Snowflake Syndrome Sharyl Attkisson is an American author and host of the weekly Sunday public affairs program Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson, which airs on television stations operated by the Sinclair Broadcast Group. She was formerly an investigative correspondent in the Washington bureau for CBS News, but left when CBS began sidelining her because she […]
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Food Coloring Is Attracted To The Same Color I bet you didn’t know this. A trio of researchers at Stanford recently published an article in Nature that explains the curious attraction found in droplets of everyday food coloring. The paper is the culmination of hundreds of experiments that began in 2009 when Nate Circa was
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Los Angeles’ Hidden Etymologies I find this graphic particularly interesting because I was born and grew up in the greater Los Angeles area. Born in North Hollywood. Lived in Sherman Oaks until I left home and got married Went to Van Nuys Jr. High and High School Have been to all of the areas depicted,
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A Perigee Moon Rises Over the Lincoln Memorial The moonrise on Saturday, March 18, 2011, was more than just a full moon. The moon that stunned night sky watchers that weekend is known as a super perigee, a rare celestial event that occurs when our moon reaches the closest possible point of its orbit around
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The Amazing History Of Christmas Do you know where the idea of stocking stuffers comes from? Or how lights found their way onto the Christmas tree? Or why do we all have the jolly, red-suited, white-haired image of Santa Claus in our heads? In this video, historian William Federer explores the holiday’s rich and unique
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