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2 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Jenny Reid Allison
When it comes to disaster response, most of us think of first responders as firefighters, police, EMTs, soldiers, and medics. But the very first responders, in the truest sense of the word, are the people in the immediate vicinity when a disaster takes place — and studies show that they form a critical part of disaster relief. Nice News explained the vital, yet often overlooked, role that these civilian responders play in the immediate wake of a disaster.
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2 weeks ago | 
thecooldown.com | Jenny Reid Allison
It's easy to forget that hot water doesn't magically appear from the faucet — and in fact, the energy that goes into heating it is one of the more expensive aspects of owning a home. That's why many homeowners have migrated to heat pump water heaters (HPWH) in recent years. As opposed to traditional fuel-burning systems, HPWHs operate by drawing thermal energy directly from the surrounding environment to heat water.
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2 weeks ago | 
thecooldown.com | Jenny Reid Allison
It's been a rough start to 2025 for electric vehicle maker Tesla. The company's sales have plummeted at home and abroad, in no small part due to CEO Elon Musk's continued political involvement and advocacy for cuts to social programs. And while Tesla had touted their Cybertruck as the next big thing in electric vehicles, sales have been moving ahead at a crawl. This has led the automaker to begin offering discount financing in a last-ditch effort to lure more buyers, Electrek reported.
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2 weeks ago | 
thecooldown.com | Jenny Reid Allison
A team of forest department officials in Darjeeling, India, raided a suspect's home and found a massive amount of illegal wildlife relics. According to Mint, the individual was found in possession of 3.7 kilograms — the equivalent of over 8 pounds — of pangolin scales, as well as a deer antler. The person intended to smuggle the items into Nepal.
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2 weeks ago | 
thecooldown.com | Jenny Reid Allison
There's nothing less savory than watching the contents of your bathroom or kitchen sink swirl slowly around without draining. Fortunately, one dad and DIY enthusiast has an easy, all-natural hack for unclogging even the slowest sink. Deon Chakmah Miller (@chakmahtheking) shared a video on TikTok explaining his hack, which he demonstrates on his own slow-draining sink.
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3 weeks ago | 
thecooldown.com | Jenny Reid Allison
Spotting a group of five wild leopards might not seem like a radical achievement, but for this species, it is. The Miami Herald recently shared that a trail camera in Azerbaijan's Caucasus region captured footage of five Caucasian leopards — a mother, three cubs, and a male — as they lounged in the sun. World Wildlife Fund Azerbaijan said this was the first time that five leopards of this subspecies had been filmed together since it began its monitoring efforts in 2007.
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3 weeks ago | 
thecooldown.com | Jenny Reid Allison
For decades, scientists have known that pesticide use negatively impacts many species, including humans, and ecosystems. But new research has found that not only do pesticides harm some species — they harm nearly all of them. The study, published in the journal Nature Communications, was conducted by international research teams from the United Kingdom and China. It was one of the largest studies on the broad impacts of pesticide use to date.
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3 weeks ago | 
thecooldown.com | Jenny Reid Allison
If you've ever had to toss a beloved piece of clothing after it acquired a stubborn grease stain, one cleaning expert has good and bad news for you. The bad news: That piece of clothing could have likely been salvaged. The good news: There's a super easy way to make sure you won't have to lose any clothes to grease stains in the future. Home hacks expert Laura de Barra (@lauradebarra) explained her degreasing trick in a video. "Don't throw it out, let's sort it out," she says.
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3 weeks ago | 
thecooldown.com | Jenny Reid Allison
When it comes to disaster response, most of us think of first responders as firefighters, police, EMTs, soldiers, and medics. But the very first responders, in the truest sense of the word, are the people in the immediate vicinity when a disaster takes place — and studies show that they form a critical part of disaster relief. Nice News explained the vital, yet often overlooked, role that these civilian responders play in the immediate wake of a disaster.
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3 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Jenny Reid Allison
India is the second-highest producer of both and rice, according to the World Economic Forum. But with rising atmospheric temperatures changing rainfall and other weather patterns, experts warn that these agricultural outputs will soon be dramatically lower. What's happening? Outlook Planet reported on the concerning patterns, sharing that India's wheat and rice outputs are expected to dip by 6 to 10% in the coming decades. This is largely due to a loss in freshwater supply.
