TAURUS: July 9-15 Tuesday, July 8

  Why do birds fly? First, that’s how they look for and procure food. Second, when seasons change and weather is cooler, they may migrate to warmer areas where there’s more to …

ARIES: July 9-15 Tuesday, July 8

What sources that heal and nourish you? Where do you go to renew yourself? Who are the people and animals that treat you best and are most likely to boost your energy? Next week, give special …

WHAT COULD BE ELIMINATED HERE THAT WOULD MOST IMPROVE OUR WELL-BEING? Monday, July 7

What could be eliminated in Jacksonville that would most improve our citizens' well-being?

THE BEST. REALLY Wednesday, July 2

LOSE THE REVERB Wednesday, July 2

Portland’s frenetic Guantanamo Baywatch – FWIW, the best band name we’ve seen in a minute – aren’t about this garage-rock thing, man

SPO-DEE-O-DEE DEGREE Wednesday, July 2

California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo has a 350-student "viticulture and enology" program, preparing its majors for an industry critical to the state's economy (and with a venerable international cachet) — but state law …

CUTTING-EDGE SCIENCE Wednesday, July 2

On dairy farms across the country, cows queue up, without prodding, to milk themselves by submitting to $250,000 robots that recently became the industry's salvation. According to an April New York Times item, this advance appears to be "win-win" …

SAY WHAT? Wednesday, July 2

Artist Diemut Strebe made a 3-D-printed re-creation of Vincent van Gogh's famous ear to display in June and July in a Karlsruhe, Germany, museum. He built it partially with genes from a great-great-grand-nephew of van Gogh's, in the same shape, …

UNTIL THE REAL THING COMES ALONG Wednesday, July 2

Polish Academy of Sciences researchers, writing recently in Zoo Biology, reported witnessing 28 acts of fellatio by two orphaned male bears at a sanctuary in Kuterevo, Croatia — the first-ever report of bear fellatio from 116 hours of scientific …

WE SHOULD BE SO LUCKY Wednesday, July 2

Miles Jelfs of Bristol, England, sought financial help in April to cover surgery for his unlucky tortoise, Cedric, whose prolapsed penis (likely from a mating mishap) drags on the ground, partially erect. Democrat & Chronicle, Rochester, 4-9-2014; …