Should ‘heat pumps’ be renamed?
For this month’s edition of the Yale Climate Connections Editors’ Corner, we got together to talk about the climate-friendly, energy-efficient, all-electric replacement for furnaces and air...
View ArticleHow daylight saving time raises your risk of hitting deer on the road
This is an update to an article originally published on September 21, 2021. Daylight saving time ends in the U.S. and Canada on November 3, 2024, and most of us will set our clocks back an hour. There...
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Here are 2 ways to convince people to eat unusual foods without getting the...
What will the diets of the future look like? The answer depends in part on what foods Westerners can be persuaded to eat. These consumers are increasingly being told their diets need to change....
View ArticleWhy brands have a responsibility to improve social media
Over the past decade, social media has evolved from a pastime and way to stay in touch with friends, to a prevalent mainstay in nearly everyone’s life. Think about it: When was the last time you...
View ArticleThe global majority may be the key to addressing top global challenges
For many of us, autumn is not only marked by kids heading back to school and the transition of weather, but also for a different kind of season: conference season. During my own travels over these...
View ArticleCement could save the planet
I work in one of the world’s dirtiest industries—the cement industry—accounting for 8% of global CO2 emissions, matched only by the steel industry. Companies like mine are reinventing cement...
View ArticleMake this mindset shift to cultivate joy through tough times
Steven Petrow is known for his columns and essays about aging, health, and civility in The Washington Post and The New York Times. He is an award-winning journalist and a contributor to NPR, among...
View ArticleGraduating this year? Expert tips for using LinkedIn to land your first job
At some point during college, you were probably told to “make a LinkedIn” and “start networking” to land your first job. But did anyone actually teach you how? For recent graduates entering a tough...
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Start using Apple Intelligence with these 6 new productivity hacks
Apple launched Apple Intelligence this week, the company’s official foray into the artificial intelligence space. The platform is designed around privacy and will roll out in stages, with each stage...
View ArticleHollywood is dead, according to Justine Bateman. Here’s what comes next
Hollywood is dead. In October of 2024, The Hollywood Reporter (THR) posted this on social media: “Hollywood, meet your new A-List.” There were no actors in the accompanying photo. Featured instead...
View ArticleIf Trump wins on Tuesday, firefighters fear their pay will get slashed
As fire season winds down, firefighters employed by the federal government are facing what they say is another potential disaster: significant pay cuts that could trigger a mass exodus of workers. A...
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Inside NASA’s branding for its biggest mission in years
The stakes are high for NASA’s Artemis missions. Starting next year, the agency will put the first woman and first person of color on a mission to orbit the moon. The following year, a NASA crew will...
View ArticleHow to create a solid estate plan in 4 easy steps
Estate planning is the ultimate important but (seemingly) not urgent task. You’re not even going to be there when it becomes an urgent problem, so it’s very easy to put it off for another day, or...
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Here’s why Philadelphia is the best city in America for fine-cheese emergencies
It’s not a hometown brag to say that Philadelphia has a wildly diverse and innovative culinary community. Get a sudden craving for world-class cheese in the middle of the night and Yoav Perry, founder...
View ArticleMeredith Whittaker: Signal’s job is ‘to preserve private communications’
Our digital activity, including our most private interactions and conversation, is constantly monitored and tracked. For Meredith Whittaker, president of Signal, this is a break from human...
View ArticleWhy people deny climate change after existential threats like hurricanes
As TVs across Florida broadcast the all-too-familiar images of a powerful hurricane headed for the coast in early October 2024, people whose homes had been damaged less than two weeks earlier by...
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San Francisco’s surprisingly difficult quest to turn a century-old highway...
On a chilly weekend in mid-September, the wind-blasted dunes of San Francisco’s Ocean Beach loomed over the Great Highway—two lanes that run along the Pacific coast in either direction separated by a...
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Chocolate has superpowers and 4 other surprising facts in the secret history...
Rowan Jacobsen is a food writer and explorer. Over the past few years, he has been journeying to the Amazon and Central America, chasing chocolate back to its sacred cultural roots. He has written...
View ArticleThe trick Harvard faculty uses to get more done
The to-do list is often the foundation of a productivity system. From a paper checklist to an app that sends reminders, it’s a flexible workhorse. But it can also open the door to misuse or mistakes....
View ArticleHow to fight seasonal affective disorder this winter
The annual pattern of winter depression and melancholy—better known as seasonal affective disorder, or SAD—suggests a strong link between your mood and the amount of light you get during the day. To...
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