Life insurance new premium rose to even higher in 2023, LIMRA reported today, setting a record for the third straight year.
Posts from: September 2024
Last week, an indelible image of rodent genitalia was published in the serious-sounding journal Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, in an equally serious-sounding paper titled “Cellular functions of spermatogonial stem cells in relation to JAK/STAT signaling pathway.” Yet the image was deeply unserious, depicting a white rat sitting on his hind legs and gazing […]
Step back in time to midsummer in Paris, 1945. After five years of German occupation, the war in Europe had ended. Paris had been liberated the previous August.At first the city was full of jo…
Happy “first Sunday after the first full moon whose 14th day is on or after the Vernal Equinox.” More simply, Happy Easter 2024!
”She was the most caring, outgoing, always wanted to be a part of everything,” Amy Mahan Dixie’s mother said.
The Chico State baseball team split its doubleheader against Cal State Dominguez Hills on Thursday. The Toros and Wildcats will now have two more games Friday and Saturday to determine a series win…
During the Roman Empire, it is thought that lead poisoning from the lead pipes that the Romans used may have caused or contributed to the downfall of the Roman Empire. Yet today we defile the Earth’s precious waters with all manner of toxic substances apparently using some logic that we can contaminate water in all […]
A recent study presented at the 55th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) discusses the Mars Astrobiology, Resource, and Science Explorers (MARSE) mission concept and its Simplified High Impact Energy Landing Device (SHIELD), which offers a broader and cheaper method regarding the search for—past or present—life on the Red Planet, specifically by using four rovers … Continue reading “Search for Life on Mars Could Level-Up with MARSE Mission Concept”
On the last day of Father Juan Luxama’s recent mission trip to San Juan, Puerto Rico, he witnessed the arrival of a boat of 45 Haitian migrants, who then piled into a local Catholic shelter. Witnessing their new reality, he said, moved him.
Gulf Cooperation Council countries are experiencing a wave […]