The window topper we tore out is back
Not long ago, homeowners could not pull the fussy fabric valances off their windows fast enough. Too frilly, too matched, too 1980s. Now they are…
Year: 2026
The Founding Father’s English farmhouse
The man whose signature anchors the U.S. Constitution came from a family that began in a Tudor farmhouse in the English Midlands — a house…
How cancer research dollars get divided
You might assume that cancer research money follows the death toll — that the deadliest cancers draw the most funding. The real picture is more…
A smarter way to screen for prostate cancer
For decades, the trouble with prostate cancer screening was not that it missed dangerous tumors. It was that it found too many harmless ones. The…
What to do with all that zucchini
Come late summer, gardeners and their neighbors are often buried in zucchini and yellow squash. The good news is that summer squash is endlessly versatile…
The silent danger of heating season
As furnaces switch back on for the year, so does the risk of a poison no one can see or smell. Carbon monoxide is colorless…
Invested retirees
need an emergency fund, too The classic reason to keep an emergency fund — replacing a paycheck if you lose your job — disappears in…
How Texas lost a 10-foot giraffe for two weeks
It is not easy to hide a giraffe. Gracie, who stands 10 feet tall and weighs at least 1,200 pounds, managed it for nearly two…
The lettuce scare bug
The parasite that emptied lettuce bins at Taco Bell cannot be passed from one person to the next. Cyclospora cayetanensis is a microscopic parasite spread…
How the tech bros shop for a house
The open house ritual used to be simple: peek in the closets, flush the toilets, squint at the water heater and hope for the best.…