Archive for December 2nd, 2023

The Red and Green Snow of the Antarctic Peninsula

The Antarctic Peninsula is the part of the continent that juts out the furthest to the north, toward Argentina. It is almost midsummer there now, and the snow is beginning to bloom a festive red and green. But those colo...

https://www.neatorama.com/2023/12/02/The-Red-and-Green-Snow-of-the-Antarctic-Peninsula/

It's Not Easy Hunting Wolves for a Wildlife Documentary

A crew from the BBC TV series Planet Earth III went to Ellesmere Island, the northernmost part of Canada, to find Arctic wolves and film their everyday lives. The island is almost as large as Great Britain, thou...

https://www.neatorama.com/2023/12/02/Its-Not-Easy-Hunting-Wolves-for-a-Wildlife-Documentary/

A Map of Retirement Costs Around the World

<p>After working our whole lives, we hope to retire somewhere nice and comfortable until the end of our days, but cost of living these days, especially in some of the most affluent cities in the world are u...

https://www.neatorama.com/2023/12/02/A-Map-of-Retirement-Costs-Around-the-World/

FDA Close to Approving Anti-Aging Drug for Dogs

<p>On average, dogs live between 10 to 13 years, but it is said that smaller dogs can live longer than larger breeds, with some living for up to 20 years. For many people who own dogs, that's certainly a sh...

https://www.neatorama.com/2023/12/02/FDA-Close-to-Approving-Anti-Aging-Drug-for-Dogs/

At What Price Are Americans Willing to Give Up Democracy?

<p><a href="https://bigthink.com/the-present/price-americans-give-up-democracy/" target="_blank">Apparently, an average annual income of $230,000, based on a survey conducted by re...

https://www.neatorama.com/2023/12/02/At-What-Price-Are-Americans-Willing-to-Give-Up-Democracy/

Bona Vacantia: Why English Monarchs Inherit Properties of Heirless People

Depending on a country's estate laws, a person who dies intestate will usually have their properties inherited by the closest of kin. So, someone who dies without children will have their property given to the spouse, pa...

https://www.neatorama.com/2023/12/02/Bona-Vacantia-Why-English-Monarchs-Inherit-Properties-of-Heirless-People/

The Upsetting Reality of Rigged Game Shows

<p>We are often amazed when we watch people achieve extraordinary feats on television, particularly those who win large prizes on game shows by exhibiting unbelievable breadth of knowledge or skill. <a h...

https://www.neatorama.com/2023/12/02/The-Upsetting-Reality-of-Rigged-Game-Shows/

From Loincloths to Boxers: A Brief History of Underwear

<p>At some point in human history, clothes began to become layered, with undergarments as the base covering and other types of clothes on top of them. Depending on the era, societies and cultures had their...

https://www.neatorama.com/2023/12/02/From-Loincloths-to-Boxers-A-Brief-History-of-Underwear/

Demonyms for the US States

What do you call someone from Wyoming? I mean, just for the fact that they are from Wyoming? They are a Wyomingite, which is new to me. The term that we give to people from a certain place is called a demonym. It has not...

https://www.neatorama.com/2023/12/02/Demonyms-for-the-US-States/




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