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The argument to wear warm clothes when temperatures dip is a rite of passage in parenting. It never fails—you’re either locked in a heated debate with a tiny human who just learned to speak a year ago or rolling your eyes as your teenager leaves the house in shorts when it’s 30 degrees outside. Reasoning with your child to put on proper pants for the weather simply evolves as they get older.

Seemingly, once kids reach a certain age, parents stop trying to convince them that coats, hats and gloves are designed to be more than closet ornaments. But it turns out that kids might be on to something, or at least know their temperature comfort levels better than the adults around them. Recently, Vox explored why children seem to be unfazed by weather that sends most adults back inside the house to grab a wool hat and a winter coat.

This weird biological wizardry isn’t reserved for children, though. Adults have moments when they experience the same phenomenon. In the video, the host demonstrates how a 55-degree day at the beginning of fall feels like jacket conditions, while 55 degrees in the winter feels like t-shirt weather.

It turns out that our bodies have two different types of fat. We have white fat, which burns constantly as the body’s main energy source. Then there’s brown fat, the fat that kids have more of and adults produce more of during the winter months. According to Dr. Aaron Cypess, brown fat cells are much smaller than white fat cells and are packed with mitochondria. Brown fat is strategically located in the body, overlapping major blood vessels, which warms the blood that is then pumped throughout the body.

Would you look at that! Our bodies work overtime to keep us warm without us knowing what’s going on. But babies and kids have it better than adults because their bodies are filled with brown fat that peaks during the teen years and has a rave. (Ok, that’s not exactly what they said. They did say that teens have a lot of brown fat, thus explaining why cargo shorts and a sweatshirt seem like acceptable winter attire.)

Watch the video below to learn more:

According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, heavy rail transit such as subways and metros produce 76% fewer greenhouse gas emissions per passenger mile than an average single-occupancy vehicle. That makes them one of the most essential tools for fighting climate change.

However, according to a new report from CNBC, the United States is the sixth most expensive country worldwide for building rail transit.

In 2021, President Joe Biden signed the bipartisan infrastructure law that included the country’s most significant investment in public transportation. According to CNBC, the U.S. is expected to spend between $91 billion and $108 billion on local public transit through 2026. With all that money at stake, using it effectively will be key.

“I believe that with the money coming in from infrastructure, it’s going to help us rebuild American transit,” Carmen Bianco, former President of MTA New York City Transit, told CNBC.

However, building infrastructure in the U.S., especially subways, is very expensive. This CNBC report shows that building subways in the U.S. is more expensive than in most countries because of high labor costs, overbuilt tracks and stations, and onerous regulations.

Fortunately, the video doesn’t just point out the problems with building infrastructure; it also provides solutions. Prices can be cut if Americans move away from building infrastructure with flashy designs, work with quieter equipment that allows them to build during a greater range of hours and cut down the red tape by using more state workers rather than contractors.

At a time when building trains is more important than ever, the smarter we work, the greener our future will be.

Look, you’re busy. You’ve got stuff that needs to be done today. Do you really have time to watch tiny baby goats jump in slow motion? Will that really add anything of value to your life?

Actually, the answer is yes. Because watching tiny baby goats jump in slow motion is not only exceedingly entertaining, it’s actually a simple life lesson in disguise.

These little guys hail from Sunflower Farm Creamery in Maine, where 60 (yes, 60) goats are born each year. Sunflower Farm promises that even if you didn’t love goats before, you will after watching videos from its Youtube channel showing the wee babes run, play, hop and snuggle. I mean, there’s another video showing the goats in pajamas…what’s not to love?

But back to this one. In the video’s description, Sunflower Farm writes, “The amount of effort a baby goat puts into each hop is astounding, and only fully observed by slowing down their motion so you can see every twist and turn clearly. They leap so bravely forward. Even the youngest six, who are one week old, are full of twists and turns and side kicks.”

Yep, in the clip you can definitely see boundless energy and fearlessness in their leaps. Which, let’s be honest, might not always result in the most graceful move. And yet when you slow that action down and put on a little Tchaikovsky, it suddenly becomes a riveting ballet nonetheless.

