Does owning a pet make you healthier? Happier? Plus, a turtle-sniffing dog; a novel use for old National Geographics; and what happened to cursive?
In this week’s newsletter we meet a pup who can sniff out rare sea turtles, question what happened to cursive writing, and find out why we love our pets so much.
Love your pet? Does it make you healthier?
A pet like a dog gets an owner out and moving, and can have beneficial effects simply in interacting with another living thing.
But are the benefits of pet ownership all they’re cranked up to be? We take a look at the science.
Meet the dog who can find rare sea turtle nests at a shocking success rate
A scent-detecting dog named Dory has a keen nose for turtles, identifying 560 sea turtle nests from three species. This could be a game changer.
What ever happened to cursive writing?
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Pen to paper: We used to sit at our desks in school, tracing the swirly letters, perfecting their connection. Has cursive gone away for good? Or is it making a comeback? (Above, two young girls practice their cursive handwriting on a small blackboard in 1935.)
What to do with old copies of National Geographic?
Writer Tara Conklin grabbed them—and their tales of zombie-creating worms, a passionate Chilean poet, and honey-laden Viking ships—for a yellow-backed theme of her latest novel, Community Board.
“In envisioning what a childhood home looks like—that place of return—I instinctively placed a stack of National Geographic magazines somewhere in the house,” Conklin tells us. And yes, dear reader, page-turning drama and hilarity ensue.
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