Buying a new house is by far one of the biggest purchases you’ll ever make. It’s the ultimate American dream. One of the first things most people want to do in their search is to see pictures of the inside and outside of their potential properties. Often, that search begins online with sites like Zillow, … Read more
Update: This article was published in 2022 and now includes 2023’s dates and times. It’s time for New Yorkers to get very excited about the setting sun. That’s because Manhattanhenge is upon us. It can produce, when the weather cooperates, four of the most striking sunsets of the year in New York City. The name … Read more
Building off the success of its Hope spacecraft, which is still circling and studying Mars, the United Arab Emirates announced on Monday plans for an ambitious follow-up mission: a grand tour of the asteroid belt. “The asteroid belt mission was the right amount of challenge,” said Sarah al-Amiri, chairwoman of the United Arab Emirates Space … Read more
Ian Hacking, a Canadian philosopher widely hailed as a giant of modern thought for game-changing contributions to the philosophies of science, probability and mathematics, as well as his widely circulated insights on issues like race and mental health, died on May 10 at a retirement home in Toronto. He was 87. His daughter Jane Hacking … Read more
We’ve all experienced it before – you end up subscribing to a service that you think you’re going to use regularly, and a couple of months later, you forget all about it. Why should you keep paying for something that you don’t even use? The answer is that you shouldn’t. And I’ve got tips for … Read more
This spring the Biden administration proposed or implemented eight major environmental regulations, including the nation’s toughest climate rule, rolling out what experts say are the most ambitious limits on polluting industries by the government in a single season. Piloting all of that is a man most Americans have never heard of, running an agency that … Read more
Sherri Willis-Prater’s baby boy was 2 months old, and she was about to return to her job at a school cafeteria in Chicago. But as she walked up the short flight of stairs to her kitchen one evening, she nearly collapsed, gasping for breath. At the hospital, Ms. Willis-Prater, who was 42 at the time, … Read more
After a woman gives birth, the baby’s well-being usually becomes the focus of family attention, and the mother’s health often recedes as a priority. Many busy new mothers don’t make it to their postpartum visit with an obstetrician or midwife, even though recent medical guidelines say they should do so within three weeks of the … Read more
Artificial intelligence has recently become a hot topic around the world as tech companies like Alibaba, Microsoft, and Google have released conversational chatbots that the everyday person can use. While we’re already using AI in our daily lives, often unknowingly, these forms of computer science are very interesting to a large population. Some are hoping … Read more
Whenever we find out that someone has passed away, whether it’s a celebrity or someone we know personally, there’s always a feeling of shock followed by a curiosity about how exactly they died. It’s natural to see an article with the headline saying that someone has passed away and want to click on it immediately, … Read more