Check it out:

The farm added that the goats aren’t merely hopping around to learn how to avoid predators. They are also simply doing it for the “joy of it.” Play in the animal kingdom is as nuanced as it is for humans, with many experts noting that some species actually don’t engage in play to develop any sort of motor or cognitive skills. They do it, seemingly, just cause.

In other words, these goats “leap because they can.” And that’s that.

Folks who watched the video seemed to agree that their spontaneous, unbridled joy was contagious.

“OMG, the sheer joy! I had no real understanding of how random their movement was! That is probably the best thing I’ve seen in months!” one person comments.

Another added, “These kids are simply experiencing the sheer joy of life bursting out of them. Absolutely wondrous to watch.”

Sure, it’s a silly little goat ballet, but Sunflower Farms argues that humans could learn a thing or two from it.

“Humans could benefit so much by practicing being more nimble, fluid, and joyful. It is so easy to get stuck in our ways, to feel heavy, and weighed down by the world. The goat kids show us that there is another way,” the video description read.

Indeed, life might feel heavy at times. But take it from a group of baby goats…jumping around for no reason at all can be the best pick-me-up. No kidding.

Editor’s Note: This story discusses suicide. If you are having thoughts about taking your own life or know of anyone who is in need of help, the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is a United States-based suicide prevention network of over 200+ crisis centers that provides 24/7 service via a toll-free hotline with the number 9-8-8. It is available to anyone in suicidal crisis or emotional distress.

Mental illness is something many people experience, but we don’t always correlate physical ailments with declining mental health. Chronic illnesses that include intense pain or some other uncontrollable condition, like seizures, can cause a person to experience depression. According to the Cleveland Clinic, “Depression is one of the most common complications of chronic illness.”

Debbie Menzies, a woman living in the Bay Area of California, knows all too well the struggles of chronic illness and depression. For decades, she had suffered unpredictable frequent seizures and deep depression, which impeded her life. Menzies was diagnosed with epilepsy as a child, but medication didn’t seem to help. After a lifetime of suffering, she decided to take her own life by jumping off the famous Golden Gate Bridge.

San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge has attracted people like Menzies in the past and sees an average of 30 jumpers a year. This high number has prompted a bicycle patrol, security cameras and suicide hotline phone numbers. In 2014, Bay Area officials approved a plan to install a net under the bridge to catch people who jump, but that project keeps hitting snags and delays. As it turned out, Menzies didn’t need the net. Serendipity stepped in, not only saving her life but changing the quality of it.

When Menzies was about to jump, a bridge worker intervened by tapping the desperate woman on the shoulder and calling an ambulance. What happened next seemed to be a cosmic intervention, because while she was hospitalized, Menzies continued to experience her bizarre seizures. These seizures caused her to laugh and smile, and she also explained to CBS News that she would get electric shock sensations in her head. The hospital staff took notice and called in reinforcements.

Dr. Paul Garcia, a neurologist who only worked at the hospital a few times a year, was the doctor on call. Upon hearing about Menzies’ behaviors during her seizures, he was intrigued and completed an MRI of her brain. It was there that he spotted a small growth on her hypothalamus the size of a lemon seed. The doctor explained the hypothalamus controls a lot, including the nervous system.

Since the growth was deep in her brain, surgery was the only option for Menzies. After everything the woman had been through, the decision was a no-brainer…pun definitely intended. All the things that had to line up in order for Menzies to get the proper diagnosis and treatment is mind-boggling, but still, the procedure to destroy the growth was risky.

Menzies accepted the risk and received her surgery, which was a success. What’s even better is that it didn’t take long for the desperate woman to feel relief. Immediately after surgery, Menzies stopped having seizures and no longer experienced depression.

“It’s amazing. Talk about perfect timing,” Menzies told CBS.

You can watch the entire video below:

Breaking your bow in the middle of a solo with a full audience and symphony behind you sounds like a nightmare for a violinist. But it happened to American violinist Stefan Jackiw while on stage with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, and he was as cool as Fonzie sipping on a chocolate malt.

“This past week I had the privilege of giving the UK premiere of Ukrainian-born composer Reinhold Glière’s gorgeous, forgotten violin concerto,” Jackiw wrote on Facebook after a May 10 performance. “As a half-Ukrainian, half-Korean musician, it was particularly meaningful for me to play this piece… conducted by my dear friend Kirill Karabits.”

