CDC: Measles Cases In the U.S. Surge By Nearly 20 Percent
Federal health officials reported the number of confirmed measles cases in the U.S. spiked by nearly 20 percent, to 555 total, in early April, the largest jump the country has…
The Last Female Giant Softshell Turtle Has Died, Leaving Only Three In the World
A 90-year-old Yangtze giant softshell turtle died in a Chinese zoo on Sunday, leaving only three surviving members of the world’s rarest species of turtle. [h/t The Guardian] The future of…
Turns Out Cats Do Know When You’re Calling Their Name, They Just Don’t Care
As everyone knows, one of the big differences between cats and dogs is that when you call a dog, it comes bounding toward you with eyes full of love and…
Everyone Can Relax, the Garfield French Beach Phone Mystery Has Been Solved
The world is full of unsolved mysteries. What killed the dinosaurs? Where is Amelia Earhart? Why did they make two Truman Capote biopics in the same year? But the breadth…
Christian Leaders React to the Mass Shooting in New Zealand
At least 49 are dead and one man is being charged in a mass shooting that was carried out at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand on Thursday. Online accounts…
Alabama Woman Who Joined Islamic State Sues to Return to the U.S.
In 2014, a 20-year-old Alabama woman named Hoda Muthana told her family that she was going to Turkey for a college trip. But her real goal was much darker: to…
How on Earth Did This Giant Snow Drawing of a Bear Get Its Belly Button?
A mystery is afoot among our neighbors to the north, elegant in its simplicity but with pat answers slowly unraveling the longer you think about it. It is a maddening…
Stopping Climate Change Is a Part of Following Jesus
Editor’s Note: This piece originally ran in Jan. 2018, shortly after COP 23, the U.N. Climate Change Conference. It was recently referenced in a tweet by Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. As…
The Percentage of American Christians Who Believe in Climate Change is (Slightly) Growing
Climate change is happening. Among experts — people who’ve devoted their professional and academic careers to the study of the environment — there is virtually no disagreement. Climate change is…