Image: Left/Carter in 1932; at age 7/Right/Official portrait, 1977/Wikipedia​ Well before he took office as the 39th president of the United States, Jimmy Carter spent many years on a Georgia farm, where mornings were usually before the break of dawn. Carter grew up in the small community of Archery, close to Plains, where he participated…

Over 1,300 have been killed, while 5,000 are still missing It’s been more than 10 days since a glacial collapse sent freezing water, rocks and debris roaring down Nepal’s Bhotekoshi and Trishuli valleys.The death toll has risen to 1,357, while 5,326 people remain missing, according to Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority. Rescue…

‘South Park’ rebrands as ‘South America’. The creators of the hit animated series South Park have announced a tongue-in-cheek name change, renaming the long-running show as “South America” in an apparent dig at US President Donald Trump’s recent efforts to rename geographic landmarks.According to BBC and CNN, co-creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker announced the…

Representative Image (AI-generated) Los Angeles was drenched by historic storms, yet much of its lost groundwater stayed missing. Record-breaking rainfall in 2023 brought dramatic relief to drought-stricken Southern California, nearly restoring water stored in Los Angeles-area reservoirs and shallow aquifers. But the recovery was far less complete underground. A study published in Science found that…

Pee breaks are one of the most relaxing times in the office when you finally get to have some sane moments to yourself. Which is why most employees take numerous such breaks within a day. But what if your normal pee break had you secretly contributing to the generation of electricity?Two hundred and sixty men…