“About 1/3 of the way into the concerto, my trusty Voirin [François Nicolas Voirin, a violin maker], suddenly snapped in two! Obviously, I was totally unprepared for this disaster, but I grabbed the concertmaster’s bow and just kept going,” he continued.

After the bow snapped and shredded into a mess of frazzled hairs, Jackiw gave a puzzled look and Karabits momentarily stopped the performance.

Then, Jackiw grabbed a bow from concertmaster Amyn Merchant and got right back into his solo with the entire orchestra behind him. It’s impressive to see how he regained his concentration and composure after dealing with the failure of his trusty bow.

According to Classic FM, Jackiw’s bow is reportedly worth around $30,000 and he has played it for over 20 years. Fortunately, Jackiw says that the bow is repairable and he will be able to play with it at his next scheduled performance in New York City on May 20.

You may be surprised to learn that the universally recognized term for neutral affirmation, “OK,” has humble linguistic roots. It all started as a cheesy inside joke amongst Boston hipsters. Back in the 1830s, it was cool among Boston’s intellectual class to intentionally misspell abbreviations. They coined “KC” for “’knuff ced,” “OW” for “oll wright,” “KY” for “know yuse,” and “OK” for “oll korrect.”

The abbreviations are similar to Cockney rhyming slang, a form of wordplay where phrases are substituted with rhyming words. For example, a phone is known as the “dog and bone” and stairs are called, “apple and pears.”

“OK” found a mainstream audience after it was first used in an article published in the Boston Morning Post on March 23, 1839. Soon after, the tongue-in-cheek joke spread to newspapers across the country.

The term was cemented in the American lexicon after President Martin Van Buren used it in his 1840 presidential re-election campaign. Van Buren, known as “Old Kinderhook,” referred to himself as “OK” to show he was “oll korrect.” Unfortunately for Van Buren, the country didn’t agree and he lost his reelection bid.

But the journey to ubiquity didn’t stop there for “OK.” Early telegraph operators picked up on the term as an easy way to communicate a neutral affirmative, and it spread like wildfire.

From its quirky origins as slang to its current status as a universal affirmative, “OK” has firmly lodged itself in our lexicon. Just think, every time you say, “OK,” you’re referencing an obscure 19th-century language trend, a presidential campaign and the dawn of telecommunication.

Looks like Metro Boomin wants some more hits in his arsenal. Today (May 17), it’s been announced that the superproducer will sit at the helm of the soundtrack for the upcoming film Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse.

The soundtrack, which is titled Metro Boomin Presents Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse Soundtrack From And Inspired By The Motion Picture, will arrive in June in tandem with the animated movie.

“The concept for the next installment of Miles’ story demanded a contemporary and culturally significant musical collaborator,” said Spring Aspers, President Of Music at Sony Pictures, in a statement. “Metro Boomin was clearly the perfect cultural voice to sculpt the musical environment to support this amazing next chapter.”

Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse will pick-up over a year after the events of Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse. Miles Morales (Shamiek Moore) is approached by Gwen Stacy (Hailee Steinfeld) with a mission to save the Spider-People from each Spider-Verse from a villain called the Spot (Jason Schwartzman).

The soundtrack promises “a cast of musical superheroes” which will be revealed soon.

“Metro Boomin is a true visionary who continues to raise the bar,” said Dana Sano, EVP Of Film & TV at Republic Records. “For the Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse soundtrack, Metro curated and delivered with fierce passion and integrity. Republic is thrilled and honored to be reteaming with the filmmakers and our amazing partners at Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group”.

You can see the cover art below.

Metro Boomin Presents Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse Soundtrack From And Inspired By The Motion Picture is out 6/2 via Republic. Find more information here.

(WARNING: Spoilers for All American will be found below.)

All American has had an interesting life on the small screen. The show, which stars Daniel Ezra, Samantha Logan, Michael, Evans Behling, Taye Diggs (up until a little over halfway into season five), and others, follows the lives of young adults as they tackle high school, college, their dreams, hardships, and more. The fifth season of All American was filled with shocking events from start to finish, especially in the finale, and though many followed the show’s narrative through its weekly episodes, others are waiting for season five to land on Netflix.

