One of the most wonderful things about having a dog is how attached they become to their owners. I work from home and my Jack Russell terrier, Scout, lies next to me on his bed for most of the day. The only time he leaves my office is for a sip of water or to go outside and sun his belly on the porch. That’s why whenever I leave the house and can’t take Scout with me, I wonder, “Does he miss me? Is he sad that he’s alone?” I know I’m not alone in feeling this way, and turns out, the science says we have reason to ask ourselves these questions. Do dogs miss us when we’re gone? A study published in Psychology Today shows that our dogs do, in fact, miss us the moment we leave the house, and that feeling slowly intensifies until we are gone for about four hours, and they have a “plateau of melancholy.” That’s why the longer you’re away, the more excited your dog is when you return home. We might be in a hurry. But it feels like a lifetime when we’re gone. Photo credit: Canva That certainly explains why the moment I pull up in my car, Scout begins to howl like a wolf trying to contact someone who’s miles away. It’s like, “Dude, I’m 30 feet away. Give me a second to grab the groceries out of the trunk.” However, another study made by researchers from the Universities of Pisa and Perugia, Italy, has found that if you give your dog some affection before you leave the house, they’ll have less anxiety while you’re away. How to calm your dog before leaving the house They conducted experiments with 10 dogs between the ages of one and 11 without attachment issues. The group was composed of seven mixed-breed dogs, one Labrador retriever, one Hovawart, and one Chihuahua. Participants in the study walked their leashed dogs into a fenced area where they were greeted by a researcher who took their dog’s heart rate. In the first test, after the owners walked their dogs into the area, they talked with a researcher for one minute then left without giving the dog any special attention. In the second test, the dog owners petted the dog during their interaction with the researcher. In both tests, the owners left the fenced area and hid far enough away so that the dog couldn’t smell them. After the owners left, the dogs looked for them for about three minutes on average. After the owners returned, the researchers measured the dogs’ levels of the stress hormone cortisol as well as their heart rates. What the science actually found The researchers found that whether the dogs were petted or not, their cortisol levels were unchanged. But their heart rate showed a marked decrease if the owners petted them before leaving. Researchers later watched videos of the dogs and found that the ones that were petted showed “behaviors indicative of calmness for a longer period while waiting for the owner’s return.” A simple gesture that speaks volumes to your doggo. Photo credit: Canva Next time I’m ready to leave the house and Scout follows me to the front door after saying, “Sorry bud, you can’t go with me on this trip,” I’ll kneel down and give him a little extra love and attention. Maybe that way he won’t howl like the house is on fire when I pull up in my car after a trip to the grocery store. This article originally appeared five years ago. It has been updated. The post The real reason why you should always pet your dog before leaving the house appeared first on Upworthy.

