In Wales, Mari Lwyd Brings A Costumed Horse Skull To Your Door For Some Winter Fun
There’s a tradition around this time of year in Wales called Mari Lwyd. It starts with a knock at the door in the winter night, and it only gets spookier from there.
Sallie Gardner Was The Galloping Horse In The First Proto-Movie
This month in 1878, a horse named Sallie Gardner ran past a series of cameras in Palo Alto, California. The series of photos those cameras took paved the way for motion pictures.
How Google Street View Could Help Stop Invasive Weeds
A project out of the University of California - Davis uses images from a very well known navigation system to help slow the spread of invasive species.
The 1924 Olympic Men’s Cross Country Race Was Literally A Hot Mess
Today in 1924, another one of these early Olympic events that went way off the rails: a very difficult and very strange mens’ cross country race.
Mini Horse In Car At Drive-Thru
They were like "do you want to go into McDonald's to buy the ice cream?" and the horse said "Neigh"
Don Karkos Regained Sight In His Right Eye After A Horse Headbutted Him
It was around this time in 2006 that a Navy veteran named Don Karkos got headbutted by a horse… and it turned out great!
A Wristband Can Help Keep Firefighters Healthy
Firefighting is dangerous work, in part because of the exposure to dangerous chemicals. Researchers are learning more about those exposures thanks to a simple silicone wristband.
The Pack Horse Librarians Brought Books To Readers In Remote Places
National Library Week is here, so it’s a good time to tell the story of librarians who traveled through eastern Kentucky during the Great Depression on horses and mules carrying books and magazines in saddlebags.
Clever Hans, The Horse That “Solved” Math Problems
Back about 120 or so years ago, in Berlin, Germany, you might have encountered a strange sight: a man named Wilhelm Von Osten asking math questions of a horse named Clever Hans. Was the horse actually solving the problems, or was something else at work?
Dogs Are Saving Citrus Orchards From Disease
Orchards in the US and elsewhere have been trying to head off a disease called citrus greening. Research shows that dogs can sniff out this disease better and more quickly than any other method we have.