When Does ‘All American’ Season 5 Come Out On Netflix?

Season five of All American will premiere on Netflix on May 23. That comes just eight days after the show’s season finale which is a sweet move by the show for fans who hoped that they wouldn’t have to wait too long to start binging the season. If you’ve managed to steer clear of spoilers for season five, here’s what you need to know:

Season five finds Spencer (Daniel Ezra) and his friends thriving as young adults on the cusp of real adulthood. This season brings its fair share of sexy, messy love lives, hard lessons learned on and off the field, fun college drama, and parties galore. The season launches with the GAU Condors at a bowl game during the winter break, but Spencer hardly has time to focus on the achievement while the juicy scandal Olivia (Samantha Logan) discovered at the end of last season, and the fragile state of their relationship, looms over his head.

Olivia’s investigation into Coach Garrett (guest star Sean Carrigan) and the GAU football team will have bigger repercussions than she imagined and will affect more people than expected. Meanwhile in South Crenshaw, Billy (Taye Diggs) focuses on his high school students and players while struggling with missing coaching Spencer and Jordan (Michael Evans Behling).

Grace (Karimah Westbrook) prepares for a new chapter in her life which includes an epic wedding to D’Angelo Carter (guest star Lamon Archey.) Laura (Monet Mazur) teams up with Coop (Bre-Z), who has a new interest in law, leading her down a path she wasn’t expecting. Jordan will embark on a quest to woo Layla (Greta Onieogou), while Layla and Patience (Chelsea Tavares) get serious about their careers.

Asher (Cody Christian) is thriving with Jaymee (guest star Miya Horcher) and focused on coaching while JJ (Hunter Clowdus) discovers just how fun the off season can be for an athlete. But even when life gets difficult for our crew, they will always find a way to rise from the ashes.

As for news about All American season six, you can read about that here.

‘All American’ season five will be available to stream on Netflix on May 23.

Every Fast and Furious movie is, at the very least, good. Vin Diesel in sleeveless shirts + Corona product placement + Tej and Roman buddy comedy is a recipe that works, y’know? But some movies in the ever-expanding franchise are better than others, and none are better than Fast Five. So far.

“I would say Five is definitely the best,” Fast star Chris “Ludacris” Bridges told Esquire [insert dramatic pause here), “up until we get the second part of 10. Because 10 and 11 might have to be joined together, so I can’t judge it based on Part One.” He added, “There’s a possibility that Fast X, in its completion, might be the greatest action film of all time.”

It appears the interview took place before Vin Diesel revealed that the Fast saga will end in a trilogy, with Fast X and Fast 11 joined by Fast 12. That it “might be the greatest action film of all time” is a bold claim, but if Diesel can resolve his “candy ass” feud with The Rock, anything is possible.

“I’m not BS-ing you, this was the greatest experience of my life,” director Louis Leterrier told Uproxx about Fast X. “I had the greatest time… Everything was like, wow, I’m having the time of my life.” This is also what I imagine Jason Momoa’s inner monologue is like when he’s riding a motorcycle.

(Via Esquire)

Rick Ross wears many hats. Rapper, actor, and entrepreneur, the Miami native has done it all. But yesterday (May 16), Ross shared that he may be adding another title to his already stacked résumé.

After the city of Fayetteville, Georgia denied Ross permits to host a car show in the city, Ross took to his Instagram Story to share that he still has love for the city. In fact, he even suggested that he may run for mayor of Fayetteville next year.

“I love Fayetteville so much. Next year I’m running for mayor,” said Ross. “That’s right. The boss Rick Ross running for mayor of Fayetteville. I wanna know how many votes did it actually take to vote in the mayor of Fayetteville. I need to know that ‘cause we gon’ become that. We gon’ make that happen, and we gonna have a good time. We gon’ give some people opportunities, we gon’ give some people raises and, of course, we gon’ have to clean some people out.”

Despite not being granted permission to host the car show in Fayetteville, Ross also revealed that he does plan to go forward with the show on June 3.

“This is when I become great during the challenges,” he said. “That’s what I like. That’s why I was always one to initiate certain things because I love the challenge. I don’t have a problem going against the challenges because Ricky Rozay ready.”