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A Cultural History of Barbie
Loved and loathed, the toy still stirs fresh controversy.
Loved and loathed, the toy still stirs fresh controversy.
You might be able to preserve your natural hair color longer than you thought.
When a down-and-out doctor finds his rundown mansion is haunted, he pulls the quintessentially American move: opening the house to the public for a fee. Everything goes wrong from there.
Shakespeare's murderous queen has long been demonised as a wicked seductress. Yet actors who have played her show she deserves far more understanding.
She lost her children in an unspeakable tragedy. Today they’re the reason she keeps running.
Drug dealers and money launderers saw cryptocurrency as untraceable. Then a grad student proved them all wrong.
Graza upended the cluttered category with an often-forgotten innovation: Clever package design.
A study documents the huge amount of space taken up by parking, and the astronomical costs it represents, in five U.S. cities.
Although our ability to easily pick up a new skill declines with age, harnessing a specific type of mindset can help you learn effectively as an adult.
When you’re feeling sleepless or stressed, the healing sounds of noises, like pink and white, can evoke ease and wellness.
This is how to sidestep the most common — and frustrating — parts of decision-making and come together as a unit.
Scientists put on their barista aprons and found out.
From bad bosses to gossipy colleagues and, of course, office refrigerator drama.
Teen-friendly promotion of the product is spreading on social media. Adding to the concerns is a caffeine pouch startup from a former Juul marketing executive.
Some of the most priceless holiday memories cost next to nothing – as my four-year-old son and I have found on our forays into nature.
From sudden attacks of diarrhoea to problematic wind, our expert answers all the questions you were too embarrassed to ask.
Women are so fed up with men that the phenomenon even has a name: heterofatalism. So what do we do with our desire?
First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes the colour-coded Google Calendar.
Families of those killed and tortured for political reasons under apartheid are searching for the truth about why the perpetrators have gone unpunished.
In July 1969, Senator Edward Kennedy pleaded guilty to fleeing the scene of an accident where a young aide died. But many questions about the ‘Chappaquiddick incident’ went unanswered.
A Rhode Island tribe’s quest for state recognition has sparked a controversy.
Often summer ushers in a slump in productivity. However, there’s no reason to panic. Here’s a tool kit for using summers to reset and gear up.
Climate facts are inconvenient — so Trump is making them disappear.
The music legend’s expansive life and career come into focus in HBO’s ‘Billy Joel: And So It Goes’
At 225 solar masses, this gargantuan merger of two black holes challenges our thinking on these famously elusive objects.
Ed Simon considers the habits and processes of a group of critically and commercially acclaimed authors.
To build a new home on an old pier in Seattle, the team at E. Cobb Architects fared a spatter of challenges: “There’s nothing that’s even come close to this level of difficulty.”
What is a living fossil? Learn more about the living fossils among us and why this topic is highly debated among scientists.
Rising insurance costs signal the deep impacts of climate change in west Florida as communities grapple with recurring damage and costly recoveries.
Scientists looked at the genes of millions of people to determine which ones are linked to obesity — and developed a way to screen people before age 5.
It’s time to declutter your closet, organize your kitchen like a pro chef, and get your stuff together. Here’s how to get organized—and actually stay that way.
Stepping into purposeful ambition might feel like meeting yourself for the first time.
The Clippers get their Summer of George, the Sixers aren’t dead yet, and way more people should be talking about Wemby than about LeBron.
Talking about death is often life-affirming.
The data, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, also showed a significant increase in COVID-related emergency room visits for young children.
Tensions are escalating between the White House and the Federal Reserve, with consumers caught in the middle.
Many student loan borrowers could see their monthly bills more than double now that the Biden-era SAVE plan is defunct.
How to help your team members get the most from your meetings.
Misinformation is everywhere. And yes, some of it has probably gotten to you.
The surprising lessons the conveyor belt sushi business taught me. Sudden equipment failures. Supply chain surprises. Retaining staff as the goalposts move in real time. These aren’t challenges I’ve faced as a tech founder—but I have faced them running restaurants.
For many, Social Security benefits are a key part of their retirement plan. So it makes sense that you would want to get the most possible from this monthly source of income.
Over the Fourth of July weekend, parts of central Texas were devastated by flash floods after the region was hit with the equivalent of four months' worth of rain in just a few hours. At least 134 people were killed, and more than 100 are still missing as of press time.
“Revenge saving” emphasizes making up for poor financial habits by being aggressively frugal or restrictive with your current spending.
Make sure your suit fits, don’t dress too sexy, and other essential advice from professionals in law, tech, finance, and marketing.
An annuity is a way to achieve lifetime income in retirement, but you need to understand how this product works before making a purchase.