated for over 10,000 years (goats were one of the earliest species to be domesticated). In all that time, goats have probably learned a thing or two about humans. One of the things goats...

I gotta say, for me, I think my answer is Las Vegas. I guess it’s okay to experience once, but I really don’t understand how people visit there repeatedly and from all over the world. To each their own though, right? I love Chicago and New York City, but I’m sure some people think those...

“Manspreading,” in case you’re unfamiliar with the term, is what happens when men in the cramped quarters of public transit choose to take up more than their quota of space by spreading out their legs. Seen by feminists as an unwanted exhibition of male social dominance and by sensible, polite people as just plain rude,...

In a move that seems as if it belongs in a dystopian novel about persecuted teenagers, the city of Philadelphia has started using sonic noise devices as part of an anti-vandalism strategy to keep would-be destructive young people away from their parks and other public places after dark. https://www.instagram.com/p/ByGJVL5nN0M/ The noisemakers emit a constant, high-pitched...

IQ tests are everywhere – there are all kinds, all lengths, and they measure all different sorts of intelligence. This one, called a Cognitive Reflection Test, is only 3 (tough) questions long. It was developed in 2005 by psychologist Shane Frederick and is designed to test your ability to ignore your gut response and think...

Wine and cheese are a well-known pair of food-and-drink lovebirds that shouldn’t be separated, no matter if you’re having a fancy party or a picnic on the lawn. But some people just aren’t that fancy, and, as anyone who has eaten cheese both outside and inside of America can tell you…we also don’t know anything...