My lower teeth have grown a lot more crooked over the last few years. This is a surprise. They were once perfectly straight, thanks to braces that stayed on throughout three ungainly middle school years. So I called Dr. Leila Jahangiri, chair of prosthodontics at New York University College of [……]
The Weekly Quiz from NPR Puzzlemaster Will Shortz https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/npr/nx-s1-5341314/sunday-puzzle-for-french-fanatics On-air challenge: Every answer today is a word or phrase that comes from French but is also commonly used in English. See if you can get them from their anagrams. Ex. TOPED / Train station –> DEPOT BRIDES / [……]
Calling all fans of Rockumal! After a huge, successful comeback last Friday night at the Lol Ha beach bar, Rockumal is back again at La Buena Vida. On Friday, March 21st, Rockumal will play from 7 – 9 pm. Get your dancing shoes on or off, depending on how you [……]
A presentation on the topic of “The History and Archaeology of Akumal” will be given today, 1 March, at 10:00. Archaeologist Miguel Covarrubias will meet with us upstairs at La Buena Vida. All are welcome!
Sunglasses, or dark glasses, have always guarded against strong sunlight, but is there more to “shades” than we think? The pupils of our eyes are delicate and react immediately to strong lights. Protecting them against light — even the brilliance reflected off snow — is important for everyone. Himalayan mountaineers wear [……]
Total Lunar Eclipse — March 13–14, 2025 In March 2025, the most notable sky event visible from Mexico will be a total lunar eclipse (also called a blood moon) occurring on the night of March 13-14, which will be fully visible across North America, of which Mexico is a part, [……]
In his preliminary report of voting at the Annual Meeting held 20 February 2026 , Jon Kantor, Director of Elections, wrote — “There are many things we all want for Akumal Norte. Today’s meeting showed how much work needs to be done, but it also highlighted how much we care [……]
Chichén Itzá is by far the most famous archaeological site in Mesoamerica, attracting over 2 million visitors a year. But few realize that the name Chichén Itzá itself references a non-Yucatec-Maya ethnic group that only arrived at the city in the 9th century, roughly 1,000 years after the city as we know [……]
It truly is annoying to be trapped behind vehicles dogging the right lane at barely 100 k/h and hogging the left lane at 82k/h, making it nearly impossible to get past them. Shouldn’t both vehicles be in the right lane? Oh, wait … it’s the law in Mexico that on [……]
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