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Orchid Show

4 months ago

On display at the ever-popular orchid show, the Missouri Botanical Garden’s vast orchid collection includes more than 6,000 individual plants representing almost 700 unique species, and approximately one in 10 […]

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Rachel Huffman

Why Humans Celebrate Affection Publicly

4 months ago
A kiss at an airport isn’t just a private moment that happened to be public—it’s a message. Even if no one says a word, the couple is quietly telling the world, “This person matters to me.” Public affection can look small: holding hands in a grocery store aisle, a quick hug outside a school, a partner brushing lint off someone’s jacket. Yet people do it across ages, cultures, and settings. The reasons are not only romantic. Public affection helps humans signal

This Day in History on February 11: Nelson Mandela Released from Prison After 27 Years

4 months ago
On February 11, 1979, crowds in Tehran celebrated the collapse of Iran’s monarchy and the victory of a revolution that quickly reshaped the country’s government, laws, and foreign relationships. The Iranian Revolution mattered immediately because it ended a centuries-old royal system and replaced it with a new political order led by religious authorities, changing how power was organized inside Iran. It also mattered beyond Iran’s borders, because it altered the balance of influence

Trump DOJ Launches Bunk Investigation Of Netflix Merger As a Favor To Larry Ellison

4 months ago
We told you this was coming months ago. The Trump Department of Justice (DOJ) says it has initiated a broad investigation of Netflix’s business practices and it’s planned $82.7 billion merger with Warner Brothers. The Trump DOJ’s pretense is that they’re just suddenly really concerned about media consolidation and monopoly power (you’re to ignore the […]
Karl Bode

Today's Weather: Mostly Sunny and Cooler

4 months ago
This morning starts off clear and chilly with temperatures around 30 degrees. The air feels cold as north-northwest winds gently breeze at about 7 mph with gusts up to 15 mph. By afternoon, expect mostly sunny skies with a high near 49 degrees. Evening turns partly cloudy with mild winds shifting to the east at around 5 mph. Overnight lows will dip back to about 30 degrees under partly cloudy skies. Tomorrow's forecast calls for intermittent clouds with some sun breaking through. Temperatures