While it’s true that having blood taken from your body does literally make you lighter, watching movies about vampires burns calories. The heart rate and metabolic rate increase during scary movies, leading to an increase in calorie expenditure. Movies with jump scares are the most effective. In a test with 10 horror films (this study… Continue Reading Can vampires help you lose weight?
The November Share the Plate recipient is Chester Eastside, which provides invaluable programs for children and adults providing resources to improve outcomes for the entire community. Their initiatives help kids defy the odds by meeting basic human needs through food and clothing distributions while also providing a safe environment for education and skill development. Share… Continue Reading Chester Eastside
You know that feeling you get when you’re being stared at? Out of the corner of your eye, even outside your field of vision, you can just tell someone is checking you out? It’s not ESP. It’s closer to having an eye on the back of your head. Our gaze detection system, aided by the… Continue Reading How is it that you know when someone is watching you?
Autumn is the time to gather the harvest. For squirrels, that means finding the nuts they have hidden away for the winter. Part of their hippocampus increases in size when the weather turns cold. Depending on the study, it may be due to new neurons or “seasonal plasticity.” This helps them remember where they squirreled… Continue Reading Whose brain gets bigger in the fall?
We often think of compassion as something you have for other people. But sometimes you have to let go of regrets and give yourself a little grace. Here is the band ARCHR with their song, Grace.
Playing cards have not always had the current four suits (spades, hearts, diamonds, and clubs). One of the earliest surviving decks, the Malmuk pack from Egypt in the 15th century, had suits of cups, coins, swords, and polo sticks. The court cards were King, Lieutenant and Second Lieutenant, and the game was called Nã’ib, the… Continue Reading Do four polo sticks beat four cups?
October’s Share the Plate recipient is the Lenape Nation of PA, a group of descendants of the original inhabitants of the land UUCDC is on. They advocate for the cultural identity and civil and human rights of the Lenape people. Share the Plate receives half of all plate collections and funds received by text: $20… Continue Reading Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania
Come one, come all to UUCDC’s Chili Chocolate Homebrew Challenge! On Saturday, November 22, from 6:00 – 9:00 pm. friends and members of UUCDC will be bringing forth their finest dishes of chili, chocolate creations, and homebrewed beverages to be sampled by all in attendance. (Homebrews may only be imbibed by those of the appropriate… Continue Reading Chili Chocolate Homebrew Challenge
The VW Jetta and Tiguan sold well last year. (The beloved “beetle” is no more.) But although Volkswagen shipped 5.2 million vehicles in 2024, they sold 8.5 million currywurst sausages. The automaker began making and serving this specialty bratwurst to employees in 1973, and it became so popular that it is now sold in 12… Continue Reading What was Volkswagen’s best seller last year?
