Osaka Airport Introduces Canine Comfort Room, Complete with Pole
Osaka’s Itami airport is setting up a toilet area for travelling dogs, complete with a pole for them to cock a leg on.
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3-D Printing Gives Voice to a 3,000-Year-Old Mummy
What did a dinosaur sound like? How would a Neandertal vocalize? Scientists have long used fossil evidence, DNA analyses and computer models in attempts to break the silence of the distant past. Now 3-D printing and body-scanning technology have lent a little bit of voice to a relatively young artifact: the more than 3,000-year-old mummy of an ancient Egyptian named Nesyamun.
Here’s Why McDonald’s Burgers Don’t Rot
Like Rolling Stones farewell tours or the McRib, every few years they seem to come back. I’m talking about those ready-made-for-reposting, viral-friendly photographs of McDonald’s food that doesn’t seem to ever rot.
Court settles debate that’s divided grammar nerds for decades
Ah, the Oxford comma. Journalists often fight over it, academics love it and a lot of people don’t care about or even know what it is. But this singular bit of punctuation is actually super important.
Call Sweden’s national number and talk to a random Swede now
The news almost reads like an Onion headline: Sweden, the country, has got its very own telephone number. And you can call it anytime you like to chat with a random Swede about, well, anything really.