Welcome to the world’s most awesomely awful places Turkmenistan’s Door to Hell is a giant fire-filled pit in the middle of a barren desert—and it isn’t the only earthly destination that’s been compared to the underworld. Take Italy’s Phlegrean Fields, where “the ground moves, the earth shakes, and scalding, stinking steam rises from hissing fissures.”…
Read More Awesomely Awful PlacesAs the heart stops and we die, the brain is flatlined and nonfunctional. However, using brain electrical monitoring, there is growing evidence that in this state (as people pass away), there are markers of activity (beta, delta, and sometimes gamma waves) that emerge for a very short period. These are ordinarily found when people are having…
Read More Your Brain at the Moment of DeathFowles is a four-time defensive player of the year, a seven-time All-Star, a two-time WNBA champion, the league’s all-time leading rebounder and a member of the 25th-anniversary team. At the end of the 2022 season, Fowles will retire, and the game will say goodbye to one of the best centers in women’s basketball history. (More)…
Read More WNBA will lose one of its pillars when Sylvia Fowles retires after 2022 seasonLast summer, Risa F. Isard, a research fellow with the Laboratory of Inclusion and Diversity in Sport at the University of Massachusetts, was scrolling through Twitter when a thread by WNBA fan Michael McManus (@getdisdance) caught her eye. The thread was about the media’s centering of 2020 No. 1 overall draft pick Sabrina Ionescu (SI)…
Read More Report: White WNBA players received twice as much coverage as Black players in 2020 seasonBy Rebecca Jane Stokes — Written on Aug 02, 2022 Fairygodboss ran a study in October of 2017. In the study, they rounded up 500 hiring professionals made up of both men and women and showed them photos of prospective female job hires. The photos included women of different shapes, sizes, hairstyles, clothing options, and races. They were asked to…
Read More The Physical Traits That Make Women Most (And Least) Attractive To EmployersYou may be surprised by the number of things you can get for free by John Waggoner, AARP, Updated July 13, 2022 Free entry to national parks The National Park Service (NPS) manages 423 parks, from Acadia in Maine to Zion in Utah. Of those parks, more than 100 charge entrance fees. The rest are free. However,…
Read More 14 Great Freebies That Don’t Cost a Dime (Really!)I’ve Tried Hundreds Of Lipsticks But This Will Always Be The Holy Grail BY AMANDA ROSS 7.29.2022 Lipstick is one of the most universally beloved beauty products of all time, with even rudimentary versions highly prized in early civilizations. (My favorite; $32 and worth every dime – Kintsugi) Lancôme – L’Absolu Rouge Cream Lipstick 118 French Cœur.…
Read More The Best LipstickNote: read through the entire recipe before you start. Measure all of your ingredients and lay them out. Have your liquids, including eggs, at room temperature. You can use a stand mixer (my preference), hand mixer, food processor, or a potato masher, depending on how patient you are and how strong your arms are. Don’t…
Read More Sweet Potato TartMolly Allen To make these viral blueberry cookies, I started with a recipe from Justine Snacks. This cookie recipe uses blueberries as the star, replacing the egg. They’re fluffy with the slightest crunch and great flavor—and you’d never know they’re vegan. Just be sure to use vegan butter, sugar, and white chocolate morsels! (You can also use…
Read More Famous Blueberry CookiesBy Anthony Spadafora 7/29/22 Update July 29: We’ve provided a full list of the apps you need to delete from your Android device. Another batch of malicious apps filled with adware and malware has managed to slip past Google’s defenses and end up on the Play Store. In order to trick unsuspecting users into downloading them, these 36 malicious apps…
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