Less than a week into Black History Month, in two episodes of retail déjà vu, Adidas and Gucci have apologized and pulled products criticized as racist. The offending Gucci item was an $890 black-knit women’s balaclava that could be pulled up over the lower half of the wearer’s face. The sweater included bright red lips…
Certainly the patient never knew where the hip pain came from, or why its left leg stopped working. The diagnosis arrived only 240 million years later, when a femur turned up in an ancient lake bed in Germany, one side marred by a malignant bone tumor. Cancer seldom appears in the fossil record, and its…
It tingles. It feels good. And it has nothing to do with sex. (Unless you want it to.) By now, you may have heard of the phenomenon of A.S.M.R., the soothing, static-like sensation that some people feel in response to certain triggers. These “brain tingles” are often said to pulsate on the scalp or back,…
When my mother died suddenly last year, at the age of 63, they started coming: gift cards for Seamless, GrubHub and Uber Eats that pinged softly in my inbox. “Don’t forget to eat,” read the note accompanying one credit. Another said, “Because you can’t eat flowers.” Many of these sympathy gifts came from friends living…
Living alone may be bad for your health. Danish researchers began studying 3,346 men, average age 63, in 1985, tracking their health for 32 years. Over the period, 89 percent of the men died, 39 percent from cardiovascular diseases. The analysis, in European Heart Journal Quality of Care & Clinical Outcomes, controlled for a variety…
LONDON — With even Silicon Valley worrying about the effect of technology exposure on young people, Britain’s top doctors on Thursday issued advice to families about social media and screen use. Their prescriptions: Leave phones outside the bedroom. Screen-free meals are a good idea. When in doubt, don’t upload. And get more exercise. “Technology can…
LONDON — Rejection is a rite of passage that every writer, even some of the greatest — like George Orwell — has experienced. Ernest Hemingway was told his writing was “tedious and offensive” by one publisher. Another rebuffed Herman Melville’s masterpiece, “Moby Dick,” questioning, “Does it have to be a whale?” A 73-year-old rebuff of…
The first date brings a wonderful sensation of butterflies in your stomach, a slight excitement, and the thoughts “what if he is the one” and “what if I want to invite him to my place.” However, this expectation can mean something completely different to your guy: complex hygienic rituals, increased sweating, and stress. Guys make…
Hair care is a whole science, and taking care of dyed hair is nuclear physics! Still, any science can be learned. Are you tired of having the color washed out quickly? Does it annoy you when the color does not look the way you expect or when hair turns into a loofah? Then you need…
You can buy trendy items and expensive cosmetics every month and spend lots of time in the nail salon. But all these efforts will not be so effective, if you do not fix the main thing, that is the skin. After all, well-groomed skin without any expensive foundation creams looks great and healthy. And to…