Ever since the first overzealous Mesopotamian guzzled too much fermented barley meal, there have been hangovers. And for nearly as long, there have been scientifically questionable hangover preventions and "cures." Among the favorites, eating a bunch of greasy food to soak up the alcohol and settle your stomach. Drinking only beer or liquor on the same night, but never both. And of course the classic "hair of the dog," waking up to a shot of the stuff that nearly killed you. See more
Plain Language Replacing '10-Codes' in Many Police Jurisdictions
It was April 1928, and a Detroit police officer named Kenneth Cox, along with an engineering student Robert L. Batts, devised a system for police to receive radio calls in their cars. The portable AM radio communication system they dreamed up was innovative but limited — it only worked one way. Police could receive messages from headquarters, but they couldn't talk back. Although primitive, the system was about to change police work forever. See More
You're working away in your office cubicle when you hear a thunk. You look up just in time to see a poor, wee birdie stunned and falling away from the floor-to-ceiling panes of glass that sheath your building. Or maybe you've found a disoriented, injured, or even dead little feathered friend who's obviously crashed into your living room's picture windows and fallen to your deck. "Poor fella," you think. "He doesn't know what glass is." See More >>>
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