Mate

There are few things sadder than a love story cut short by tragedy.   One such story comes out of a cemetery in Marshalltown, Iowa, where employees noticed that a goose, Blossom, was out of sorts after the death of her mate, Bud. …

BERKELEY — He’s already made himself at home in a perch next to Annie, the beloved peregrine falcon that has roosted atop UC Berkeley’s Campanile tower since 2016. Now, the lady’s newest love has a name: Lou. Which doesn’t seem the least…

A pub trivia goer has shared a question that stumped them, asking Redditors for help."From pub trivia, mate left before getting the answer, any ideas?" they asked on the forum's 'Australia' thread.They posed the question alongside a photo…

It has been reported that You’ve Been Framed has been axed by ITV after 33 years. The news will no doubt come as an almighty shock to millions of households, who assumed that it had already been cancelled several years ago.For almost as…

As It Happens6:30These males critters use all their energy trying to mate, then promptly die of exhaustionThe life of a male northern quoll is short, brutish and driven almost entirely by the pursuit of sex.The Australian male marsupials…

I recently got a call from a stranger, someone I’d only spoken to briefly once, and was taken aback when he called me “mate” about five times.LoadingTo me, it was like he was saying “hello friend”, when we weren’t friends.Maybe the…

The PDP Deputy Governorship candidate and DG Atiku/Okowa PCC Ogun State, Hon. Adekunle Akinlade, has vowed that the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC will be punished by the Ogun State electorate at the general elections.…

A day after his former Fleetwood Mac band mate Christine McVie died at 79, Lindsey Buckingham says he will miss his “soul mate” and “musical comrade.” “Christine McVie’s sudden passing is profoundly heartbreaking,” Buckingham wrote in a…

The idea that correlation does not imply causation is a fundamental caveat in epidemiological research. A classic example involves a hypothetical link between ice cream sales and drownings – instead of increased ice cream consumption…

Rapper Kanye West claimed Tuesday night that he asked Donald Trump to be his running mate in the 2024 presidential election.West began his Twitter post by saying he was at Mar-a-Lago for the first time, and was late to his meeting with…