To some, a howling dog portends death and destruction. But to those with creative persuasion, a howl inspires artistic excellence. Allen Ginsberg launched his poetry career on a poem called “Howl” and a throng of horror film makers built a strong following making werewolf films. One filmmaker of note in that area is Joe Dante […]
You’ve seen and heard stories about dogs doing nasty things in public. Even trained dogs go off their rocker sometimes. That’s why you can’t blame some people to call dogs stupid animals– especially if they poop in public. No matter how much you toilet train your dog if it catches diarrhea, there’s no way you […]
We don’t like dogs that can’t learn tricks fast—at least the simple ones. For some reason, we all want pet dogs because we want to teach them a trick or two. It is said the easiest trick you can teach your dog is to make it follow you around. That one doesn’t need much training […]
You have seen tons of reality videos showing people in various stages of public humiliation. And the most shameful of these is a dog humping somebody’s pants. There’s nothing shameful about the act per se– it’s the act of doing it in public. Why do dogs hump anything Some curious theories why dogs hump are: […]
You can’t imagine a dog that doesn’t pant. Dogs have a charming way of doing it that easily wins us over. It’s what they do if they don’t bark or sniff. We take dog panting for granted since it’s the most natural thing in the world. But whether you like it or not, there certain […]
Before you think of beer and whisky, you ought to know that there are generally two kinds of alcohol: the first group is called the […]
Passover is a Jewish holiday celebrated in remembrance of the flight of Jews from Egypt. From our Bible studies, we know that the Pharaoh had initially refused to let the Jews go as he ahd first promised to Moises. When he reneged on this promise, God sent ten plagues to devastate only the Egyptians’ health and way of life. They were attacked by pests, suffered from boils, and in the […]
In the early days, phone lines were the only connection used to access the World Wide Web. Now that technology has advanced rapidly, we are presented with more and better choices for connecting. Aside from dial-up, we can use broadband connections through DSL, ADSL, or wireless. Unlike dial-up, which has a bitrate of 56 kilobits per second or even less, broadband offers a faster Internet access with 64 kilobits per […]
There are a lot of reasons that our faces go red. It may be because we were embarrassed, or we have been engaging in a strenuous activity, or we have been crying. The reasons and the situations differ, but the result is the same: we are left with a tell-tale sign on our face. One look and our friends would ask: What happened? And, we’d be asking ourselves that same […]
For most people, chest pain usually means heart pain because that is where our most vital organs are found. Aside from the heart, our organs – lungs, esophagus, diaphragm, and stomach – are covered by our ribs and muscles in a tight embrace protecting them from injury and external pressure. Feeling chest pains, therefore, can signal a life-threatening condition, and its cause can be attributed to anything from heart failure […]
Remember the times when we were little and we used to feel scared of the thunder and lightning when there’s a storm? The booming sound is so loud it sounds like a bomb exploding. This childish impression is somewhat true. Exploding Air Thunder is produced when air explodes inside a thundercloud when lightning heats it up. A strike of lightening can immediately heat up the air to between 15,000 and […]
Perhaps no other natural phenomenon has captured the imagination of adults and children alike more than snow. Snow men, snow angels, snowflakes — these objects fuel our childish wonder at the fluffy white material that we call snow. Snow, a precipitate that comes only in winter, is formed from water droplets that gathered in the atmosphere. Instead of raining water, snow is formed because of the freezing temperature in the […]
The earth can smell funny when it rains after a dry spell. The vapor from the ground carries with it a certain bacteria that may be beneficial when inhaled. When the rain drops hit the soil they splash the bacterial spores up and they become airborne, carrying the scent of earth with them. Another smell associated after raining is the smell of earthworms. Like the bacteria in the ground, earthworms […]
Plantar fasciitis is more commonly known as heel pain. It is caused by too much stress placed on the plantar fascia ligament when it is stretched irregularly. The plantar fascia is a ligament attaching itself to the ball of the foot down the plantar arch. When it is torn, it becomes inflamed, which leads to pain every time the heel carries the person’s weight while walking. The most common area […]
In Roman times, the year only had 10 months and was based on the lunar cycle, which only had 29 and a half days. That calendar began at the spring equinox in March and ended with December. Because of the lunar calendar, the total number of days in the Roman calendar only summed up to 304 days, which is vastly different from the solar year that reaches a quarter and […]
We all know that objects that float on water have less density than the body of water. Weight is not an issue because ships and tankers have floated on oceans for many years. However, in the northern part of the world, we often see icebergs floating in the water without sinking, or even melting back into the water. How does this happen? Why does ice float? Ice is simply water […]