Pink noise can reduce your REM sleep by 19 minutes, according to a recent report in the journal Sleep.
If you get a kidney transplant, surgeons leave in place your original kidney.
Rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock is based on the classic game rock-paper-scissors, but includes two additional gestures. Lizard is formed by making a sock puppet mouth and Spock is formed by making the Star Trek Vulcan salute.
The late Karen Carpenter, singer for the Carpenters, followed baseball statistics and was a fan of the NY Yankees.
Among birds, the sociable weaver (Philetairus socius) found in southern Africa is known for building the largest nests. Rather than building individual nests, they build one big structure that can hold as many as 500 birds and contains hundreds of individual chambers.
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This article appears in February 20 • 2026.