Author: Michelle Korhonen
This morning in Dubai, after a long night of consultations, the world struck a deal that will guide countries’ commitments to fixing climate change. For the first time in the nearly 30 years of the Conference of Parties, a COP document managed to directly address reducing fossil fuels. The text “calls on parties” to transition “away from fossil fuels in energy systems.” The deal still leaves significant allowances for fossil fuels to linger into the future, and includes language recognizing the utility of “transitional fuels,” which is code for natural gas, and “abatement,” which is code for carbon capture and…
The Red Onion Benefits explained in this article will encourage you to eat it regularly. Red onions are a popular ingredient in many cuisines worldwide and with good reason. They are a cultivar of the common onion (Allium cepa), distinguished by its deep red to purple skin and white flesh tinged with red. They are slightly milder and sweeter than other onion varieties, making them popular for salads, salsas, and other raw applications. Their versatility, flavor profile, and impressive nutritional value make them a valuable addition to any healthy diet. Food enthusiasts and health-conscious individuals alike need to understand the…
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review a lower court decision that would make mifepristone less accessible. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review a lower court decision that would make mifepristone less accessible. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images The U.S. Supreme Court reentered the abortion debate Wednesday, agreeing to review a lower court decision that would make mifepristone, the commonly used abortion pill, less accessible. The court’s action sets up a collision between the Food and Drug Administration’s 23-year study and supervision of the abortion pill, and the circumstances under which…
Before a flight, I get a Pavlovian stress reaction—not from the prospect of hurtling at 30,000 feet in a concrete tube, but from my email inbox. Airline tickets sometimes get lost in an email abyss, requiring a few stressful minutes of frenzied searching when it’s time to check in. “I can’t find my confirmation for this flight in my email but I know I bought it 😭,” goes one tweet. “Gmail search is amazing,” another user posted just last week. “You can search something like ‘flight sacramento receipt 2023’ and it will somehow manage to serve up literally every email…
Yes, there is a growing body of evidence suggesting that mindfulness can promote good health. This includes both physical and mental health benefits. This article explores the use of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) to promote healthy aging in vulnerable populations, specifically older Portuguese-speaking immigrants in Luxembourg. Motivation High immigrant population: Luxembourg has a large number of older Portuguese immigrants, making up over 4% of the population aged 65 and above. Vulnerability: These immigrants face language barriers, have fewer resources, and lack social support, putting them at risk for cognitive decline and poor health outcomes. MBSR as a potential solution: Studies have shown the…
Reading can be a powerful method to reconnect with the planet we all live on. I learned this after I moved away from home, which was next to a wildlife reserve. To anchor myself, I reached for nature as a grounding wire, and usually found it through books. Writers such as Rachel Carson, Lucille Clifton, Aldo Leopold, and John McPhee brought me into their narratives in urgent ways, and their work made understanding, and preserving, the environment imperative. Even when they turned to subjects such as carcinogens or atomic waste, I kept reading. I hadn’t been seeking books about climate…
The targeting of hospitals and medical workers is a fact of modern warfare — in Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, Gaza and Israel. International law say such attacks are unacceptable. Are there any consequences?(Image credit: Momen Al-Halabi AFP via Getty Images)
Updated at 4:24 p.m. ET on December 12, 2023The first thing I ask Banu Guler, the founder of the astrology app Co–Star, is whether she can read my chart. We swap phones to look at each other’s profile. After we put our devices aside, she scrawls my astrological chart from memory into her notebook, a circle bisected by various lines like an erratically cut pie. It’s not looking good. There’s a 90-degree square between my sun and my Mars, which is, she lowers her voice and chuckles, “rough.” Apparently, it’s the shape that represents “sad and temporary.”Since its launch in…
This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here.The image on the billboard that appeared in downtown San Francisco in early 2020 would have been familiar to anyone who’d ever seen a beer commercial: Attractive young people laughing and smiling as they shared a carefree high. But the intoxicant being celebrated was fentanyl, not beer. “Do it with friends,” the billboard advised, so as to reduce the risks of overdose.The advertising campaign was part of an ongoing national effort by activists and health officials to destigmatize hard-drug use on the theory that…
Kate Cox, a pregnant woman from the Dallas area who had sued Texas for access to an abortion, has left the state for one instead. The fast-moving case was pending before the state Supreme Court. JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: Kate Cox, a woman with pregnancy complications who asked Texas courts for access to an abortion, has left the state for one instead. The fast-moving case was just filed last week and was pending before the state Supreme Court. NPR’s Selena Simmons-Duffin is here to explain what happened. Hi there.SELENA SIMMONS-DUFFIN, BYLINE: Hi, Juana.SUMMERS: Selena, let’s start with Kate Cox. Remind us…