Honeychurch found the people dull and their aspirations banal. The neighbors were pleasant, but their “identical interests and identical foes,” as she put it, became suffocating. Suburbia, she concluded, was actually a horror. Honeychurch might as well be a Millennial Brooklynite media professional prepping for the launch of negroni season at the local gastropub, or […] Read more
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced Thursday that the state will pause any further reopening as it continues to report record increases in Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations. Businesses that were permitted to open under the previous phases can continue to operate at the designated occupancy outlined by the Texas Department of State Health Services, according to […] Read more
Bottled water manufactured by Whole Foods and sold in most of its US stores and on Amazon contains potentially harmful levels of arsenic, according to new tests by Consumer Reports (CR). CR recently tested dozens of bottled water brands and found that Starkey Spring Water, introduced by Whole Foods in 2015, had concerning levels of arsenic, ranging from […] Read more
White House officials are putting a target on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, positioning the agency as a coronavirus scapegoat as cases surge in many states and the U.S. falls behind other nations that are taming the pandemic. Trump administration aides in recent weeks have seriously discussed launching an in-depth evaluation of the […] Read more
Who wore it better? Olive oil or coconut oil? In one of the most hotly contested debates of the plant-based world, the benefits of olive oil versus coconut oil are being argued by no lesser lights than the folks at Harvard Medical School. In a new review of the evidence, their blog posed the question: Which […] Read more
Just as supplies of toilet paper are finally getting back to normal, the coronavirus has triggered another shortage of something we typically take for granted: pocket change. Banks around the U.S. are running low on nickels, dimes, quarters and even pennies. And the Federal Reserve, which supplies banks, has been forced to ration scarce supplies. […] Read more
A second wave of the coronavirus would harm the public’s mental health after people built up hope during the reopening of the country, psychologists say. “I think a second wave would be devastating for a lot of people,” Dr. Crystal Park, professor of psychology at the University of Connecticut, told the Washington Examiner. “There is a sense that […] Read more
Members of the mainstream media sounded the alarm about President Trump‘s health for what they believe were signs of declining health during his appearance at the West Point commencement ceremony. The New York Times ran the headline, “Trump’s Halting Walk Down Ramp Raises New Health Questions.” “Mr. Trump — who turned 74 on Sunday, the oldest […] Read more
All it takes is a simple cough: a sharp intake of breath, the compression of air in the lungs, and the throat flying open to spew air, spit, and mucus. If the person coughing is infected with the novel coronavirus, it comes along for the ride on droplets, which can travel up to 50 miles […] Read more
After a quick and active start to hurricane season, it looks like any significant tropical development is unlikely over the next week. Its thanks to a significant area of Saharan Dust seen in satellite imagery blowing off the west coast of Africa. Forecasting models show the dust moving across the tropics — the main areas of tropical […] Read more
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