Nearly 5,500 Oregonians have been moved out of homelessness and into housing thanks to persistence from a recently-appointed task force. This amounts to a 28% increase from the previous year, and the number of housing placements is the most seen in a fiscal year since the task force’s inception. Located in…
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A passionate expert on fungi has spent a decade trying to discover the identity behind a preserved and mislabeled specimen in an Australian collection—all for the sake of science. Despite being one of the 5 kingdoms of life along with animals, plants, and two kinds of microorganisms, mycology, or the study…
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Across different cultures and countries, people perceive the wisest members of society to be logical and reflective as well as able to consider other people’s feelings and perceptions. This was found in a new study that examined people’s conceptions of wisdom as a characteristic in 16 radically different world cultures, from…
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“Everything could have gone wrong, and everything went right,” were the concluding thoughts of Danya Mahota, new father for the second time. It all started when his wife Rebecca, at 40 weeks pregnant, felt the contractions coming on fast and hard. En route from their home in Brewster to the hospital…
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A 22-year-old Danish student has become the latest metal detective to dig up treasure buried by Vikings. In the area around the Danish city of Aarhus, Gustav Bruunsgaard was out with his metal detector when it started beeping. The lad was already in an area where finds from the Viking Age…
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A man in Taiwan is helping reduce fashion waste by creating a sustainable alternative to artificial textiles from an already existing waste stream. He’s using oyster shells—which when ground up and processed can produce a flexible yarn similar to sheep’s wool that’s been appropriately dubbed “sea wool.” According to the Taiwanese…
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Whether Bach, Beethoven, or Mozart, it’s widely recognized that classical music can affect a person’s mood. Now, scientists are using brainwave measurements and neural imaging techniques to show exactly how Western classical music elicits its positive effects on the brain. The discovery could lead to effective ways to use music as…
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