As experts continue monitoring and surveying the environment and the nation’s food supply for H5N1 bird flu, a rash of dead cats has many officials on edge. From pet cats in Los Angeles County and Oregon to captive wild cats in Washington and Colorado, dozens of felines have died as a result of consuming H5N1-infected […]
In this photo illustration, the Caterpillar company logo is seen displayed on a smartphone screen. … [+] (Photo Illustration by Piotr Swat/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Donald Trump will shortly be sworn in as the 47th President of the United Stares, and financial markets are pivoting their focus to the […]
Credit: CC0 Public Domain An Oregon house cat died after eating pet food that tested positive for bird flu, Oregon authorities said, prompting a recall of raw frozen pet food that was sold nationwide. Northwest Naturals, a pet food company based in Portland, Oregon, said Tuesday it had voluntarily recalled one batch of its two-pound […]
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Scammers worldwide are making off big. Last year alone, the Federal Trade Commission estimates US consumers lost a record $10 billion due to frauda 14% increase from just one year prior. More and more, scammers are targeting older, vulnerable people over the phone. Over than two-thirds of UK residents over the age of 75 surveyed […]
In the world of quantum physics, another record appears to have just been broken. In a paper listed on the preprint site ArXiv, researchers at the University of Science and Technology of China claim to have observed atoms in a state of quantum superposition for 23 minutes. Being able to keep quantum states stable for […]
Archaeologists in Jerusalem have discovered a 1,200-year-old jug fragment with the imprint of a small cat “making biscuits,” the oldest evidence of a kitty kneading on record. The team suspects the cat left its paw print when a potter left the freshly made jug to dry in the sun before firing it in a kiln. […]
What do stray cats and politicians have in common? Well, not much—but they can help each other out. Every election cycle, political signs pop up along roadsides and in neighborhood yards, promoting various candidates and ballot initiatives. But what happens to those signs when the elections end? Most likely, they wind up in the trash. […]
In an interview with The New York Times published Saturday, Ohio Sen. JD Vance defended the substance of his controversial remark about “childless cat ladies” — but said he wishes he had worded it differently. Comments Vance made about women during his 2021 Senate campaign have resurfaced in the wake of his selection as Donald […]
Cate Blanchett‘s Disclaimer role turned out to be much more than an epic performance of a celebrated documentarian watching her life fall apart: she learned to debone a fish and tame cats, too. It turns out, in Alfonso Cuarón‘s AppleTV+ thriller, the animal friends of Blanchett’s and Sacha Baron Cohen‘s characters are integral to the […]
