Pulling a wrinkled shirt out of a laundry pile with no time left to iron it is a genuinely familiar kind of panic, and it’s exactly the problem behind one of the more unusual laundry trends making the rounds online. The method is almost absurdly simple: toss a handful of ice cubes into the dryer…

Shravani Kudale (Photo credit: ANI) For nearly a year, Shravani Krishnakant Kudale stayed away from her phone and social media to focus entirely on NEET. The discipline paid off as she scored 710 out of 720, became Maharashtra’s topper, and secured All India Rank 5, making her the highest-ranked female candidate in NEET UG 2026.Talking…

On a recent afternoon, Peter Gallagher was wrapping up a lecture on Editorial Illustration, the class he has taught for 17 years at Montclair State University in northern New Jersey, when a student approached him with a burning question: “Is it true that you invented the Garbage Ape?” When Gallagher started teaching in the late…

Quote of the day by Ram Dass (Photo: Ram Dass/ @BabaRamDass/ X) Ram Dass was a Harvard psychologist and a psychedelic, born Richard Alpert, before a transformative trip to India led him to his guru, Neem Karoli Baba, and a new path as a spiritual guide. He is also credited with taking his teachings to…

While America is noted for its skyscrapers and unique wildlife parks, the longest rivers tell another story. America’s longest rivers are more than scenic waterways. These rivers pass forests, deserts, mountains, wetlands, and grasslands, and create some of the country’s richest ecosystems. From giant paddlefish to rare alligators, the wildlife found along these rivers is…