Lifestyles

Blue roses could be coming soon to a garden near you By American Chemical Society | October 11, 2018

By expressing bacterial genes, white rose petals can take on a blue hue

Bewitching Botanicals: Plants Used by Witches By Wes Porter | October 8, 2018

Bill Shakespeare's Three Weird Sisters and their bubbling brew have been updated to Three Vegan Witches: eye of potato, ear of corn, head of lettuce, heart of cabbage, skin of banana--all doubtlessly to James's distaste

Roku’s streaming stick gets upgraded with 4K and more By Jim Bray, CFP Automotive Editor | October 7, 2018

Roku also makes the Express, Premiere (and Premiere +) and the Ultra

Mistuh and Miz Goat By Jimmy Reed | October 7, 2018

Being the satyr he was, Giles kept Jennifer in a gestational state

Our Beloved Bogart Crossed the Rainbow Bridge By Dr. Ileana Johnson Paugh | October 5, 2018

The house seems oppressively quiet and empty without him.

We Wrestle Not Against Flesh and Blood By Dr. Robert R. Owens | October 3, 2018

Accept the victory and stop fighting a battle that’s already been won

The Copper Scroll Project By Shelley Neese By Victor Sharpe | October 3, 2018

Victor Sharpe’s book review of:

Solo Blu-ray looks and sounds great – but there’s more to Star Wars than that By Jim Bray, CFP Automotive Editor | October 1, 2018

Disney really needs to think less about writing a liberal agenda into these fairy tales and go back to simply making fairy tales

GARDEN CHORES, NEWTON’S APPLE, MORE By Wes Porter | October 1, 2018

Toxic pesticides have been found in most of California's illegal pot farms

Our new Time-Share … By Dr. Klaus L.E. Kaiser | September 30, 2018

Will the Otters remember the sunsets too?

Natto, the stinky, slimy soybean snack (VIDEO) By American Chemical Society | September 29, 2018

But many people love its earthy, cheesy flavor or eat it for its supposed health benefits

‘Hoppy’ beer without exploding bottles and too much alcohol By American Chemical Society | September 29, 2018

The process of "dry-hopping" beer creates a tasty beverage without the concern of exploding bottles or excessive alcohol.

Questions Asked: Can Caterpillars Predict Weather? By Wes Porter | September 29, 2018

North American folklore holds that the larvae of the Isabella Tiger Moth, Pyrrharctia isabella, can do just that

Escaped puppy rings doorbell to get back inside home By Fox News | September 29, 2018

Raw video: Security camera captures adorable puppy ringing doorbell with his nose to let his owner know he was ready to go back inside the house in Spokane, Washington.

Put Me In, Coach By Jimmy Reed | September 27, 2018

High school, football

Support Life: Canadian Life Chain on Sept. 30th By News on the Net | September 24, 2018

One hour committed to prayer and bringing awareness

A wearable device for regrowing hair By American Chemical Society | September 24, 2018

Treating shaved mice with flexible vertical LEDs (f-VLEDs) regrows hair faster than no treatment (Con) or minoxidil injections (MNX).

The Yellow Birch of Quebec By Wes Porter | September 22, 2018

"I frequently tramped eight or ten miles through the deepest snow to keep an appointment with a beech tree, or a yellow birch, or an old acquaintance among pines."

WWII Vet Remembers Bob Hope By Lloyd Marcus | September 17, 2018

The good that Bob Hope and Shirley Temple did lives far beyond their years

You Ain’t Fishing If You Ain’t Fishing Cane By Jimmy Reed | September 17, 2018

I loved that fly rod. It was a work of art, fashioned from split bamboo cane

The Fathers of the Tulip Business By Wes Porter | September 15, 2018

"A tulip doesn't strive to impress anyone. It doesn't struggle to be different from a rose. It doesn't have to. It is different."

DNA-based method detects trace amounts of peanut in foods By American Chemical Society | September 10, 2018

A sensitive new test can detect trace amounts of peanuts' DNA in food

French Class As the Perfect Way to Teach Everything By Bruce Deitrick Price | September 9, 2018

A lot of modern education is inefficient, except for foreign language courses. There, teachers still proceed in a logical, sequential, and honest way.

The Best of Bulbs By Wes Porter | September 8, 2018

"If one daffodil is worth a thousand pleasures, then one is too few."

My Fingers Were Crossed By Jimmy Reed | September 7, 2018

Mom and Dad seemed satisfied, but God saw what they didn’t: My fingers were crossed.

IKEA Swedens its product line with a Bluetooth speaker By Jim Bray, CFP Automotive Editor | September 2, 2018

Bottom line: IKEA's ENEBY 30x30 -- While audiophiles will probably find them lacking, more casual listeners, who like speakers that disappear visually while still offering good convenience, reasonable audio quality will find them more than adequate

POST-SUMMER GARDEN CARE & PLANTING By Wes Porter | September 1, 2018

September may be an important month for gardeners

Questions Asked: US Measurements, Metric, a Botanist By Wes Porter | August 31, 2018

Pirates can be blamed for the US not using the metric system

$2.3 Million Reasons Bishop Patrick J. McGrath Is Tone Deaf By Katy Grimes | August 29, 2018

Far too many of the leadership of the Catholic Church appear to be as tone deaf as career politicians and lifelong bureaucrats. As for Bishop Patrick J. McGrath, he appears to have lost his way on many issues

I Knotted Not Nary ’Nother Noose By Jimmy Reed | August 28, 2018

Mortified, Mama froze; Gloria and Stokely entwined each other, one hissing, one screaming; and His Reverence blurted out an extremely un-ecumenical expletive.