Clichés are phrases that have been used to the point of becoming threadbare. Case in point, ‘an apple a day, keeps the doctor away’. And here’s another one: ‘to avoid something or someone like the plague. That one has probably been around as early as, you guessed it, the plagues
THE FLASH Barry Allen uses his super speed to change the past, but his attempt to save his family creates a world without super heroes, forcing him to race for his life in order to save the future. TRANSFORMERS: RISE OF THE BEASTS During the 1990s, the Maximals, Predacons and
In his book The Hidden Life of Trees, forester and author Peter Wohlleben invites to consider the idea that ‘trees experience pain and have memories, and that tree parents live together with their children’. In short, trees are social beings. They are some of the biggest living organisms on our
You wouldn’t think it but the world of veggies can be quite political! By now you must’ve heard the debate about whether tomatoes are fruits or vegetables. (Spoiler: They’re actually fruits but they’ll always be honorary vegetables to most of us!) But have you heard that bananas are actually more
In the 1850s, potato blight infected the potato crop throughout Europe, but it was especially felt in Ireland. The destroyed harvest cause a great hunger, a famine that is forever embedded in history as ‘The Irish Potato Famine.’ It is believed that during this time, over one million people died
Did you know that trees can either be male or female? That’s right. Trees can either be monoecious, meaning they have both male and female flowers and can reproduce on their own, or dioecious, meaning that each tree is either male or female. In that case they rely on another
