I was struggling to engage the audience. Okay, be honest, I tried not to let it show but I was dying onstage. Maybe I was having an off day. Maybe they were having an off day. Or maybe the fact every one of the 100 people in attendance was aContinue Reading
Eight rare Mexican wolf pups have been born at a preserve in Westchester, a development that could aid the federal program that has reintroduced the endangered species to the wild. The Wolf Conservation Center in South Salem announced online Monday that five males and three females were born SundayContinue Reading
A ten year old girl became the first person in the world to get a major blood vessel replaced by one grown using her own stem cells. A ten year old girl became the first person in the world to get a major blood vessel replaced by one grownContinue Reading
For most people, climbing Africa’s tallest mountain is an impossible achievement. But how about doing it without legs? For Spencer West, nothing is impossible. Or as he would put it: everything is possible. Nearly all of the 31-year-old American’s life has proven the doctors wrong. When they amputated both ofContinue Reading
It’s a deal that has worked throughout human history: Your parents take care of you when you are little and you return the favor when they are old. But sometimes the usual arrangement is turned on its head. Maria Garcia is 87 years old. After a rich and rewarding life, sheContinue Reading
HUECO TANKS STATE PARK AND HISTORIC SITE, Tex. — With a concentrated squint, Ashima Shiraishi silently sized up her first rock of the day, a menacing slab of jagged beige boulder 20 feet high, scuffed by white chalk left behind from bigger, older, more experienced climbers. Enlarge This Image ErichContinue Reading
Six years ago a Denver, Colorado man hit his head hard after diving into the shallow end of a pool. Days later, he sat down at a piano and discovered he was a musical genius. Derek Amato is one of just 30 “acquired savants” worldwide. Each discovered an inexplicable abiltyContinue Reading
When the local Kmart in Clark County, Kentucky announced it was closing, a local business man knew that he could do something good for the area. Rankin Paynter, an owner of a successful jewelry exchange business in Winchester asked a Kmart clerk what they did with all of the unsold merchandise.Continue Reading
Those of you with scouting experience likely remember the myriad tricks used to start campfires. I’m not talking matches — I’m talking the things you threw a lit match on with the hope of getting a serious enough flame going to eventually light the kindling. In my troop, I haveContinue Reading
May 31, 2012 — Should people at high risk of heart attack and strokeeat dark chocolate every day? Maybe, according to a new study from Australia. “Dark chocolate may be a pleasant and effective way of delivering important dietary components that can provide health benefits to the ever increasing numbers of people atContinue Reading