The Waffle House Index When a hurricane makes landfall, the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency relies on a couple of metrics to assess its destructive power. First, there is the well-known Saffir-Simpson Wind Scale.  Then there is what he calls the...

Haunted History of Halloween Halloween is celebrated each year on October 31. Halloween 2024 will take place on Thursday, October 31. Halloween’s origins date back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain(pronounced sow-in). The Celts, who lived 2,000 years ago,...

SpaceX successfully catches returning Starship rocket A SpaceX Starship rocket successfully landed upright recently alongside a massive metal landing tower as it was caught by two converging “chopstick” arms — another historic engineering breakthrough for the world’s...

Schools consider adopting a phone ban Connecticut joins a growing number of states enacting a cellphone ban. Even the nation's largest school system, New York City schools, is considering adopting a similar policy. Students in Stamford will have limited access to...

A Celebrated Ocean Liner Is Being Turned into the World’s Largest Artificial Reef For decades, the SS United States has been moored off Philadelphia as a reminder of the nation’s seafaring past, but looking now to the future, it will be sunk to create a natural...

Experts Say Kids Who Are Used to Doing Chores Become More Successful According to Julie Lythcott-Haims, the author of How to Raise an Adult,chores help a person develop a certain attitude which can lead to them taking charge when there’s help needed. This quality will...

Dozens of Greater Cincinnati volunteers in Florida helping with back-to-back hurricanes Several Cincinnati organizations already have volunteers on the ground in Florida ready to help. The American Red Cross has around 80 local volunteers down south right now from the...

Is Love at First Sight Real? The answer to whether love at first sight is real ultimately boils down the definition of love. Generally speaking, love is defined as a deeply intimate relationship where security, trust, safety, and attachment have all been established....

Thursday night's northern lights show is all anyone is talking about The geomagnetic storm that sent the aurora borealis far south Thursday has subsided. The current aurora map shows the oval aurora may be seen as far south as northern Iowa. "The last week was simply...