Related story: Bethesda Literary Festival brings royal biographer “How do I make hamsters scary?”These are the types of thoughts that occupy the mind of writer R.L. Stine, and with good reason.Celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, Stine’s beloved children’s series, “Goosebumps,” boasts more than 100 titles. To dig into new ideas, Stine will start with the name of a book and then flesh out .. more …
Related story: Bethesda Literary Festival brings royal biographer “How do I make hamsters scary?”These are the types of thoughts that occupy the mind of writer R.L. Stine, and with good reason.Celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, Stine’s beloved children’s series, “Goosebumps,” boasts more than 100 titles. To dig into new ideas, Stine will start with the name of a book and then flesh out .. more …
The students not only proved to be some of the brightest in the nation but dominated an international field to win the Global Championship in Tennessee. Those students, now middle schoolers, are back for more. Ian McMahon, Brian McBride, James McKee, Harrison McDonald, Tristan Leonertz, Patrick Barry and Sam Medlin have formed their own team – The Trojan Hamsters – and will try to match last .. more …
Nearly every child wants a pet sooner or later. Pets provide nonjudgmental companionship that children often can’t get from family or friends. But not everyone has room for – or an inclination to get – a dog or a cat. For some families, space, money and temperament make them more interested in smaller furry animals such as rabbits, hamsters, guinea pigs and gerbils – good first animals, according .. more …
METHEUN, Mass., Jan. 18 (UPI) — A Massachusetts animal shelter took nearly 100 hamsters from the home of a man who said he could not control their breeding.The man, whose name was not reported, visited Methuen Animal Care and Adoption Center at Nevins Farm last week to ask for help with his burgeoning hamster population, The Boston Globe reported Tuesday.”He couldn’t afford them any longer,” .. more …
L AWRENCE – A Lawrence man has turned over 94 hamsters to a local animal shelter, telling officials he was running out of room in his apartment.The director of the Methuen shelter, run by the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, said the rodents were well cared for and will make nice pets.Shelter director Mike Keiley told the Eagle-Tribune that the hamsters’ .. more …
The boxy Kia Soul is still funky-looking and still has dancing hamsters in its award-winning television ads.But for 2012, the youthful Soul is restyled for a more high-tech look, has more powerful, yet more fuel-efficient engines, new six-speed transmissions and more features, including an infotainment system with voice recognition. Kia even offers 18-inch wheels now.This model year, the five-door .. more …
The uproar that followed a November episode of Fox’s “Glee” in which two teen couples had sex for the first time may have some scientific legs. New research shows sex during the adolescent years could affect mood and brain development into adulthood.The study, which was carried out on hamsters , reveals how social experiences during adolescence when the brain is still developing can have broad .. more …
Editor’s note: Andrew Keen is a British-American writer, entrepreneur and professional skeptic about whatever the herd is doing. He is known for his view that internet social culture and web 2.0 trends may be debasing culture — a view vigorously expressed in his 2007 book “The Cult of the Amateur.” His upcoming (June 2012) book “Digital Vertigo” is a defense of privacy and secrecy in our Web 3.0 .. more …
A new study suggests teen sex can have lasting effects on mental health ” at least in male hamsters .Researchers from Ohio State University found that male hamsters that mated when they were 40 days old (the hamster equivalent of adolescence) showed symptoms of depression later on compared to their abstaining littermates.”Having a sexual experience during this time point, early in life, is not .. more …
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