Spring is almost here and that means plants are starting to awaken from their winter slumber, which means soon our yards will be turning green with leaves and filled with beautiful blossoms. That means now is a good time to be considering what to do with your landscaping. Do you keep things ...

I saved the best for last. After 10 years of travel writing, I recently made landfall on Antarctica, my seventh and final continent. It is the most stimulating, majestic, and unpredictable place I’ve ever visited. For two weeks aboard National Geographic Explorer, my wife and I saw thousands ...

On the second Sunday of March, clocks spring forward one hour. It seems minor — just sixty minutes. But research reveals significant health consequences: an 11% increase in depression diagnoses, a 24% spike in heart attacks the following Monday, and a 6% rise in fatal car accidents during the ...

I’m not convinced that a class on first-time homeownership shouldn’t be a requisite before graduating high school. This may sound ridiculous to some. Maybe, as adults, we assume too much (or too little) about teens. The irony is this: we send our 18-year-old kids out into the world ready ...

Last week, Jack Dorsey announced that Block, the company behind Square and Cash App, was cutting its workforce by 40%, more than 4,000 people, because of newly gained AI efficiencies. “I think most companies are late,” he wrote to shareholders. “Within the next year, I believe the ...

Cultural narratives promise that spring brings renewal—longer days lift mood, warmth returns, and winter's heaviness fades. For many, this happens. But for others, spring arrives and the expected improvement doesn't come. Worse, everyone else seems energized while you're still ...