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New Zealand is telling fishing and mining industries to keep their “hands off” a huge part of the South Pacific—one that’s about the size of France. Prime Minister John Key announced the plan Monday to create a 240,000 square mile...

by Stefan Sirucek Working eight hours a day and 40 hours a week is ingrained in us as the natural division and duration of a good, honest American work week. We take it for granted. And it’s nonsense. Much like...

By Miguel A. Martínez-González, M.D. JAMA Internal Medicine Eating a Mediterranean diet supplemented with extra virgin olive oil was associated with a relatively lower risk of breast cancer in a study of women in Spain, according to an article published...

Did you know crying is actually good for you? According to neuroscientist and tear researcher Dr. William H. Frey II, PhD, “crying is not only a human response to sorrow and frustration, it’s a healthy one. Crying is a natural way...

by David Crouch A Swedish retirement home may seem an unlikely setting for an experiment about the future of work, but a small group of elderly-care nurses in Sweden have made radical changes to their daily lives in an effort...