Last month, some four-thousand beagles – puppies and adults – were rescued from a facility in Cumberland, Virginia where they were being bred to be used in medical research. They are now on their way to being adopted from shelters and partners across the

HippoCamp: A Conference for Creative Nonfiction Writers is an annual event produced by independent/volunteer-run Hippocampus Magazine. It will take place this weekend, August 12-14, in Lancaster. Storytelling is a big part of writing and today, we’ll lear

When thinking about recess most think about children, but the Pennsylvania College of Art & Design’s Center for Creative Exploration has given recess a new twist. Art Recess, which started in 2019 prior to a brief hiatus due to COVID-19, provides adul

How and what kind of media Americans consume has changed a great deal in the last decade. The time spent watching TV, listening to radio, reading newspapers and magazines are all down while the use of mobile devices is up by 250%. At the same time, with s

One of the bright spots of the COVID-19 pandemic is that more Pennsylvanians went outdoors for recreation. There's no reason to believe they'll stop either. At a time when many were home from work and didn't want to be stuck indoors, adults and children v

Three people were killed and a fourth critically injured when lightning struck a tree they were standing under last week in Washington D.C. Fatalities from lightning strikes don’t happen often – sometimes up to two dozen people a year are killed and multi

Most would assume that back pain is an issue that older people deal with but back pain in young people has been very common due to poor posture, heavy back packs, exercising improperly, technology habits, and more. According to the good body, 30% of child

2022 – but especially the summer of 2022 – has been marked by major disruptions in air travel. More than 120,000 flights have been cancelled since Memorial Day and one in five flights have been delayed. There are several reasons for the problems and other

Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics or STEM. In today’s economy and especially with a view toward the future, STEM is and will be much more important and even essential for the jobs and careers that will make up what is now the information ec

January 2020 was the last time the United States declared a public health emergency and that to Covid-19. Now there’s a new virus on the scene, Monkeypox, that has caused the United States to have the largest outbreak in the world. At the end of last mont