In apocalypse news: Asteroid 2024 YR4, deemed the riskiest asteroid on record last week, now has nearly a zero percent chance of impacting Earth in 2032, according to NASA and the European Space Agency. NASA estimates that the space rock has a 0.0017% chance of hitting Earth in December 2032, while the ESA has a similar risk assessment of 0.002%…………………… read more »
You won’t get ripped and “swole” with five minutes of exercise a day. But a new study found it might help your brain. Just 35 minutes of exercise a week can lower dementia risk by 40%…….. A guy and his 12-year-old son got stranded overnight while hiking in Utah this month, and someone else’s abandoned…… read more »
The company that makes the “Elder Scrolls” video game series partnered with Make-a-Wish to help them raise money. They’re doing an auction where the highest bidder will get to create their own character in “The Elder Scrolls 6”. The auction runs through tomorrow. Last we checked, it was up over $42,000……………..A school bus driver in…… read more »
There was a very unique 911 call made recently in New Haven, CT. Someone reported that a seal was spotted in the road near a bridge underpass. Police responded and blocked off the street until the weeks old gray male seal could be rescued by volunteers from the Mystic Aquarium. The seal is enjoying a…… read more »
A woman in Upstate New York got to go to jail for her 104th birthday. It’s the only thing Miss Loretta asked for, so her local sheriff’s office helped make it happen. The birthday girl got a tour of the jail, visited with a police K-9, checked out some handcuffs and viewed security cameras with…… read more »
We’re a couple weeks away from Mardi Gras, and this is great news if you’d like to practice responsible merriment. LSU researchers have created biodegradable beads, which contain seeds . . . so once they break down, they can sprout plants. The beads are still in the early stages, and 3D-printing them takes about 90…… read more »
Researchers have developed a new type of asphalt capable of repairing its own cracks over time. The asphalt mixture includes tiny plant spores filled with recycled oils, and when compressed, the resulting process enables the asphalt to mend its own cracks over time, effectively “stitching” the material back together………….. On Valentine’s Day, Guinness World Records…… read more »
Firefighters in Denver handed out 1,000 coats to help kids stay warm this winter. They worked with a nonprofit called Operation Warm. They handed out 600 coats last year, so they almost doubled their total this time…………….. Employees at the Pittsburgh airport used social media to reunite a six-year-old with her stuffed animal that got…… read more »
The Czech Republic spent seven years planning to build a dam, but then a family of beavers showed up and built them one in two days, so now they don’t need to. They say it saved them around $1.2 million…………… Two kids aged 16 and 12 fell through the ice on a pond in Virginia…… read more »
A guy in L.A. got to meet the firefighters who saved his home from the Palisades Fire last month. His name is Dr. Anthony Nesburn. They left a heartfelt note in his mailbox that said they weren’t able to save many homes, but they were proud they could save his……………. Taiwan just donated $1 million to…… read more »