I will admit that I hardly ever watch the news on television, especially not for the weather. It’s just so much easier to pick up my phone and check Google or The Weather Channel. I just want to know how warm it’s going to be or how likely it is to rain. These days, I can find that out in about 10 seconds and go about my day. But when there’s potential danger, hurricanes, storms that might knock out the power of topple over trees, tornado warnings, or threats of ice and snow, my trusty local meteorologist or weatherman is always there. All of that said, I’ve never once considered that I might not be able to get my weather forecast from either source, at least not accurately. It’s 2025, our weather modeling should be better than ever, state of the art, right? John Morales, a meteorologist and hurricane specialist with NBC6 in South Florida, was reporting on an upcoming storm when he suddenly shifted gears, right in the middle of the broadcast. A weatherman’s on-air confession Morales explains that in his 34 years of presenting the weather, he’s always been able to confidently tell his viewers when a hurricane might hit, or when it might turn away. He’s always been able to stand behind his data, modeling, and forecast in order to help protect the people of South Florida. “I am here to tell you that I am not sure I can do that this year.” Why? “Because of the cuts, the gutting, the sledgehammer attack on science in general.” Morales then pulled up a graphic instead of his usual weather map. It laid out some stark realities about severe understaffing of the National Weather Service, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Between brutal layoffs, employees accepting the recent DOGE buyout, and straight-up resignations, the agencies responsible for collecting weather data have lost hundreds and hundreds of valuable experts. BREAKING: A Florida meteorologist just went on air and said he can’t accurately report the weather anymore, because Trump’s DOGE cuts gutted the satellite data he relies on.We’re not just defunding science, we’re sabotaging public safety.And for what? So a billionaire… pic.twitter.com/bANyZv7t4U— Brian Allen (@allenanalysis) June 4, 2025 Why weather data is disappearing He also explained that due to federal government budget cuts, there’s been a sizable decrease in weather balloon launches across the country. Weather balloons are instruments that take crucial measurements of the upper atmosphere and send data that helps with forecasting. With less data available, and lower quality data, Morales say that “the quality of forecasts is becoming degraded.” That’s a pretty scary thought, especially in a place like South Florida. What do you do when your local meteorologist can’t predict what a powerful hurricane will do next? “This is a multi-generational impact on science in this country,” Morales warns. Almost nine million people viewed the powerful clip on X. It was reshared over 26,000 times. Morales’ message is definitely getting the attention it deserves. The bigger picture behind the cuts It’s not just the National Weather Service that’s bleeding. In the name of efficiency, The White House has slashed budgets at the CDC, the National Institutes of Health, and more. Trimming the federal budget sounds well and good until you realize that we won’t be making any major cancer breakthroughs any time soon without funding the research. And we won’t be able to protect people from hurricanes and tornadoes without complete weather data. (And yes, even the Weather app on your iPhone needs a database to pull from.) Meanwhile, we’re spending $1 trillion, yes, trillion, per year on our military. This is the anti-science, anti-expert sentiment Morales is talking about. It’s been building for years and is just now coming to a head in the worst way. We still need meteorologists and weather experts like Morales. We still need scientists. My public comment ahead of the @CityofMiami officially adopting the Science-based Tracking and Operational Resilience forMiami (STORM) initiative, affirming a commitment to science-basedweather forecasting as the foundation for public safety—including advocating for NOAA & NWS. pic.twitter.com/xEAeWMlEil— John Morales (@JohnMoralesTV) October 14, 2025 The impact of these cuts is already being felt. In a follow-up interview in early 2026, Morales confirmed his fears had been validated, statistics on forecast accuracy for tropical cyclone tracks and intensities from the National Hurricane Center showed the 2025 season’s forecasts were indeed less accurate. John Morales continues to advocate for a science-based approach to weather and public safety. And he’s not alone. Why human expertise still matters ChatGPT can pull weather data from Google and tell you if there’s going to be a thunderstorm, but can it tell you when the data behind that forecast is incomplete or unreliable? That’s the reality we’re facing right now, and we might not know the forecast isn’t reliable until it’s too late in some cases. TV weathermen who live in our communities and can put crucial context behind the weather and help keep us safe still matter. Not only that, but they are ambassadors for science, and they still have a big platform in many communities around the country. Morales is making sure he makes the most of his. This article originally appeared last year. It has been updated. The post Despondent weatherman goes off-script on live TV to explain why he ‘can’t’ forecast anymore appeared first on Upworthy.

Depending on what generation you belong to, when you hear the name Tiffany, you might think of the famous jewelry store, the teen singer from the 80s or the much-less-in-the-spotlight daughter of President Trump. Most likely, you don’t think of a woman who lived in the Middle Ages. In fact, if you were listening to an audiobook set in medieval times and the narrator introduced a character named Tiffany, you’d probably get yanked right out of the story as your brain would say, “Wait, why is there a Tiffany in this story? Isn’t that a much more modern name?” It’s actually not, which is exactly why The Tiffany Problem is called The Tiffany Problem. The Tiffany Problem refers to the fact that people in modern times will sometimes see something as anachronistic when it’s not. It’s something writers, filmmakers and other storytellers have to be aware of, as it can feel like there’s a historical problem even if there isn’t an actual historical problem. Abraham Piper explains the dilemma and how it was coined: View this post on Instagram So who actually coined this term As Piper shares, fantasy author Jo Walton coined the term “The Tiffany Problem” and explained it: “Your readers are modern people and know what they know, which is fine except when what they know isn’t actually right. For instance, the name Tiffany sounds extremely modern to us. It feels jarring when we read it as a character name in a historical setting, where we’d be quite happy with names like Anna and Jane. But our instinct is wrong, because Tiffany is a form of Theophania, and it was fairly common in medieval England and France. It went out of fashion later, and it’s because we don’t have seventeenth to nineteenth century examples that it feels modern. But you still can’t use it in a fantasy novel set in the exact time and place when the name would have been historically accurate, because it will jerk the reader out of their reading trance. They know it’s wrong and you can’t tell them that what they know is wrong.” Piper had also shared that “ha ha,” which seems like a casual, modern colloquialism, is actually very old, with the first known use coming from a monk 1,000 years ago. He also mentions “OMG,” which was used by a World War I admiral in a letter to Winston Churchill in 1917. And “hubby” as a slang term for husband? That goes way back to the 1680s. Who knew? It’s a bit ironic that writers who strive to ensure their historical fiction works are historically accurate can find themselves stymied by people being just flat-out wrong about what’s accurate and what’s not. Humans are interesting creatures, aren’t we? Go down the Tiffany rabbit hole For more info about the name Tiffany than you ever thought you wanted to know but will be delighted to learn, CGP Grey created a whole video about the name that has 4.7 million views. Tiffany exploded the 1980s, but CGP Grey goes all the way back to the year 300 to uncover the origins of the name. It’s genuinely entertaining. Watch: If you’re still here and want to take an even deeper dive into the history of Tiffany, this other video from CGP Grey is an incredible rabbit hole that will make you appreciate the work historians do and marvel at how much digging Grey actually did to provide the original Tiffany history video. We’re talking trips to the deep dark corners of The British Library, the largest library in the world, and hours and hours of paging through books just to find the original source of this one poem that includes the name “Tiffany.” It’s a journey, but a fascinating one. Enjoy “Someone Dead Ruined My Life… Again”: History is stranger than fiction The Tiffany Problem is a reminder that our sense of what “sounds old” is often just a gap in our own knowledge dressed up as instinct. The past didn’t actually run out of surprises just because we stopped hearing about them. So the next time something historical feels wrong, it might be worth asking whether the problem is history, or just what you happen to know about it. This article originally appeared three years. It has been updated. The post ‘The Tiffany Problem’ explains why people think historically accurate things are wrong appeared first on Upworthy.

