If Trump wins on Tuesday, firefighters fear their pay will get slashed
As fire season winds down, firefighters employed by the federal government are facing what they say is another potential disaster: significant pay cuts that could trigger a mass exodus of workers. A...
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Inside NASA’s branding for its biggest mission in years
The stakes are high for NASA’s Artemis missions. Starting next year, the agency will put the first woman and first person of color on a mission to orbit the moon. The following year, a NASA crew will...
View ArticleHow to create a solid estate plan in 4 easy steps
Estate planning is the ultimate important but (seemingly) not urgent task. You’re not even going to be there when it becomes an urgent problem, so it’s very easy to put it off for another day, or...
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Here’s why Philadelphia is the best city in America for fine-cheese emergencies
It’s not a hometown brag to say that Philadelphia has a wildly diverse and innovative culinary community. Get a sudden craving for world-class cheese in the middle of the night and Yoav Perry, founder...
View ArticleMeredith Whittaker: Signal’s job is ‘to preserve private communications’
Our digital activity, including our most private interactions and conversation, is constantly monitored and tracked. For Meredith Whittaker, president of Signal, this is a break from human...
View ArticleWhy people deny climate change after existential threats like hurricanes
As TVs across Florida broadcast the all-too-familiar images of a powerful hurricane headed for the coast in early October 2024, people whose homes had been damaged less than two weeks earlier by...
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San Francisco’s surprisingly difficult quest to turn a century-old highway...
On a chilly weekend in mid-September, the wind-blasted dunes of San Francisco’s Ocean Beach loomed over the Great Highway—two lanes that run along the Pacific coast in either direction separated by a...
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Chocolate has superpowers and 4 other surprising facts in the secret history...
Rowan Jacobsen is a food writer and explorer. Over the past few years, he has been journeying to the Amazon and Central America, chasing chocolate back to its sacred cultural roots. He has written...
View ArticleThe trick Harvard faculty uses to get more done
The to-do list is often the foundation of a productivity system. From a paper checklist to an app that sends reminders, it’s a flexible workhorse. But it can also open the door to misuse or mistakes....
View ArticleHow to fight seasonal affective disorder this winter
The annual pattern of winter depression and melancholy—better known as seasonal affective disorder, or SAD—suggests a strong link between your mood and the amount of light you get during the day. To...
View ArticleHow to spot ‘cheapfakes’ online, according to 2 misinformation experts
Someone tracking the conflict raging in the Middle East could have seen the following two videos on social media. The first shows a little boy hovering over his father’s dead body, whimpering in...
View ArticleWhen the best choice might not be between two things
Type “biggest monopolies today” into your Google search bar and click. What can you expect to find near the top of the list? You guessed it: Google. Like Standard Oil and AT&T before government...
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This exceptional free speed tool will tell you if your ISP is lying
Are you getting the internet speed you’re paying for? It’s an important question. After all, your internet service provider offered you a plan with a high-sounding download speed number, and you’re...
View ArticleThe best 30-second hacks for dealing with stress
When you think about combating stress and anxiety at work, you probably think about major, time-intensive interventions: a weeklong beach vacation perhaps. A spa day. Or maybe getting an entirely new...
View ArticleWhat is emotional regulation? Three ways leaders can keep their cool in...
Emotional regulation, the ability to modulate an emotion or set of emotions, is a requirement of strong leadership. This skill serves leaders in all industries. As executive coaches, we know that...
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Wooden puppets and miniature sets: Inside the making of the new ‘Over the...
Since its release in 2014, the Cartoon Network animated series Over the Garden Wall has become something of a cult classic. The 10-episode show follows half-brothers Wirt and Greg on a trek through a...
View ArticleAmericans are ‘doom spending’ to cope with election stress
People deal with the horrors of an extremely close, high-stakes presidential election in many different ways. Some throw themselves into work, others consume gallons of wine, and others lace up their...
View ArticleEmployers must give you time off to vote in 28 states: What workers need to...
Although a record number of Americans are voting early this year, both at the polls and by mailing in ballots, most people will vote on Election Day, Tuesday, November 5. Some 68 million people have...
View Article‘Now I’m a big boy and I like it’: Young men on TikTok are turning to...
“What happens to your package downstairs when you start testosterone replacement therapy?” asks TikTok user @kmartfit. “You’re gonna notice that your libido and sex drive go through the roof.”...
View ArticleYouTube is eating the TV industry’s lunch
YouTube’s advertising revenue has yet to reach a ceiling in its exponential growth. In Alphabet’s recent earnings call, the company claimed $8.9 billion in quarterly revenue from YouTube ads alone. At...
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