# baby talk (news sources) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover baby talk. Page: Feed: --- ## [The Woman Everyone Loved: RIP Dolly Parton](https://www.neatorama.com/2026/08/25/The-Woman-Everyone-Loved-RIP-Dolly-Parton/) _2026-08-25 · Miss Cellania · Neatorama_ Embed from Getty Images Country music singer, movie star, entrepreneur, humanitarian, and cultural icon Dolly Parton died today in Nashville . Dolly Rebecca Parton was born in a one-bedroom home in Pittman Center, Tennessee, the fourth of twelve children. They were so poor that her mother once sewed her a coat of mismatched scraps that later inspired her song "Coat of Many Colors." In 1967, she… ## [The Disastrous Effects of Losing All Earth's Bodies of Water](https://www.neatorama.com/2026/08/25/The-Disastrous-Effects-of-Losing-All-Earths-Bodies-of-Water/) _2026-08-25 · Miss Cellania · Neatorama_ The question for the What If? series ( previously at Neatorama) was "What would happen if all the bodies of water on Earth magically disappeared?" Yeah, you had the same thought I did, of course we'd all die. You can't survive without water, and neither can any other living thing on earth. But that's too easy of an answer. Randall Munroe and Henry Reich instead take this scenario one step at a… ## [Patagonia: The New World's Land of Giants](https://www.neatorama.com/2026/08/25/Patagonia-The-New-Worlds-Land-of-Giants/) _2026-08-25 · Miss Cellania · Neatorama_ Patagonia is the southernmost part of South America, actually the southern parts of Chile and Argentina. Ferdinand Magellan used the term first when European explorers began sailing around the tip of South America in 1520. The inhabitants of the area were quite impressive. Antonio Pigafetta, sailing with Magellan, described them as giants, and that Spaniards only reached to their waists. This news… ## [Handcrafted Leather Animal Bags](https://www.neatorama.com/2026/08/25/Handcrafted-Leather-Animal-Bags/) _2026-08-25 · John Farrier · Neatorama_ Sumiko Iwakiri is a master craftsman in leather who specializes in luxury bags made by hand to resemble animals. The forms are either stunningly realistic or cartoonishly amusing. ## [The Curse of Stolen Rocks Explored in \The Conscience Files\](https://www.neatorama.com/2026/08/24/The-Curse-of-Stolen-Rocks-Explored-in-iThe-Conscience-Filesi/) _2026-08-25 · Miss Cellania · Neatorama_ It is against the law to take anything from a national park, no matter how small, but there's an extra deterrent for taking fossil wood from the Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona. Stolen souvenirs from the park are known to confer a curse on the thief and their families. Not as widely known as it shoul d be, because people keep taking samples of petrified wood. Many of them come to regret… ## [August 24, 79 AD: Everyday Life Was Interrupted When the Mountain Blew Up](https://www.neatorama.com/2026/08/24/August-24-79-AD-Everyday-Life-Was-Interrupted-When-the-Mountain-Blew-Up/) _2026-08-24 · Miss Cellania · Neatorama_ It was 1,948 years ago today, on August 24, 79 AD, that Mt. Vesuvius erupted , burying the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Thousands of people died that day, burned, blasted, or buried under volcanic ash and rock or collapsing buildings. The event was unique in that it was so sudden, affected relatively large cities, and left evidence that would be uncovered nearly two millennia later.… ## [The Record-setting State of Robot Athletes in 2026](https://www.neatorama.com/2026/08/24/The-Record-setting-State-of-Robot-Athletes-in-2026/) _2026-08-24 · Miss Cellania · Neatorama_ Have you ever had a dream about a killer humanoid robot chasing you? In our science fiction, they usually travel pretty slowly, but robotics has come a long way, and now they are competing in foot races. The second annual World Humanoid Robot Games featuring more than 2,00 robots are going on right now in Beijing, and will continue through Wednesday. The video above caught some of the bloopers and… ## [Classy Molded Ice Creams from This Chic Barcelona Cafe](https://www.neatorama.com/2026/08/24/Classy-Molded-Ice-Creams-from-This-Chic-Barcelona-Cafe/) _2026-08-24 · John Farrier · Neatorama_ My Modern Met tells us about Otsu , a new cafe in Barcelona, Spain that has gained viral fame for its refined ice cream dishes that are molded artistically. Yes, that's the upper left portion of the face of Michelangelo's David on a stick. The flavors are combination of white chocolate, strawberries, and vanilla. ## [DIY Engineering: If It Works, It's Not Stupid](https://www.neatorama.com/2026/08/23/DIY-Engineering-If-It-Works-Its-Not-Stupid/) _2026-08-24 · Miss Cellania · Neatorama_ (Image credit: Feaselbf6 ) Yes, it would be nice to have a covered porch for your home, even if it is a trailer, but you don't have the funds to buy building materials. You don't want to get a building permit because you're in violation of the codes already. But you do have an old pontoon boat. Problem solved! It even comes with a couple of bench seats. It takes a certain amount of imagination to… ## [The Real Story Behind the Roche Guard vs. the Bowery Boys Gang War](https://www.neatorama.com/2026/08/23/The-Real-Story-Behind-the-Roche-Guard-vs-the-Bowery-Boys-Gang-War/) _2026-08-23 · Miss Cellania · Neatorama_ In 1979, the movie The Warriors depicted New York street gangs and was a hit, but it wasn't all that close to real life. Then the 2002 movie Gangs of New York did the same, but more than hundred years earlier. Was it at all accurate? Nobody from that period is around to tell us, but the fictionalized movie was based on a non-fiction book. If you saw the movie but didn't read the book, let's just… ## [profullstack on Ko‑fi (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/xgz27eXSTOFx) _2026-08-23 · **Sponsored**_ Open the creator's Ko‑fi page. ## [Oh No! Pac-Man is Smitten With Pinky](https://www.neatorama.com/2026/08/22/Oh-No-Pac-Man-is-Smitten-With-Pinky/) _2026-08-22 · Miss Cellania · Neatorama_ There are four ghosts in the game Pac-Man, Inky, Blinky, Pinky, and Clyde. Surely I'm not the only one who said Stinky most of the time when naming them. They are all assumed to be guys except for Pinky, who often is assumed female because of the color. In this video, Pac-Man is confronted by Pinky, and he really notices her for the first time. He expresses admiration for her hunting skills, and… ## [The First James Bond on Film was American](https://www.neatorama.com/2026/08/22/The-First-James-Bond-on-Film-was-American/) _2026-08-22 · Miss Cellania · Neatorama_ The first movie featuring Ian Fleming's character James Bond from his series of novels was Dr. No in 1962, starring Sean Connery. Connery starred in five Bond films in the next five years and became the Bond moviegoers knew. But he wasn't the first James Bond on film. The character was on TV in 1954! The CBS anthology series Climax! broadcast an hour-long live adaptation of the novel Casino Royale… ## [Snake Named after Slash](https://www.neatorama.com/2026/08/22/Snake-Named-after-Slash/) _2026-08-22 · John Farrier · Neatorama_ I'll assume that we don't have any very young readers. So it won't spoil anything when I mention that Slash isn't real . But the spirit of Slash is real and lives in our hearts and in this snake. Study Finds tells us that a newly-classified snake in New Guinea has been named for Slash, the Guns n' Roses musician born as Saul Hudson. Lielaphis slashi is a nocturnal groundsnake with a red-brown body… ## [The Very Involved Process of Naming a Drug](https://www.neatorama.com/2026/08/22/The-Very-Involved-Process-of-Naming-a-Drug/) _2026-08-22 · Miss Cellania · Neatorama_ If you ever watch regular TV anymore, you are exposed to drugs constantly, because pharmaceutical companies buy all the ad space. You don't know what they are for, but you hear the names constantly: Tremfya, Rinvoq, Cialis, Dupixent, Skyrizi, and you can't actually ask your doctor if any are right for you because she'd probably laugh. The best drug name I've heard is Flonase, which tells you… ## [The Freckleton Air Disaster: When a Test Flight Killed 38 Schoolchildren](https://www.neatorama.com/2026/08/21/The-Freckleton-Air-Disaster-When-a-Test-Flight-Killed-38-Schoolchildren/) _2026-08-21 · Miss Cellania · Neatorama_ August 23rd, 1944, was only the second day of the school year at Holy Trinity School in Freckleton, Lancashire, England. The youngest students, aged four to six, were taught in a separate section of the school called the infants wing. The 41 young students had two teachers: Louisa Hulme, who was teaching her last class before retiring, and Jennie Hall, who had just started her first teaching job.