Antarctic Fish Have Ice In Their Veins

Scientists have revealed that some fish that thrive in the freezing cold waters of the Antarctic actually have ice in their veins. A protein in their system called notothenioids not only keep the fish from freezing to death, but also keeps ice crystals in their veins. Although the ice crystals would melt at temperatures just slightly above freezing, the fish […]

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It’s all about the cheese

Due to the high demand of the “dip season,” a national shortage of Velveeta has shoppers hunting stores for the gooey, bright-yellow “cheese product.”  People planning Super Bowl parties are calling the shortage of the dip-friendly substance a “cheesepocalypse.”  One fan tweeted, “If this is true, I’m going to die.”

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Poem – Ballet Over The Border (By Donal Mahoney)

  Every summer they come, a ballet over the border, without papers, a mass migration of   ruby-throat hummers, beautiful birds that devour millions of flies in North America,   birds we welcome because we love their beauty and their ballet. We do everything to help them,   hanging and cleaning feeders of nectar to plump them up so they can feast on flies until October when   they have […]

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