How to eat sushi
With your fingers? Chopsticks? Dipped into soy sauce? Daubed with wasabi? One mouthful or two? The only certainty, it seems, is that its proper consumption demands both etiquette and practicality….
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Is The Professor Bossy Or Brilliant? Much Depends On Gender
Male professors are brilliant, awesome and knowledgeable. Women are bossy and annoying, and beautiful or ugly. These are a few of the results from a new interactive chart that was…
How To Stop The Ringing In Your Ears
SPECIAL FROM Grandparents.com Imagine a constant high-pitched tone in your ears, or an ocean of white noise that never goes away. For the 16 million Americans who suffer from tinnitus…
The 3 Most Devastating Kinds Of Loss (And How To Recover)
Understanding what kind of loss you’re experiencing can sometimes help you find your best self in the situation, say the authors of You Can Heal Your Heart. Especially if you…
This Side-Table-Turned-Rowing-Machine Takes Functional Decor To A Whole New Level
In a teeny-tiny home or apartment, every square inch counts. It’s often a challenge just trying to squeeze in the basic furniture but a home gym?! You must be kidding….
Is The New Harper Lee Novel A Mistake?: Author Idolatry And ‘Go Set a Watchman’
If Twitter can be seen as representative of broader cultural attitudes, the news surrounding Go Set a Watchman, a novel Harper Lee penned before To Kill a Mockingbird but guarded…
Trans Woman Details The ‘Great Danger’ She’s Faced While Traveling
Traveling through airports comes with its annoyances for everyone, but inconvenience often turns into discrimination and fear for transgender people who may not have or be able to secure the…
What Happened When I Confronted My Cruellest Troll
I’m often deluged with hate online – and I’m used to being told not to feed the trolls. But after one of them stole my dead dad’s identity to abuse…
Commonly Confused Words: How To Avoid These Grammar Gaffes
By Writer’s Relief staff: There are some grammar guidelines that, no matter how often you review the rules, some writers are still going to mess up. And not just fresh-faced,…
Heartbroken Koala Looks Over Remnants Of Burnt Home
It’s often easy to overlook the environmental impact of natural disasters when property is destroyed and people lose their lives. But for thousands of animals, a vast wildfire can destroy…
6 Simple Steps To Uncovering The Upside Of Stress
By now it’s clear that stress can harm our health in a multitude of ways, and new scientific research reinforcing its negative effects seems to debut weekly. But something we…
Hungry Residents Often Forced To Use Malaria Nets For Fishing In Many African Nations
Billionaire Bill Gates is confident malaria will be eradicated in his lifetime. And reputable aid organizations continue to pat themselves on the backs for scaling up their efforts to provide…
For Björk, a New Album, ‘Vulnicura,’ and a MoMA Show
REYKJAVIK, ICELAND — It wasn’t exactly a beach day. It was a chilly, damp November morning with a drizzle that turned intermittently to rain. Björk called it “sniffle weather”; she…
Making Friends Online Could Help You Lose Weight
In the age of the social network, there’s certainly such a thing as sharing too much. But when it comes to losing weight, sharing could be key. – They’re also…
‘Fortitude’ Review: Stanley Tucci Excels In A Tale Of Icebound Crime
It’s easy to give you an idea of what “Fortitude” is like and whether you might like it, because it’s not hard to find good shows that are pretty similar…
Jobless claims lowest since 2000, but…
Jobless claims often jump around a lot from week to week, and last week included the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, which may have made people less inclined to file…
Neil deGrasse Tyson Admits He Was Wrong On Deflategate
It doesn’t happen very often, but astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson was wrong this week. And like any good scientist, he’s not afraid to admit it, correct it and explain himself….
Serving Life For Surviving Abuse
Misconceptions about domestic violence can turn the justice system against survivors, often with devastating results. Read the whole story at The Atlantic
Dismissing Hong Kong’s disability taboo
“The hardest part was sewing the bottle cap on,” she said. “I researched different types of bags. Sometimes you need a bigger bag if you want to put more things…
When You Say You ‘Don’t See Race’, You’re Ignoring Racism, Not Helping To Solve It
People love to tell me that they often forget that I’m black. They say this with a sort of “a-ha!” look on their faces, as if their dawning ability to…
The Proven Secret To A Healthy Sex Life After 50
It’s often believed that when you connect more deeply with yourself, you can also connect on another level with others. This is where the practice of anti-aging yoga and sexual…
7 Decor Ideas That Will Make The Most Out Of Any Hallway
The hallway of a home is often easy to overlook. It’s a “transitional” space that you don’t spend much time looking at, unless you’re picking up the scattered shoes that…
12 Classic Books That Got Horrible Reviews When They First Came Out
Reviewers are tasked with the daunting challenge of critically assessing a work’s artistic merit, and determining whether a book is worth readers’ valuable time. They are often also expected to…
5 things to know for your New Day — Friday, January 23, 2015
KING ABDULLAH Death of a king: Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al Saud, who reigned for close to a decade, has died at age 90. He was hailed as…
20 Awesome Photo Ideas For Wedding Parties Who Know How To Have Fun
All too often, brides and grooms get bogged down in big day B.S. and forget the most important ingredient of an awesome wedding (besides love, of course!): fun. One way…
Mario Draghi’s Bombshell is Europe’s Last, Best Hope to Return to Growth
Follow Us: Get the Upshot in your Inbox JAN. 22, 2015 Neil Irwin – For nearly eight years, since the first tremors of what would become the global financial crisis…
Björk On Sexism In The Music Industry: ‘Everything That A Guy Says Once, You Have To Say 5 Times’
It ain’t easy being a lady in the music industry. Just ask Björk. In an interview with Pitchfork on Jan. 21, the Icelandic singer/songwriter discussed her new album “Vulnicura,” the…
California’s Former Prisoners Often Don’t Know They Can Vote, Study Finds
With severe overcrowding, abuse allegations and controversial sentencing laws, California’s prison system is a knotty political topic that often appears on the ballot. But according to a new study, many…
An Instruction Book For Parenting Adult Children
I have adult children (an oxymoron for sure). I have found myself not knowing the right things to do or say more and more often as my kids age. Of…
9 Ways Daily Mindfulness Will Help You Succeed
Many of us are drawn to the peace and happiness promised by a life of mindfulness, but we often abandon it in our daily lives because practicing mindfulness can seem…