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In 1905, according to the Popsicle origin story, an 11-year-old in the San Francisco Bay Area left a cup of soda mixture outside overnight with its stirring stick still inside and found it frozen by morning; 19 years later Frank Epperson patented the???frozen confectionery??? as the Epsicle, his children persuaded him to rename it the Popsicle, and the brand says more than 2 billion are now sold each year.
7+ hour, 39+ min ago (788+ words) The famous frozen-cup story is brand lore, but Frank Epperson’s 1924 patent shows the engineering that turned flavoured ice on a stick into a mass-market product. By The Long View · Edited by Lachlan Brown Published September 13, 2026 · How we edit The Popsicle…...
Blueberry seeds pulled out of five wolf scats in northern Minnesota germinated at 96 percent against 69 percent for seeds taken straight from the fruit, and half of them had sprouted by day 19 rather than day 26
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (721+ words) The difference is real and the size of it is not settled: measured against the best of the study's three control batches, the advantage shrinks from 27 percentage points to five. By Natural History · Edited by Chris Jeremia Published September 12, 2026 · How…...
A British businessman bought the island of Lundy in 1925, decided it should largely govern itself and began issuing his own stamps and “Puffin” coins — until the British government prosecuted him for making his own money
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (687+ words) When a financier's fantasy of island sovereignty collided with crown law, a handful of homemade coins became evidence in one of Britain's most peculiar prosecutions. Published September 10, 2026 · How we edit Put a 1929 puffin in your palm and it feels like…...
Reykjavík, Iceland heats every home, its swimming pools and even some streets with geothermal energy — tapping water that began as rain and snowmelt, seeped kilometres underground and returned hot from the rock
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (548+ words) A renewable heating system perfected over decades now warms nearly every Icelandic home—and the country is racing to export the technology before climate change rewrites the rules of geothermal abundance. Published September 9, 2026 · How we edit Rain that fell on…...
Reasons the Middle Class Never Get Rich
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (58+ words) The wealthy don't just earn more—their money works differently, creating a widening gap that has little to do with discipline or smarts. By Science Blog Editorial Team · Edited by Graeme Brown Published September 9, 2026 · How we edit Follow Science Blog…...
Pakistan's net-metered solar capacity went from 190 megawatts to 6,978 in six years, as consumers responded to electricity tariffs that had risen nearly 140 percent and sharply cheaper solar panels.
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (570+ words) When electricity bills nearly tripled, millions of Pakistanis ditched the grid for rooftops—setting off a solar rush that has left the country's power establishment scrambling. By Science Blog Editorial Team · Edited by Mal James Published September 8, 2026 · How we edit…...
Don't waste a crisis: the psychology of why disruption is a real, and short, window for change
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (65+ words) Never let a good crisis go to waste is usually said with a cynical wink, the slogan of politicians and executives who see an emergency as cover for whatever they wanted to do anyway. By Science Blog Editorial Team Published…...
A data center in Denmark gives away heat that data centers often waste. It runs water from the city's heating network through its cooling units and into heat pumps that raise it enough to fill the radiators of 11,000 homes
5+ day, 18+ hour ago (616+ words) As data centers consume ever more power, one facility in Denmark shows how to turn a costly cooling problem into a heating solution for thousands of households. By Science Blog Editorial Team · Edited by Mal James Published September 7, 2026 · How we…...
In 1999, a Taylor, Texas Bland family deeded about 88 acres for parkland for $10; by 2025 that same ground had been sold for $10 million to a data-center developer despite the parkland deed
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (373+ words) A Texas family's nominal gift of parkland in 1999 became a $10 million data-center plot by 2025, raising questions about how the deed's conservation language disappeared along the way. By Lab Report · Edited by Justin Brown Published September 6, 2026 · How we edit Nothing about…...
A 33-year-old entrepreneur bought an 81-room Arkansas hotel for $2.55 million and set aside another $1.1 million for furniture, fixtures and equipment before reopening it
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (230+ words) Greg Clark, 33, paid $2.55 million for an 81-room Eureka Springs Holidome and budgeted another $1.1 million for FF&E, aiming to reopen as Hotel Expedition around Christmas 2026. By Lab Report · Edited by Justin Brown Published September 6, 2026 · How we edit The building is…...