Sloths Have to Be That Slow to Live

Sloths Have to Be That Slow to Live

Sloths are cute and slow, they hang upside down and live in trees. That’s about all most people know about them. But why are they so slow? And why are there so few other animals like them? Sloths are folivores, meaning they just eat leaves. They live in the canopies...
Getting Sick in a Foreign Country

Getting Sick in a Foreign Country

Image: Shutterstock Getting sick happens. Sit a bunch of travelers down and the conversation will eventually lead to who was sick where and what it was from. It’s not a contest, but it’s more camaraderie in that we have all been there. It ranges from bus trip...
SCOTUS Upholds EPA Regulations

SCOTUS Upholds EPA Regulations

Image: Shutterstock Last year, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette took on the Environmental Protection Agency over new regulations of power plants concerning mercury and other emissions. He argued that the EPA had overstepped its bounds because they instituted...
Ancient Seal May Depict Samson and Lion

Ancient Seal May Depict Samson and Lion

Biblical archeology can be difficult, as many of the events, people, and places referenced in the Bible can be difficult, if not impossible, to prove. Still, though, sometimes archaeologists get lucky, as they did when they found a small seal depicting a man and a...
First Sikh Officer Joins Modesto Police Department

First Sikh Officer Joins Modesto Police Department

Image via News India Times The city of Modesto, California has sworn in their first Sikh police officer. Officer Varinder Khun Khun is allowed to keep his beard and wear his turban, religious requirements for Sikh men, despite the police department’s usual...