Coffee and Provocation

Did Ritual Dog Killing Speed Domestication?
Ancient man seems to have rituals associated with deciding which  dogs would live, work, and reproduce, as well as which would be eaten or used for other purposes. Anthropologists believe this form of selective breeding may have played an important feature of dog domestication.

"Extinct" Trout Species Found Alive and Well
The Colorado River Cutthroat Trout, once believed extinct, has been found alive and well in several streams in and around the San Juan National Forest in the Southwest Colorado. As I have noted in the past, about as many animals are "rediscovered" as not extinct every year as are claimed extinct.\

The Case for Badger Control and Hedge Preservation
Badgers, tractors, and slug bait is pushing hedgehogs over the edge in England and elsewhere in Europe.

Giant Deer Skulls in the Lough
An Irish fisherman pulled a complete skull and antlers of an extinct Great Irish Elk from Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland. The skull and antlers are over 10,500-years-old.

Nike Sales Surge
Nike sales surges over 30 percent in the days after the Colin Kaepernick ad was unveiled. It turns out angry, conservative, rural, white American men were not their core market. Imagine that? Genuinely confused. How could the largest global sneaker company in the world manage to prosper without them?

Parrots Delay Gratification for More Rewards
Maybe it's time to put a parrot in charge of both our personal and national economies? A new study report that: "When provided with a choice between a food or a token that could be exchanged for more preferred food, all four species inhibited their impulsive reactions and selected the token significantly more often than chance, thus maximizing their payoff. They did so regardless of the value of the immediate gain."

100 Women in the House?
It could happen, and it would be a wonderful start.

Are You Painting a House?
This Nix Mini Color Sensor is a pocket-sized sensor that matches colors to 31,000 name brand paints.

Omnivorous Sharks
It turn out that Bonnethead Sharks (a kind of small hammerhead) are underwater lawn mowers that eat a lot of sea grass as well as squid, crabs, and small fish.

The U.S. Army Signal Corps Anticipate Trump in 1943

The U.S. Army Signal Corps produced this blistering anti-Trump film, “Don’t Be a Sucker” way back in 1943.