On April 8, parts of 13 U.S. states, Mexico and Canada will plunge into midday darkness. Miss this spectacle and you’ll have to wait till 2044 for the next one so close to home.On April 8, a total solar eclipse will blot out the sun for roughly 4,200 miles str... More »
From the moment the rangers first saw him on their trail cameras, the problem was apparent. The wolf, spotted deep in the woods of Italy’s Gran Bosco di Salbertrand park, was not grey like his companion, but an unusual blond. His colouring indicated this was n... More »
Halle Berry said a herpes misdiagnosis about three years ago prompted her to use her platform to help other women transitioning through menopause.The Oscar-winning star, 57, divulged the graphic experience that led to her misdiagnosis after having “great sex” ... More »
The portrait that emerged from her discovery, called Leavitt’s Law, showed that the universe was hundreds of times bigger than astronomers had imagined.This article is part of Overlooked, a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning i... More »
Late last year, my husband and I returned from a vacation in France some pounds heavier than we wanted to be. “That’s it,” I said. “From now on, it’s soup for dinner.”Soup is delicious, filling and moderately low in calories — if one goes easy on the cream and... More »
Early Sunday morning, hundreds of hikers and Dodgers fans gathered in a parking lot in Griffith Park. They were decked in blue, huddling in groups and dancing along to energetic music to shake off the predawn chill. As more people arrived, the sea of jerseys a... More »
AmazonThese eclipse viewing glasses are made with the correct solar filter lenses. On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will take place, an anticipated astronomical phenomenon that will be visible across North America and won’t occur in this region again fo... More »
Boots is to offer Covid vaccinations for almost £100 a shot, making it the latest provider to sell the jabs to those not eligible for a booster through the NHS.The company has confirmed it will offer the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine to healthy customers in England ... More »
Abortion is back on the docket at the U.S. Supreme Court, with the justices hearing arguments Tuesday about whether a pill used to terminate early pregnancies was properly evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. The medication, mifepristone, has been us... More »
Daniel LewisThe tree that goes by toromiro has been a fragile expat for more than a half-century. Little Sophora toromiro, is far from home, no longer present on Rapa Nui, the Pacific island where... More »
LOADINGERROR LOADINGThe Biden administration on Monday announced it will distribute up to $6 billion to curb planet-warming emissions in some of America’s most polluting industries, including chemical, metal and cement operations. The awards, which the adminis... More »
Eli Susman was a fairly experienced meditator when he attended a month-long retreat at Plum Village, a Buddhist monastery in Southern France in 2017.The UC Berkeley PhD candidate in clinical science had been on other retreats where participants spent most of t... More »