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Misophonia: When Life's Noises Drive You Mad

For 18-year-old high school senior Ellie Rapp of Pittsburgh, the sound of her family chewing their dinner can be ... unbearable. "My heart starts to pound. I go one of two ways. I either start to cry...

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Is Coconut Oil All It's Cracked Up To Be? Get The Facts On This Faddish Fat

In the past few years, coconut oil has been called a superfood that can help you blast belly fat and raise your good cholesterol. The sweet and nutty trendsetter has been featured in many cookbooks as...

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Building Strength And Resilience After A Sexual Assault: What Works

The wrenching testimony of Christine Blasey Ford, who is accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of a sexual assault years ago, raises questions about the long-term emotional and physical toll...

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Many Common Sunscreens May Harm Coral. Here's What To Use Instead

Hawaii Gov. David Ige is expected this week to sign the world's first ban on the sale of sunscreens containing the chemicals oxybenzone and octinoxate. The state is banning the products because of...

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Kaiser Permanente CEO Says A Bipartisan Health Bill Is The Best Way Forward

Now that the latest GOP health care proposal is being left for dead , you might think that health care reform efforts are over for the near future. But don't dismiss bipartisan efforts already underway...

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The Perplexing Psychology Of Saving For Health Care

Spending your own money on health care might mean that you'll be more frugal with it. That's the theory behind health savings accounts, a decades-old GOP concept that's sparking renewed interest on...

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Save The Monkeys, Save The Trees, Sell The Chocolate

Mika Peck, a conservation ecologist at England's University of Sussex , was frustrated. He'd been researching and publishing papers for years on the near-extinction of the Ecuadoran brown-headed spider...

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Nowruz: Persian New Year's Table Celebrates Spring Deliciously

A version of this story first ran in March 2014. The first day of spring is cause for a celebration, especially after the winter many of us have been having. But it's hard to top the 13-day festivities...

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The Martini: This American Cocktail May Have An International Twist

There's no cocktail more distinctly American than the martini. It's strong, sophisticated and sexy. It's everything we hope to project while ordering one. Baltimore-born satirist H.L. Mencken is said...

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Whole Foods Founder John Mackey On Fascism And 'Conscious Capitalism'

UPDATE at 12:35 p.m., ET, Jan. 17: Many of you wrote in to tell us you were taken aback by Whole Foods top executive John Mackey characterizing the health law as fascism in an NPR interview, and...

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Food Waste Is Overwhelming. Here Are Five Things People Are Doing About It

The food world is buzzing today about the latest news on just how often we waste perfectly good food. And we admit, the statistics are pretty depressing. About 40 percent of food in the United States...

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Discarded Food Cans Turn Into Canvas For British Street Artist

Those eyes grab you first. Only after a couple of beats do you realize you're looking at the painted bottom of a flattened metal can left on the street, and not some mysterious fairy. These can art...

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Save The Monkeys, Save The Trees, Sell The Chocolate

Mika Peck, a conservation ecologist at England's University of Sussex , was frustrated. He'd been researching and publishing papers for years on the near-extinction of the Ecuadoran brown-headed spider...

View Article


Nowruz: Persian New Year's Table Celebrates Spring Deliciously

A version of this story first ran in March 2014. The first day of spring is cause for a celebration, especially after the winter many of us have been having. But it's hard to top the 13-day festivities...

View Article

The Martini: This American Cocktail May Have An International Twist

There's no cocktail more distinctly American than the martini. It's strong, sophisticated and sexy. It's everything we hope to project while ordering one. Baltimore-born satirist H.L. Mencken is said...

View Article


Whole Foods Founder John Mackey On Fascism and 'Conscious Capitalism'

UPDATE at 12:35 p.m., ET, Jan. 17: Many of you wrote in to tell us you were taken aback by Whole Foods top executive John Mackey characterizing the health law as fascism in an NPR interview, and...

View Article

Food Waste Is Overwhelming. Here Are Five Things People Are Doing About It

The food world is buzzing today about the latest news on just how often we waste perfectly good food. And we admit, the statistics are pretty depressing. About 40 percent of food in the United States...

View Article


Discarded Food Cans Turn Into Canvas For British Street Artist

Those eyes grab you first. Only after a couple of beats do you realize you're looking at the painted bottom of a flattened metal can left on the street, and not some mysterious fairy. These can art...

View Article

Nowruz: Persian New Year's Table Celebrates Spring Deliciously

A version of this story first ran in March 2014.The first day of spring is cause for a celebration, especially after the winter many of us have been having. But it's hard to top the 13-day festivities...

View Article

The Martini: This American Cocktail May Have An International Twist

There's no cocktail more distinctly American than the martini. It's strong, sophisticated and sexy. It's everything we hope to project while ordering one.Baltimore-born satirist H.L. Mencken is said to...

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