… ## [Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Rock, Paper, Scissors](https://www.neatorama.com/2026/08/21/Everything-You-Ever-Wanted-to-Know-About-Rock-Paper-Scissors/) _2026-08-21 · Miss Cellania · Neatorama_ Rock breaks scissors, scissors cut paper, and paper covers rock. When I was a kid, I favored using a rock most of the time, because in my childhood logic the rock at least never got destroyed. I wasn't very good at the game. The game you know and love originated in Japan, although it was a variation on a more ancient Chinese game. The Japanese relabeled the objects and gestures into something that… ## [Surprisingly, the Most Isolated Spot in Earth Has a Lot Going On](https://www.neatorama.com/2026/08/21/Surprisingly-the-Most-Isolated-Spot-in-Earth-Has-a-Lot-Going-On/) _2026-08-21 · Miss Cellania · Neatorama_ The most remote spot on earth lies in the middle of the widest part of the Pacific Ocean, 1,670 miles (2,688 kilometers) from the nearest three tiny uninhabited islands. This is Point Nemo, which is the Latin word for "nobody." The nearest inhabited places are more than 2,000 miles away. In fact, the closest anyone gets to Point Nemo is when the ISS flies over it, because no shipping routes go… ## [Volvo Island](https://www.neatorama.com/2026/08/21/Volvo-Island/) _2026-08-21 · John Farrier · Neatorama_ On the outskirts of Ottawa, Illinois, there's a tiny island on a lake. Sitting on that lake is a 2001 S80 Volvo sedan. WCIA News tells us that the property is an artificial lake formed from a flooded mine. The lake used to have a peninsula. After parking the car on the tip of the peninsula, the owner used a excavator to turn the peninsula into an island. The owner operates two car repair shops. He… ## [High-Paying Careers You Never Considered Doing (and Probably Never Will)](https://www.neatorama.com/2026/08/20/High-Paying-Careers-You-Never-Considered-Doing-and-Probably-Never-Will/) _2026-08-21 · Miss Cellania · Neatorama_ Chill Dude Explains titled this video High-Paying Jobs Nobody Applies For, but that's contradicted by the very first job, which has a waiting list of applicants. Still, these are unusual jobs that pay well because they are dangerous, difficult, very unpleasant, and/or require lots of talent and training. When you see the descriptions, you'll remind yourself that money isn't everything. And even… ## [Seven Misconceptions About the Charles Manson and His Murderous Followers](https://www.neatorama.com/2026/08/20/Seven-Misconceptions-About-the-Charles-Manson-and-His-Murderous-Followers/) _2026-08-20 · Miss Cellania · Neatorama_ Embed from Getty Images Fifty-seven years after the Tate/LaBianca murders, people are still intrigued, or even obsessed, with the Manson Family. Nine people were killed in the summer of 1969 in horrific manner. As the case unfolded, it had all the salacious buzzwords to get it into the headlines: murder, movie star, sex, cult, hippies, celebrities, pregnant, runaways, drugs, revolution, etc. etc.… ## [Finnish Seedboxes — Up to 20Gbps (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/qu9PEC3gpZ2r) _2026-08-20 · **Sponsored**_ Private Finnish seedboxes with 1–20Gbps speeds, RAID storage and 14‑day refund ## [How the Wavy Windows Paradox Works](https://www.neatorama.com/2026/08/20/How-the-Wavy-Windows-Paradox-Works/) _2026-08-20 · Miss Cellania · Neatorama_ Have you ever looked at a large city office building and noticed how wavy the windows are? Did you wonder if they looked that wavy from the inside? No, I can't say that I've wondered about that, mainly because there are no such buildings in my small town, although I have briefly noticed that waviness on city trips. Once inside the building, the view is