Christy Spackman.  The Taste of Water: Sensory Perception and the Making of an Industrial Beverage.  University of California Press, 2023. 289 pages. Food Studies scholar Christy Spackman proves that, yes, an entire book—-and a riveting one at that—-can be devoted to how water tastes, thereby

The killer whale named Tokitae, whose rescue was championed by Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay, has passed away. The 57-year-old orca, affectionately known as “Lolita,” died on Friday afternoon while in captivity at the Miami Seaquarium. The cause of death is suspected to be a

The Chicago Bears turned their intense training camp into a spectacle of fun and camaraderie as they engaged in an epic water balloon fight led by their star quarterback, Justin Fields. As the summer sun beat down on the practice field, the Bears decided to beat the heat in style. What

Getty Image Midway through March of 2021, it became increasingly hard to ignore that a certain illness that had started to spread in China at the end of the previous year had become too big of a threat to ignore. As a result, people around the United States flocked to stores across the country to

Torrential Rains Trigger Flash Floods Across California Since the end of December, a 'parade of cyclones' has swamped California. The latest round of torrential rain has caused flooding in Los Angeles County, and still unclear in the early morning hours of Tuesday the extent of the