How Mexico Celebrates Cinco De MayoCinco de Mayo is only celebrated in some parts of Mexico, primarily in the state of Puebla, where the battle that it commemorates took place, and also in Mexico City, the country’s capital.
Milk Has Lost Its MagicThe bird-flu panic is getting out of hand. Milk is defined by its percentages: nonfat, 2 percent, whole. Now there is a different kind of milk percentage to keep in mind.
You Should Grow a Pizza Garden This SummerIf you have limited space in your garden, you have to make hard decisions each year about what you’ll grow. The most important factor in choosing what to grow is what you like to eat.
I Let TikTok Tell Me Where to Eat. Here’s What I Learned.TikTok is many things: a place for slime videos, a free therapy session, the leading source of information in America right now, and, for some, the ultimate restaurant resource.
Can Scientific Thinking Save the World?Although it sounds like a premise for a joke, this was actually the origin of a unique collaboration between Nobel Prize–winning physicist Saul Perlmutter, philosopher John Campbell and the psychologist Rob MacCoun.
How to Avoid the ‘Panglossian Trap’ and Make Better Decisions Philosophers and social media posters can often be guilty of the same thing: over-simplifying ideas.
How My Kid Lost a Game of ‘Magic’ to Its Creator but Scored a Piece of Its Original ArtSam made out like a bandit: He ended up with the artwork for one of the original 295 cards in Magic’s Alpha series.
This Common Condition Can Damage Joints Long Before It’s DetectedIt may start as a twinge in your knee or hip when you get out of bed. Over time, that twinge may turn into persistent pain, swelling or reduced range of motion — signs of a condition called osteoarthritis.
Why So Many People (Myself Included) Are Experiencing Family EstrangementAt least one in four people experience estrangement from a family member, while one in 10 have cut off a parent or child. It’s becoming overwhelmingly common – but why?
How To Clean a Washing MachineIf your washer gets heavy use, run through this cleaning cycle at least once every two weeks.
Orangutan, Heal ThyselfScientists observed a wild male orangutan repeatedly rubbing chewed-up leaves of a medicinal plant on a facial wound in a forest reserve in Indonesia.
A Muay Thai Retreat in Thailand Taught Me to Embrace My FiftiesThwack! My knee slams into the boxing pad my coach, Win, is holding up. “Power!” Win yells. “More power!” Thwack! Thwack! Thwack! My kneecap feels like it’s about to explode. Sweat dribbles off my nose and onto the mat, little raindrops of exertion. “Harder!” he says.
23 Summer Movies to Watch in 2024Alas, Barbenheimer is in the rearview—but there’s a whole new crop of summer movies waiting to take 2024 by storm. We’ve got popcorn flicks; we’ve got art house curiosities; we’ve got sequels, sequels, and sequels.
How to advance in your career if your boss is disengagedTake a quick glance at your coworkers. Only one in three feels engaged at work, according to the latest figures from Gallup.
The Most Outrageous Met Gala Looks of All TimeAt the annual Met Gala, fashion takes center stage and the red carpet, normally seen as the precursor to a party, has become the main event.
Spherical Descent: On the Bathysphere and Voyages Into the AbyssA poetic history of descents, both real and fictional.
Smarty plants? Controversial plant-intelligence studies explored in new bookYou have full access to this article via your institution. During the COVID-19 pandemic, while people were tucked away in their homes, a love for house plants spread at the same time as the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Journalist Zoë Schlanger was one of the people drawn to plants.
It’s Time to Treat Sugar Like CigarettesThe food we eat impacts every aspect of our lives and our bodies: our hormones, brain chemistry, immune system, microbiome; the list goes on.