Iconic California Route 66 cafe in peril as historic road turns 100

Iconic California Route 66 cafe in peril as historic road turns 100

A Route 66 legend could soon be no more. The future of the Bagdad Cafe, a popular waypoint along America’s legendary Mother Road, is hanging in the balance — following the closure of the cafe’s kitchen and the death of its founder. Inspired by the 1987 film of the same name, Andrea Pruett opened the restaurant … Read more

Air pollution is changing the way flowers smell, leaving pollinators lost and the ecosystem in peril

Air pollution is changing the way flowers smell, leaving pollinators lost and the ecosystem in peril

Get a whiff of this. Airborne chemicals found in common fossil fuels are interfering with the pollination process, new research shows — to the point where it’s changing the way a flower smells. And while that may have a slight impact on folks who make a habit of stopping to smell the roses, the effect … Read more

Five things about covid we still don’t understand at our peril

Five things about covid we still don’t understand at our peril

Since a new coronavirus launched the global pandemic that has now killed more than 6.5 million people — 16 percent of them in the United States alone ― scientists in record numbers have devoted themselves full time to unraveling its mysteries. In less than three years, researchers have published more than 200,000 studies about the … Read more