A kilogram just isn’t what it used to be. The 118-year-old cylinder that is the international prototype for the metric mass, kept tightly under lock and key outside Paris, is mysteriously losing weight — if ever so slightly. Physicist Richard … Continue reading →

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A surfer rode a wave on his stomach to rescue a struggling dog that had been swept off a pier and into Lake Michigan. Matt Smolenski, 25, said he grabbed the pooch’s collar just as the exhausted, black-and-brown mixed breed … Continue reading →

Today was my last day of work in my old department.  I stayed in this position three years longer than I should have, but did so because the schedule gave me the flexibility to care for my mother.  It got … Continue reading →