Category Archives: Austin
New insect named after Taylor Swift.
Taylor Swift recently received another honor. A new species of millipede has been named after her. Derrick Hennen, PH.D., is the scientist making the discovery and doing the naming. He did it because ...
Apr 20, 2022 WEZL Charleston's Best Country / CC
Richest Celebrity Power Couples List
The website Celebrity Net Worth put together a list of the Richest Celebrity Power Couples. After looking at the list, I'm feeling like the word "couples" isn't quite the right description. Maybe it s...
Apr 19, 2022 Rareclass / CC
Bo and Hope return for stream spinoff of "Days Of Our Lives".
There's a "Days Of Our Lives" spinoff heading to Peacock streaming. And, it'll feature Bo and Hope. But wait! Bo died in Hope's arms after getting an inoperable brain tumor. Remember, this is the soap...
Apr 19, 2022 Gareth Simpson / CC
Lucky Charms food poisoning? I have doubts.
About 2 weeks ago, I saw that "more than 100 people" had filed complaints with the FDA saying that they got sick after eating Lucky Charms. I wasn't going to talk about it but now it's all over the ne...
Apr 19, 2022 Mike Mozart / CC
Man wins $450K lawsuit because company gave him birthday party. It's more about the way they treated him after.
Kevin Berling of Louisville, Kentucky has successfully sued the company he was working for to the amount of $450,000......... because they threw him a birthday party. To be fair, he did ask them not t...
Apr 18, 2022 Kimberly Vardeman / CC
Solar panels that work at night.
Solar cells that work at night. You're probably thinking how would that work. I thought maybe using light from the moon, but no. It's more ingenious. Researchers at Stanford have created cells that so...
Apr 18, 2022 Open Grid Scheduler / Grid Engine
2 avocados a week cut heart disease risk by up to 22%! Also, 31 delicious avocado recipes in blog.
I've talked about how good avocados are one of the best tasting things that are also good for you before. Now, a study that covered thousands of people over the last 30 years is showing that if you ea...
Apr 18, 2022 liz west / CC
Fri. Feel Good Feature- 9 yr. old designer catches Vera Wang's attention.
Tonight's inspiring story is proof that no matter who you are, or how old, if you work hard at something you love, you can make it big. Nine year old Kaia Aragon is a sewing sensation. She's got a fol...
Apr 15, 2022 David Shankbone
"Dislike" button coming to Tik Tok.
Tik Tok is trying to be kinder and gentler. They're testing a new 'Dislike" button. It'll look like a thumbs down. The idea is that it'll help identify inappropriate content. In their blog Wednesday, ...
Apr 15, 2022 Eyestetix Studio / Unsplash
Candy charcuterie ideas for Easter.
Charcuterie boards usually have meats, cheeses, and crackers on them. But, what if we tossed all that and filled them with mac and cheese? No. That'd just be messy. Buuuuuuut we could still reinvent t...
Apr 15, 2022 Somewhere in the world today... / CC