Financial markets are finally taking notice of the possibility that the United States may soon default on its debts. Interest rates on short-term debt and the cost of insuring against default have spiked, reflecting fears that U.S. debt won’t be repaid on time... More »
The owners of Barrington Plaza, an aging Los Angeles apartment complex with a record of life-threatening fires, said Monday that they plan to evict all tenants to make way for a sprinkler retrofit that will cost more than $300 million and take several years. L... More »
A brand new trailer for “Oppenheimer,” the upcoming film from director Christopher Nolan, was released Monday by Universal Pictures in anticipation of the feature’s July debut.Set to a dramatic score from Ludwig Göransson, the newly-dropped teaser offers close... More »
While an apple a day might not actually keep the doctor away, apple cider vinegar is rich in many nutrients of its own. The fermented juice that comes from apples has an active ingredient that experts say may marginally help with weight loss, and the product h... More »
Though Pilates has been around since Joseph and Clara Pilates began teaching the method in New York in 1926, it wasn't popularized until stars like Madonna and Gwyneth Paltrow started doing it in the early 2000s. And then it was everywhere. But almost as quick... More »
Though Pilates has been around since Joseph and Clara Pilates began teaching the method in New York in 1926, it wasn't popularized until stars like Madonna and Gwyneth Paltrow started doing it in the early 2000s. And then it was everywhere. But almost as quick... More »
You know the feeling. You're walking down the street, coffee in hand on the way to run some errands. You catch a glimpse of yourself in a storefront window and check yourself out. You're a star.People have been buzzing about "main character energy" for years. ... More »
Chances are you've heard of the term "gaslighting." But what about "ambient gaslighting?"Most people now know gaslighting, put simply, is when someone tries to make someone else question their reality. "Ambient gaslighting" refers to the subtle undercurrents o... More »
Juliana May’s “Family Happiness” at Abrons Arts Center at times feels like a punishing exercise.What’s wrong with these people?That’s not a question that a sophisticated viewer of postmodern dance is supposed to ask. But it was going through my mind as I watch... More »
Whales have taken as long as two hours to die during Icelandic hunts, according to a report by the Icelandic food and veterinary authority.A number of the carcasses of the fin whales shot by explosive harpoons during hunts in Iceland last year were examined by... More »
A raccoon dog in Miyagi prefecture, Japan. (Atsushi Tomura/Getty Images)The raccoon dog did it: That was the explosive takeaway of a genomic analysis conducted in March by a trio of scientists who had scrutinized data from a market in Wuhan, China, where the p... More »
Fomalhaut, a star 25 light years away, hosts an extremely wide asteroid belt and another ring of debrisAdam Block Astronomers have discovered a new asteroid belt around the nearby star Fomalhaut, as well as a strange ring of debris that is tilted with respect ... More »