DarwinCatholic has a Latin question. Oh boy! A chance to dust of my Latin dictionary and grammar! The phrase to translate: Populus Sion, ecce Dominus veniet ad salvandas gentes: et auditam faciet Dominus gloriam vocis suae, in laetitia cordis vestri. I set to work translating only to see that Rob F. beat me to it. [...]

According to the Sunday Times and the Washington Post, scientists have now quantified how divorce harms the environment: The researchers found that the combined use of electricity across the two new households created rose 53% while water use was up by 42%. Across America – one of 12 countries studied – divorced households used 73 [...]

Daemon was the sweetest, most affectionate cat I have ever known. When he was a kitten, he used to curl up and sleep right next to my pillow, as if watching over me. He was a foundling, the kitten of a stray cat that we discovered in a local parking lot. Wednesday morning, I had [...]