The Best Health News Over the Last Decade
The 2010s will go down in history as a decade of many newsworthy health-related stories, many of which were not good news — Ebola, measles, antibiotic resistance. But in the years since 2010 there…
The 2010s will go down in history as a decade of many newsworthy health-related stories, many of which were not good news — Ebola, measles, antibiotic resistance. But in the years since 2010 there…
Though American cuisine was once derided for consisting mostly of fast food and TV dinners, it is today recognized as having some of the most complex and creative cooking in the world. More than…
Food recalls have become very common. So far in 2019, almost every other day a new item is listed on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s recalls, market withdrawals, and safety alerts page. 24/7…
A pesar de los enormes avances en la detección y el tratamiento de la enfermedad, la palabra “cáncer” aún provoca temor. Es verdad que asusta más que escuchar que uno tiene una afección crónica.…
Despite decades of raising awareness for gender equality, ranking countries based on how differently they treat men and women, and making political pledges to improve the status of women, the world has a long…
No es ningún secreto que Estados Unidos es un país de inmigrantes. A pesar de la reciente actitud política, la nación tiene una larga trayectoria de darle la bienvenida a los extranjeros de todo…
The 2019 BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands ranking, which looks at the brands that contribute the most value to their respective parent companies, revealed a big jump in valuation for Facebook-owned photo…
Cinema has been in a state of constant evolution ever since the first moving images were created in the 19th century, thanks mostly to advances in technology. One can only imagine how audiences from…
One in every four deaths in the United States is caused by heart disease, or 610,000 deaths a year. Heart disease is by far the leading cause of death in the country. On average,…
It would be hard for many of us in America today to imagine life without credit cards. We use these small but potentially powerful plastic rectangles for everything, from our morning latte to luxurious…
Today’s consumers use credit cards for even minor purchases and often pay their bills online, and mobile payment systems like Apple Pay, Samsung Pay, and Google Wallet have proliferated. It’s not surprising, then, that…
Our world has been shaped in large part by just a handful of revolutionary consumer products and the companies behind them. Such milestones include the first modern automobile, first sold by Mercedes in 1901,…
Since hitting 10.0% in October 2009 — its highest level in over two and a half decades — the unemployment rate has been steadily declining in the United States. Today, the unemployment rate sits…
We love our credit cards. These little rectangles of plastic (or, increasingly, metal) were originally used mostly for travel and entertainment. We still use them for those purposes, of course, and certainly for shopping,…
Algunos alimentos tienen una vida útil más larga por naturaleza y, si se almacenan en forma adecuada, se conservarán por meses o incluso años. Otros alimentos se echan a perder con rapidez, por lo…
Food is a basic need that an estimated 42 million Americans struggle to afford. Americans on fixed incomes, those with disabilities, and low-income households with children are among the most likely to struggle to…
There are currently 88 wildfires burning across the country in 14 states. Almost 200,000 acres are currently ablaze, an area roughly equivalent to all five boroughs of New York City, combined. In California, Yosemite…
Summer is hot. That’s the whole point. It’s the season of pool parties, beach trips, backyard barbecues — of T-shirts, shorts, and flip-flops. We crank up the AC in summer, turn on the fans,…