Author: Michelle Korhonen
Grapes are not bad until you eat too much than necessary. They are nutritious high water content fruit with a sweet and sour taste.Grapes come in a variety of colors such as yellow, red, pink, purple, and green. Not all grapes have seeds, some are seedless.Also, they grow in clusters and forms. A cluster of grape can be useful in making currents, juice, jelly, grape seed extract, raisins, wine, jam, vinegar, and grape seed oil.Grapes are convenient fruits that do not require peeling or chopping before eating them. Like every other good fruit, grapes have positive health benefits and negative…
NPR’s history podcast Throughline tells us the story of the scientist who helped launch gerontology, the study of aging, and how we started viewing aging as a disease.
The tech giant is reportedly scratching its decade-long plan to build an EV. But every car is now an Apple car.Illustration by The AtlanticFebruary 27, 2024, 7:01 PM ETApple has long been a company shrouded in mystery—and perhaps its most mysterious recent project of all has been the Apple Car. For a decade, reports have continually emerged about the company building an electric, autonomous car as smart and beautiful as an iPhone. The company never confirmed the project’s existence, even as it hired executives from Lamborghini and BMW. MotorTrend created a speculative Apple Car in 2016, treating it like an…
Gary Sinise revealed that his wife Moria Harris was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer, just before they learned their son McCanna ‘Mac’ was also suffering from cancer.The Forrest Gump star, 68, shared that his son passed away at 33 on January 5, following a years-long battle with rare spinal cancer Chordoma in a post on the Gary Sinise Foundation‘s website on Tuesday. In the lengthy tribute he paid to Mac, Gary wrote that Moira, 69, had also gotten a cancer diagnosis in June of 2018, two months before Mac received his Chordoma diagnosis in August.While Moira would eventually go into remission after successful surgery to…
This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here.Even as many measures show that the economy is thriving, Americans have been feeling down lately—especially about grocery prices. I spoke with my colleague Rogé Karma, a staff writer focused on the economy, about how to understand the gap between consumers’ attitudes and standard economic measures, and how political polarization shapes Americans’ outlook on these issues.First, here are three new stories from The Atlantic:Two TheoriesLora…
Gary Sinise has shared the heartbreaking news that his son McCanna ‘Mac’ Sinise has died at the age of 33.The 68-year-old Forrest Gump actor revealed that his son died on January 5 following a years-long battle with the rare spinal cancer Chordoma in a post shared to the Gary Sinise Foundation‘s website on Tuesday.Mac had worked with the foundation and had supported his father’s Lt. Dan Band as a fill-in drummer until repeated spinal surgeries and the advancement of his cancer in recent years forced him to step away.‘I am so blessed, fortunate, and proud to be his dad,’ Sinise…
Senator Tammy Duckworth says she has been trying to build bipartisan support for IVF access for years. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Senator Tammy Duckworth says she has been trying to build bipartisan support for IVF access for years. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Are frozen embryos objects or people? Since the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that they are unborn children, fertility clinics in the state have put in vitro fertilization — or IVF treatments — on pause. And Democrats are using the decision to hammer Republicans on reproductive rights. Democratic Senator Tammy Duckworth of Illinois has…
Nearly a century ago, the historian Carter G. Woodson started a movement to teach Black history in America’s schools. First called Negro History Week and now Black History Month, it has been an oasis amid curricula that have too often and for too long either completely ignored Black people or treated them as subordinates. Even though Black History Month can sometimes be commemorated in ways that have turned rote and bland, many enterprising educators, librarians, and parents have used the occasion to bring stories, new interpretations of the past, and intellectual challenges to students of all ages who wouldn’t encounter…
Prince William pulled out of a memorial service to his godfather King Constantine of Greece at the ‘last minute’ this morning.Citing ‘personal reasons’, the Prince of Wales joined his father King Charles III in missing the Windsor Castle ceremony as the monarch continues his cancer treatment.Kate Middleton also missed the event as her recovery from abdominal surgery in January delayed any public appearances.William was due to give a reading and called the Greek royal family to apologise, while Kensington Palace insisted that Kate was still ‘doing well’ at home.With Queen Camilla leading members of the Royal Family in their absence, who was…
Florida is counting more cases of measles as the state’s surgeon general defies federal guidelines and declines to urge people to vaccinate their children.