I understand the health benefits of a cold shower, but human hibernation? The mystery of one man's survival unveils how therapeutic hypothermia could help our species on Earth and in space. Scientists are trying to find the golden spike — indicating our exact spot in the geological timescale — and the sites where they're looking are fascinating. (The SF Bay is one of them.) A blow-up on Broadway puts the cringe in "Funny Girl," and soul singer Candi Staton finally gets the homage she deserves.
Mount Rokkō towers over the Japanese city of Kobe, a landscape of rolling hills complete with hiking trails and an unparalleled view of Osaka Bay. Every year, the 3,000-foot-high peak becomes awash with the red, yellow and orange leaves of fall, making it a popular destination for barbecues and …
ALARMED BY FAST-GROWING SCARS of climate change, extinction rates, and ocean acidification, geologists from the International Commission on …
Once associated in the United States with the alternative spirituality of hippies and beat poets, Buddhism is now ubiquitous in Silicon Valley. In …
This story is adapted from “American Cartel: Inside the Battle to Bring Down the Opioid Industry.” Late on his last day as a DEA agent, Joe Rannazzisi grabbed a mailroom cart to wheel a few boxes of personal belongings to his Ford Excursion. He had turned in his badge earlier that day — one without …
Beanie Feldstein and Lea Michele share an agent, producers were forbidden from talking to Feldstein and were split over firing her, and now hope …
David Gambacorta | Longreads | July 2022 | 16 minutes (4,445 words) The girl was no more than 12. Night had fallen, and the caravan of gospel singers …
After the twin towers of the World Trade Center collapsed on September 11, 2001, in a haze of horror and smoke, clinicians at the Icahn School of …
Doing exercises to improve your posture can help strengthen the muscles from head to toe that you need to stand up straight. At one point or another, …
Digging into the world of "pig-butchering" scams A few months ago I received the following WhatsApp message from a number I didn’t recognize: Even …
These less expected locales are unmissable for those who travel to eat. Local food and flavors are some of the greatest reasons to travel. And though the bistros of Paris and Tokyo’s izakayas always compel us to return, some of the most exciting foodie scenes are emerging in less-expected locations. …
