Despite its gorgeous beaches, you won’t find a bustling boardwalk along Southern California’s scenic Gaviota Coast. The 76-mile sprawl in Santa Barbara County is the state’s largest remaining stretch of undeveloped coastline, an area conservationists are dedicated to permanently protecting. And its rich, rural landscape draws an incredibly diverse array of terrestrial animals — from […]
At first glance, Zachary’s Playground in Lake Saint Louis, Missouri, looks like a typical (albeit very inviting) playground. There are bright colors, big slides, swing sets, and little nooks fit for games of hide-and-seek. But something special sets this one apart: It’s fully inclusive for children of all abilities. “Play is a universal language and
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In a world with approximately 55,000 museums, there’s bound to be an exhibit for every type of interest and no such thing as too niche. We’ve rounded up 13 museums that are dedicated to more unconventional forms of art (think: snacks, spies, and felines). Some are off the beaten path, others are in urban environments,
Teal Health, the cervical cancer screening startup backed by Serena Williams, has been granted Breakthrough Device status by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its innovative, at-home screening wand. The status was awarded following promising mid-point data from the Teal Wand’s first, nationwide clinical trial, and puts it on track for priority approval once
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A Virginia 14-year-old won $25,000 and earned the title of America’s Top Young Scientist this past fall for developing an affordable soap that can treat skin cancer. Heman Bekele plans to refine his invention over the next five years and create a nonprofit to distribute it in low-income communities. The ninth grader spent four months
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We’ve all experienced it: Faced with an infant’s chubby cheeks or a puppy’s wagging tail, we feel the powerful urge to pinch, squish, or even bite the adorable subject. “Cute aggression” is a seemingly bizarre phenomenon, but one that science suggests serves a very real purpose. According to research published within the last decade, the
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Mothers spend the majority of their time thinking about other people, so much so that “I don’t need anything” is a common refrain leading up to gift-giving holidays.
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It’s all too easy to ignore the burnt food droppings at the bottom of the oven or that sticky spot in the fridge — that is, until the oven starts smoking when you turn it on or the fridge is overtaken by a mysterious odor. Most of us know we should be attending to our
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Getting lost in a novel on a rainy afternoon, learning something new from an engrossing work of nonfiction, seeing ourselves reflected in someone else’s life story: Reading is both a pleasure and a privilege. And for many people, it’s our mothers who are responsible for some of our earliest and longest-lasting memories connected to books.
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There’s something magical about discovering a new word that speaks to you — one you’d underline in a book or pause and rewind after hearing on TV and maybe start sprinkling into conversation. Sometimes these words are wildly relatable and end up going viral on social media (think: bed rotting). Other times a new-to-you phrase
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