“Getting old,” actress Bette Davis once remarked, “isn’t for sissies.” Physical disabilities, waning energy levels, mental fog… It’s not a pretty picture. But here’s some good news: A recent study of nearly 8,000 men…
By now, presumably almost everybody knows about the dangers of second-hand tobacco smoke: Even if you don’t smoke, being around others who do can be seriously harmful to your health. And of course there…
The decoration on some beer, wine, and spirits bottles contains potentially dangerous levels of such toxic metals as lead and cadmium, according to a report just released by a researcher at the University of…
What do Americans want to eat on the July 4th? You can probably guess most of the answers, but one will almost certainly come as a surprise. DoorDash, the largest food delivery service in…
Piracy is rampant in America today, but it’s not the kind involving grizzled seamen wearing eyepatches and muttering “Aaargh, matey!” The problem today is porch piracy — the purloining of packages and other deliveries…
The Declaration of Independence is a signed engraving on parchment, displayed at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. Or is it? The truth is that there are countless versions of this historic document, and…
The names of the signers of the Declaration of Independence were revealed to the world in 1777 by a woman — Mary Katherine Goddard, printer and postmaster to the Second Continental Congress in Baltimore.…
In his 1958 hit single “Summertime Blues,” rock-and-roller Eddie Cochran threatened to raise a ruckus “About workin’ all summer / Just-a trying to earn a dollar.” Chances are that today he wouldn’t have anything…
Diabetics wearing implanted insulin pumps are potentially in danger, as their devices could be tampered with from afar. In a 2012 episode of the Showtime thriller “Homeland,” the show’s antihero, Nicholas Brody, obtains the…
The Fourth of July this year will be hot and rainy in Philadelphia — the birthplace of the Declaration of Independence, according to the Weather Channel’s weather.com site. The forecast calls for scattered thunderstorms,…
Kansas City barbecue-flavored mushroom chips, Morrocan squash and sweet potato curry baby food, popcorn-style popped lotus seeds in coconut or mango-habenero flavors, spring water infused with leftover chardonnay and cabernet skins…These are a few…
The Kroger supermarket company wants to get your groceries to you so fast that actually going to the store yourself will seem like a waste of time. The firm is currently testing a new…
What’s the most popular distilled spirit in the world? Vodka? Scotch or bourbon? Tequila? Not even close. The winner is baijiu, a traditional Chinese grain liquor, usually made from sorghum or rice with other…
Five public health and consumer protection organizations have joined together to ask the U.S. government to require new warning labels on all alcoholic beverages. The American Institute for Cancer Research, the American Public Health…
A survey of fast food preferences by the American Customer Service Index has just named Chick-fil-A as the nation’s favorite fast food restaurant for the fourth year in a row. The 23,000 consumers polled…
The airline industry data company OAG has just released its annual report on airline and airport on-time performance — and the news isn’t good for passengers flying around the U.S. The survey tracks performance…
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) prohibits college athletes from profiting monetarily in any way from their sports activities — even though the organization (and its member institutions) make billions of dollars annually from…
School’s out! Some new college grads will give themselves a final summer off before settling into life as a grownup. For others the job search is on in earnest, and the reality of the…
Europe’s most popular destinations are France, Spain, Italy, and the U.K., but travelers to these vanguard tourist havens realize pretty quickly upon arrival that it isn’t cheap to visit these countries — much less…
For decades, everyone from medical researchers to academic nutritionists to pop-culture dieticians has been telling us the same thing: For longer, healthier lives, eat less processed meat and consume more seafood. According to a…
