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There is growing evidence that simple, everyday changes to our lives can alter our brains and change how they work. Melissa Hogenboom put her own brain in the scanner to find out.
In his standup specials, the former “Patriot Act” host often recounts harrowing experiences he’s faced as an Asian American and Muslim American. Does it matter that much of it never happened to him?
In an exclusive excerpt from my forthcoming biography of the senator, Romney: A Reckoning, he reveals what drove him to retire.
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In a new book, former Secret Service agent Paul Landis, largely silent for 60 years, says he found a bullet in Kennedy’s limo. A sometime presidential historian explains why that’s so significant, if true.
We learned to do laundry from our parents, but things are different now.
Engineers at the tech giants built tools years ago that could put a name to any face but, for once, Silicon Valley did not want to move fast and break things.
New variants will pose a challenge, but early signs suggest the shots will still boost antibody responses.
Nothing threatens adult relationships like when some friends have kids and others don’t.
Converging lines of research suggest that we might be misunderstanding something we do every night of our lives.
Finding that, at 28, she didn’t seem to have the close tribe of confidants that other people in her life did, one writer decided to investigate why—by reaching out to four of her ex-best friends.
We studied the primary physical, chemical, to biological methods of meat tenderization so you can choose the technique that best fits your needs.
Supposedly eco-friendly cups are still coated with a thin layer of plastic, which scientists have discovered can leach chemicals that harm living creatures.
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