Moon's now-defunct magnetic field 'protected Earths from solar storms' 4 billion years ago
Researchers led by James Green, NASA's chief scientist, created computers models of the protective impact the Moon once had on Earth. Read more...
Workers With Health Insurance Face Rising Out-of-Pocket Costs
A new survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation shows annual premiums for a family now top ,000, and deductibles have more than doubled since 2010. Read more...
Plain Bad Heroines Is a New Kind of Lesbian Fiction
In her adult debut, Emily M. Danforth revisits Mary MacLanes controversial 1902 confessional diary, with a contemporary Hollywood twist. Read more...
For the Jockey Gary Stevens, the Rides the Thing
The jockey Gary Stevens discussed his victory in the Preakness Stakes, roles in the film Seabiscuit and the HBO show Luck. Read more...
July Is the New January More Companies Delay Return to the Office
From Ford to Microsoft, white-collar companies are increasingly extending working from home through next summer. Read more...
The rich will keep getting richer 300 wealthiest people in the world are more than 300 billion better off than this time last year, and Bill Gates is back on top
The world's richest people grew even richer in 2013, adding 4 billion to their collective net worth, with Bill Gates adding .8billion to his net worth. Read more...
Firefighters
Our 28th October article last year 'Striking firemen want 10,000 pay rise' mentioned that 'fire crews could already expect to pocket up to 50,000 a year after overtime.' We would like to clarify that this top sum referred to what a senior manager might expect to earn. We are sorry if this was misunderstood. Read more...
Trick or Treat Its Mom and Dad!
The worlds worst parents come back to haunt us, in Lois Lowrys The Willoughbys Return. Read more...
The Little-Known Women Behind Some Well-Known Landscapes
Women have literally shaped the American landscape and continue to today, but their names and contributions are largely unknown. Read more...
What to Cook This Week
Make a maqluba for your pod, or savor the leftovers of a comforting lentil and orzo stew. Read more...
Calls for shark nets to be removed off Gold Coast beaches after Nick Slater was mauled to death
Nick Slater, 46, was mauled to death about 5pm on September 8 off popular Greenmount Beach, on the Gold Coast tourist strip. Read more...
Gay male penguins steal lesbian penguins' eggs at Dutch zoo in latest bid to become fathers
Two gay male penguins have stolen a lesbian penguin couple's eggs at Dierenpark zoo in Amersfoort, Netherland. They tried to hatch another bird's egg in November last year. Read more...
Flattened Basketballs as Art
The sport is considered an art form, and the artist Tyrrell Winston would agree. Read more...
Dodgers Rally to Win N.L.C.S. and Reach 3rd World Series in 4 Years
Los Angeles, once down by three games to one in the series, fell behind in Game 7 but came back to earn a return trip to the World Series. Read more...
Real Madrid's Eden Hazard 'will be out of action until at least mid-November
Hazard will miss Saturday's El Clasico as well as Real's first three Champions League group games, while Ramos was forced off during the shock 1-0 loss to Cadiz after a knock to his left knee. Read more...
Coronavirus Scotland Yard tells London pubs to get photo IDs to stop customers breaking Tier 2
Scotland Yard has been writing to struggling traders in London to say they should ask for names, addresses and even photo ID to stop households mixing in line with Tier 2 Covid-19 restrictions. Read more...
Ablaze With Art Thriving Galleries in Lower Manhattan
Will Heinrich heads to TriBeCa, where new galleries keep popping up and strong shows abound. Read more...
Trumps Tweets on Troop Withdrawals Unnerve Pentagon
The presidents demands to draw down forces in Afghanistan, Somalia and Syria seek to fulfill a campaign promise. But officials warn rapid troop reductions could bolster adversaries. Read more...
When The Stars Are Out of Alignment
Art provides clarity. Read more...
How a yellow jersey is dividing Brazil
Brazil's bright yellow jersey is a symbol that unites the country through a love of football and national pride, but over the past two years the shirt's adoption by right wing supporters of Jair Bolsonaro, who wear it at protests and rallies to show their political allegiance to the Brazilian president, is causing controversy. Read more...