Apps like Dipsea and Quinn have become popular destinations, particularly for some women who find them safe spaces to explore their sexuality. This story contains audio “You know, I’m a sucker for a California queen bed,” Liz says to her girlfriend, Sevyn. “I’m imagining us chillin’ on that balcony,” Sevyn responds. Liz laughs, “Well, there’s…
The family of Henrietta Lacks, the Black woman whose cancer cells were taken without consent and used to pioneer numerous medical discoveries, reached a settlement on Monday with a biotechnology company that had used the cells. In a lawsuit filed in October 2021, descendants of Ms. Lacks, who died decades ago, accused the company, Thermo…
Shifting hormones can make hair go haywire. Experts say there are ways to manage it.
For the past two and a half years, Oregon has been trying an unusual experiment to stem soaring rates of addiction and overdose deaths. People caught with small amounts of illicit drugs for “personal use,” including fentanyl and methamphetamine, are fined just $100 — a sanction that can be waived if they participate in a…
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LeGrand Crewse, co-founder and chief executive of Super73, recently showed off the company’s latest product, a diminutive motorized bike called the K1D. Aimed at riders 4 years old and up, the vehicle lacks pedals, in the spirit of a training bicycle, and has a throttle. The company calls the K1D an “electric balance bike.” “But…
It’s a question on every new parent’s exhausted mind: Why are babies born so helpless? In 1960, an American anthropologist laid out an influential explanation rooted in human evolution. As our early ancestors began walking upright, Sherwood Washburn argued in 1960, they evolved a narrower pelvis to make walking long distances more efficient. At the…
Because sometimes leaving isn’t the best option.
On a Thursday evening in late June, Clarissa Champlain learned that her 15-year-old son Brodee had been in a terrible crash, the latest teen victim of an e-bike accident. He had been riding from home to shot-putting practice. The e-bike, a model made by Rad Power, had a top speed of 20 miles per hour,…