The submarine that attacked New York — in 1776
The first submarine attack in history did not involve steel, engines, or torpedoes. It involved a hand-cranked wooden barrel, a single exhausted volunteer, and a…
Year: 2026
Who really pays for a $2 million cure?
A one-time gene therapy for sickle cell disease carries a list price of $2.2 million, but almost no patient ever sees that bill. The harder…
Weight-loss drugs may guard the heart’s rhythm
The popular weight-loss and diabetes drugs known as GLP-1 receptor agonists may do something their makers never set out to do: protect the heart from…
Grill the perfect corn on the cob, then dress it up
Labor Day is the last hurrah of summer, and for many families that means one more trip to the grill before the season turns. Few…
Encouraging peonies
It’s time to plant (or transplant) peonies. Peonies should be planted about six weeks before the ground freezes. Early fall is perfect because it give…
Meet Jimothy, the raccoon shaped like a little ball
When Kiana Hall spotted something waddling across a Seattle field, she thought she was looking at “an orb with really long legs.” Then it turned…
About the Rolex Awards
The Rolex Awards began in 1976, when the watchmaker created them to mark the 50th anniversary of its first waterproof wristwatch, the Oyster. Meant as…
The woman who saved a forest and its species
The Niger Delta red colobus monkey lives in a swamp so dense and remote that scientists did not formally describe it until 1993. By 2021,…
National Preparedness Month
How to get through a multi-day power outage It does not take a wildfire or a hurricane to leave a house dark for days. A…
The emergency fund you’ll actually build
The most repeated advice in personal finance is also the most discouraging: keep three to six months of expenses in the bank. For some, it…