fine, but I never connected those… ## [Pop Culture Misquotes You've Been Using All Your Life](https://www.neatorama.com/2026/08/19/Pop-Culture-Misquotes-Youve-Been-Using-All-Your-Life/) _2026-08-20 · Miss Cellania · Neatorama_ When we make pop culture references, there are certain phrases that everyone understands, even when they never happened in the first place. A longer quote gets turned into a shorter meme that encompasses an idea. When someone says, "Lucy, you've got some 'splainin' to do," you know they are referring to Ricky Ricardo in I Love Lucy and his not-so-perfect English. But he never said that exact line;… ## [Robot Romance is a Roller Coaster Ride in \Love Bytes\](https://www.neatorama.com/2026/08/19/Robot-Romance-is-a-Roller-Coaster-Ride-in-iLove-Bytesi/) _2026-08-19 · Miss Cellania · Neatorama_ In a post-apocalyptic world, a scavenger robot learns about human life from the detritus we left behind. What is happiness, and what is required to be happy? A companion, of course, according to ancient women's magazines. He finds such a companion, but this is animated science fiction, so we have to suspend our disbelief about power requirements. Just go with it, because it's funny. He can move,… ## [A Swiss Community is in Danger from Thawing Permafrost](https://www.neatorama.com/2026/08/19/A-Swiss-Community-is-in-Danger-from-Thawing-Permafrost/) _2026-08-19 · Miss Cellania · Neatorama_ The term "permafrost" is becoming an anachronism as climate change is affecting the way the world works. Last year, the Swiss village of Blatten was evacuated ahead of a glacier collapse that destroyed the town. A different kind of danger is looming over Kandersteg, which lies below a rock formation called Spitze Stei. It is a mountain of rock that is held together by permafrost. But that… ## [An Honest Trailer for James Gunn's \Supergirl\](https://www.neatorama.com/2026/08/18/An-Honest-Trailer-for-James-Gunns-iSupergirli/) _2026-08-18 · Miss Cellania · Neatorama_ The second film in the new DC Universe features Superman's younger cousin from Krypton. Supergirl was released in June, and soon proved to be a box office bomb. The movie needed to gross around $315 million to break even, but only made $126.3 million during its theatrical run. Supergirl in this movie is Kara Zor-El, a rebellious 23-year-old who drinks too much after the destruction of her home… ## [The Sailor's Eyeball: How Large Can a Single Cell Be?](https://www.neatorama.com/2026/08/18/The-Sailors-Eyeball-How-Large-Can-a-Single-Cell-Be/) _2026-08-18 · Miss Cellania · Neatorama_ We think of cells as very tiny, whether they are part of a larger organism like humans, or a single unit like bacteria. But single cell organisms can grow large enough to be seen, or even as big as an eyeball. Meet Valonia ventricosa , a single cell algae that can grow centimeters wide. They are round and green and found in the ocean, which is why they got the name the sailor's eyeball. They are… ## [What a Linguist Can Tell us About Baby Talk](https://www.neatorama.com/2026/08/17/What-a-Linguist-Can-Tell-us-About-Baby-Talk/) _2026-08-17 · Miss Cellania · Neatorama_ Your mother told you not to use baby talk, but that's when you were old enough to use regular speech. She changed her mind when you had children of your own. We just can't help ourselves when we talk to a baby. But what is baby talk? One kind is just gibberish, when the speaker is imitating baby sounds that aren't real words, which is useless. The other is "parentese," or "infant directed speech"… ## [The Town with a Traffic Light That Only Turns Green Once a Year](https://www.neatorama.com/2026/08/17/The-Town-with-a-Traffic-Light-That-Only-Turns-Green-Once-a-Year/) _2026-08-17 · Miss Cellania · Neatorama_ Embed from Getty Images If you're from a very small town, you've probably made jokes about having only one traffic light, and no one pays attention to it. Himakajima is a small island of the coast of Aichi Prefecture in Japan. Himakajima is also the name of the town on the island, which has about 1600 people. You can walk all the way around the island in about 90 minutes, and you don't really need…