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by Stuart Englert, Stuart Englert’s Substack: Federal Officials Continue to Ignore the Underlying Fiscal Problem The U.S. dollar took a walloping this week after the U.S. Treasury announced it would double purchases of long-term U.S. debt instruments beginning next month. In short, the federal government once again must buy back a larger portion of its own bonds […]

Whether you’re craving something sweet or savory, you’ll love this collection of our best corn recipes. Sweet summer corn, golden cornbread, hearty chilis, and everything in between. Perfect for peak corn season, and delicious all year round. Our Favorite Corn Recipes 1 Mexican Street Corn Salad (Esquites) All the flavor of elote with none of the mess. Sweet corn gets charred in a hot skillet, then tossed in a creamy, tangy dressing. It disappears at every potluck. Get This Recipe 2 Corn Avocado Salad Sweet summer corn and creamy avocado with fresh lime and torn basil. It comes together in minutes and tastes like the middle of July. Get This Recipe 3 Crockpot Salsa Chicken Five minutes of prep and the slow cooker handles the rest. Sweet corn and black beans go in at the end. Get This Recipe 4 Corn Salsa Chunky, fresh, and so much better than anything from a jar. Scoop it with chips or spoon it over grilled chicken and fish. 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  Egyptology is often remembered through its most dramatic moments: an archaeologist in the field, a tomb uncovered, a discovery entering the history books. But behind those moments were women whose notes, correspondence, teaching, research, and relationships helped build the field.   In this episode of TheCollector Podcast, we speak with Dr. Kathleen (Kate) Sheppard, professor of the history of science at Missouri S&T and author of Women in the Valley of the Kings and Tea on the Terrace. She explores the overlooked contributions of women in Egyptology and the social networks that shaped the field, revealing a history that looks very different when we move beyond its most famous names.   Historians weren’t necessarily looking for the women behind the resources. They were looking at what happened on a site, rather than asking who took the notes, who preserved the records, and whose work made it possible for us to know what happened there.     Women in Egyptology and the Making of the Field American Egyptologist Dr. Caroline Ransom Williams working on Medinet Habu during the excavation season of 1926-1927. Source: Epigraphic Survey of Photographic Archives   Modern Egyptology took shape in the 19th century as scholars learned to read ancient Egyptian texts and archaeologists developed new ways to study and record the past. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Egyptology was drawing a swath of enthusiastic scholars, archaeologists, and travelers to Egypt.   Women were always part of this burgeoning field. Because Egyptology was still taking shape institutionally, women had unique opportunities to participate through research, teaching, and fieldwork. Still, many of their contributions aren’t mentioned in the most famous stories from the field, which tend to focus on headline-grabbing discoveries made by men.   In the episode, Dr. Sheppard shares her research on these women, the records they left behind, and the networks that supported their essential work. She also considers Egyptology’s ties to European imperialism and colonialism, offering a fuller picture of how the field developed and who helped shape it.   The Stories Hidden in Egyptology’s History Women in the Valley of the Kings by Kathleen Sheppard. Source: Macmillan Publishers   Dr. Sheppard’s research brings many of these overlooked figures back into view. In Women in the Valley of the Kings: The Untold Story of Women Egyptologists in the Gilded Age, she introduces us to Egyptologists like Margaret Murray and Caroline Ransom Williams. Their stories show why seemingly ordinary records can matter so much to historians. In some cases, the careful records women kept are the reason we know what happened at all.   In Tea on the Terrace: Hotels and Egyptologists’ Social Networks from 1885–1925, Dr. Sheppard examines social environments like hotels where Egyptologists gathered, revealing how informal social networks shaped the discipline. Together, these studies offer a broader picture of Egyptology—one built not just on famous discoveries, but on the conversations, correspondence, and invisible labor that made those moments possible.

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