In July, D’yan Forest celebrated her 90th birthday by performing a one-woman comedy show at Joe’s Pub in Manhattan for more than 100 people. According to Guinness World Recordsuna game, she is the oldest female comedian in the world. “I always open
Research is revealing intriguing clues about how pregnancy changes the brain. Studies scanning women’s brains before and after pregnancy have found that certain brain networks, especially those involved in social and emotional processing, shrink dur
Major American social media companies sometimes describe the task of identifying disinformation or other malevolent material pushed online by state actors as an endless game of cat and mouse. This week several of them made a significant play in that
For Sara Zeff Geber, the “aha moment” came a few years ago as she listened to a friend recount all the tasks she was taking on to help her increasingly frail 91-year-old mother. Ms. Geber, now 74, realized that there was no obvious person to turn to
bovegas How Did Roses Get Their Thorns?
2024-09-25There is no rose without thornsbovegas, the old saying goes. But to botanists, there is no rose with thorns: The spiky outgrowths of a rose stem are called “prickles,” and are biologically distinct from the stiff, woody thorns of other plants. Prick
Rain may have been an essential ingredient for the origin of life, according to a study published on Wednesday. Life today exists as cells, which are sacs packed with DNA, RNA, proteins and other molecules. But when life arose roughly four billion y
When Gina Torres recalls the heyday of “Suitshiu88,” the legal drama she starred in, she instantly remembers how “insane” the fan base was abroad. But with the resurgence of the show in streaming on Netflix and NBC’s Peacock, suddenly the hype has f
The drilling leases in a pristine corner of Colorado seemed like a done deal. But then an unlikely alliance of cowboys and environmentalists emerged. And things changed.77ph The members of the group — a self-described ragtag organization that includ
In Eastern Nebraskaaajili, far from the presidential battleground states, a drama is playing out that could, in a perfectly plausible November scenario, have history-altering repercussions for the nation’s future and the next president — and it may