It’s entirely possible to love and dread the holidays at the same time—especially in 2021, which promises awkward conversations along with glad tidings and good cheer. As families and friends plan to get together this year, they’ll not only need to weigh the risk of getting sick from COVID-19, but also the possibility that some attendees have taken safety protocols more seriou…
Read moreParts of the northern United States from Montana to northern New England could get a glimpse of the Northern Lights this weekend, space weather forecasters say.
The Northern Lights, or the Aurora Borealis, are a luminous and sometimes colorful display seen in the night sky. They occur when charged particles from the sun interact with gasses in Earth’s atmosphere. Typically, they are…
Read moreGoogle searches related to “climate anxiety” are at a record high after steadily increasing over the past five years, the search giant said in an email to TIME.
Searches worldwide related to “climate anxiety” or “eco-anxiety” increased by 4,590% from 2018 to 2023, according to the company’s data. The two most commonly Googled questions were “What is eco anxiety?” a…
Read moreSince the global pandemic began, one of the grimmer features of daily life has been watching the coronavirus death count tick up and up as the months have gone by. With so much unnecessary death in 2020, it’s surprising that in many countries, at least according to preliminary numbers, there was one significant group that actually saw its death rates fall: children.
Data from the Hu…
Read moreThis story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network.
Some 13,000 chemicals are associated with plastic production, of which only 7,000 or so have been investigated for their health and environmental impacts. Nearly half of those studied have elements deemed hazardous to human health, but the research—spanning 50 years, multiple languages,…
Read moreAging is inevitable, but that doesn’t stop us from trying to slow it down. And the easier the intervention, the better.
In a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, researchers report that taking a multivitamin that you can buy at the pharmacy can slow cognitive decline associated with aging by as much as two years.
The trial is part of a series led…
Read moreIt’s hard to move through the modern world without carrying a full deck of personal cards with you: driver’s license, insurance card, credit cards, bank card, Medicare card, student ID card and more. They are the transactional visas of contemporary life and they’ve been designed with that role in mind—durable, portable, easy to use, hard to forge.
The newest additi…
Read moreAmericans are no strangers to power disruptions. From shorter outages that are just pesky enough to jostle daily routines, to widespread and prolonged grid failures, residents in every state are familiar with the experience of losing electricity. As this story was about to publish, New Yorkers in 11 upstate counties were in a state of emergency due to a snowstorm, and were preparing for “…
Read moreIn a new study published in JAMA Health Forum, people with Long COVID had an increased risk of dying during the study period and developing serious health problems compared to people who never had COVID-19.
Long COVID is an umbrella term for health issues that emerge during or after a case of COVID-19 and last weeks, months, or longer. Some symptoms—like fatigue, cognitive …
Read moreA new ‘stop-the-clock’ mechanism on the T5 (Temporary Worker) Creative and Sporting visa has been introduced following negotiations between The British Fashion Council (BFC), the British Fashion Model Agents Association (BFMA), and the Home Office (with the support of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport) to secure a change to the Immigration Rules.This will allow creative wor…
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