Tech

Want to save rivers and coasts? Don’t burn rubber

Enlarge (credit: Thomas Winz ) Throughout the lifetime of an average tire, 30 percent of it gets eroded away as cars zip around on city streets and brake for little old ladies. But the leftover particles don’t remain as streaks on a road. One study found that 1. 5 million metric tons of this tire […]

Entertainment Health

Bethenny Frankel Details Near-Fatal Allergic Reaction After Accidentally Being Served Fish During Trip With Daughter!

Oh, no! Bethenny Frankel and her daughter’s fun family getaway turned into a traumatic ordeal on Saturday when she was accidentally served fish. The Real Housewives of New York City star revealed on Sunday that she suffered an allergic reaction while out to dinner with her 11-year-old daughter, Bryn (lower inset), during an international trip. […]

Entertainment

Victoria Beckham Has Eaten THE SAME MEAL Daily For The Last 25 Years!!

We could never! David Beckham just revealed the craziest fact about his wife Victoria Beckham — she’s eaten the same meal for decades!! Whaaaat?? While chatting on the latest episode of the River Cafe Table 4 podcast, the former soccer player admitted that the Spice Girls star doesn’t like to spice up her food very […]

Tech

Putting the fear of bass into mosquitofish—with a robot

Enlarge / The Robo-bass, along with some actual fish. (credit: Giovanni Polverino) The mosquitofish is a particularly troublesome invasive species that has spread from its original home in North America to various locales around the world, including Europe and Australia. The small, 3 cm-long fish likes to chew the tails off fish and tadpoles and […]

Sport

Ironman triathlete gets bitten by fish, confirms all my fears about open-water swimming

Back in my high school days, I’d come home after swim practice, finish whatever work I needed to get done for school, and before any of the teams I followed started playing, I’d plop down on the couch to watch River Monsters. You remember that show? It ran for nine seasons on Animal Planet. In […]

Entertainment Health

Luke Bryan Gets Fish Hook Stuck THROUGH His Finger: ‘This Is Gonna Leave A Mark’

So much for a fun day of fishing! While trying to take his guitar tech out for a trip on Tuesday, Luke Bryan accidentally got a sharp fish hook stuck through his finger. The American Idol judge chronicled the whole ordeal on Instagram, initially posting a graphic video (below) of the large hook dangling from […]

Entertainment

Little Girl’s Fish Tank FREEZES SOLID — As Animals Suffer Worst Of Texas Storm

As you’ve probably heard by now, there’s a snowstorm ravaging Texas right now. State and local governments were completely unprepared for the temperatures, and now the deep freeze has caused the power grid to go down — meaning people can’t heat their homes amid the freezing cold. While most people have found ways to keep […]

Entertainment

Subway Sued After Customers Claim Lab Tests Show Tuna Subs Are ‘Not Tuna & Not Fish’

A couple of critics say there’s something very fishy going on with Subway’s tuna sandwiches — and by that we mean… not fishy at all! Last week, two California women filed a lawsuit in San Francisco federal court accusing the fast food chain of misrepresenting its tuna sandwich, claiming the restaurant’s tuna contains “no tuna […]

Tech

Domestication has done Quite Bizarre Items to the genomes of goldfish

Expand (charge: Jordan Hartig) People have domesticated a significant number of creatures above their history, a few for meals, some as guards and companions. A couple of species–believe animals such as rabbits and guinea pigs–have partially shifted between both of these groups — presently serving as both pets and food. However one species has abandoned […]