We’ve Tried Quite A Few Times To Send Mail By Rocket
There's a lot of history in sending mail by rocket. It's just that, postally speaking, most of the attempts didn't get off the ground.
The BBC Once Reported That Cows Might Have Accents
News reports in 2006 made it sound like scientists had proven that cows had regional accents like people do, only the story was a little more complicated than that.
“Pomp And Circumstance,” A Graduation Tradition, Was Not Written For Graduations
Commencement season is here, which means a lot of people hearing a composition known as “Pomp and Circumstance.” Though that piece of music was not written with graduation in mind.
Took Video Of Cow In Kutztown
Not just any cow, either - an aggressive cow!
Latvia Has Blue Cows And A Play Helped Save Them
Today is Cow Appreciation Day, so here's the story of some very unusual cows in Latvia and a playwright who helped save them from disappearing for good.
Eugene Polley Let The World Change Channels Without Getting Up
Today in 1915, the birthday of an inventor who would change our viewing habits for the better: Eugene Polley, who created the first wireless remote control system for TVs.
Cows Prefer Face-To-Face Talking Over Remote, And Don’t We All At This Point
We’re not the only species that knows the difference between a face-to-face chat and a remote one. Research out of Vienna shows cows prefer live human voices to recorded ones.
To Protect Themselves From Lions, Cattle In Botswana Have Eyes On Their Backsides
"Ambush predators" like lions go after livestock while those animals aren't looking. So scientists at the University of New South Wales tested a theory in Botswana: what if we painted eyes on the back ends of cattle so the lions thought they were watching?
When Cows Get Excited, They Tell Each Other About It
A PhD student at the University of Sydney, Alexandra Green, studied a herd of cows for more than five months to study what she called cattle vocal individuality. Cows, it turns out, have a lot to say to each other!
We’re Unleashing Drones On Cows And It’s For Their Health
As envisioned by the University of Kentucky team, drones could fly above cow herds as they graze, learn which cow is which, and visually check each cow so see if they’re healthy.