Asthenosphere, a geologist’s term for the molten layer beneath the earth’s crust, sparks a journey that stretches all the way from ancient Greece to the author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Plus: What the heck is a dogberg? It’s when a dog runs into you and...
Steva, a small-animal veterinarian in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, has learned that a doppick dog is clumsy or uncoordinated. The word is a borrowing from Pennsylvania German, ultimately from the German Doppich, meaning clumsy or awkward. A nixie cat...