Trace the history of ice cream, from the first accounts of cold desserts in the 1st century to the cream-based treat we know today....
Vitamins are the building blocks that keep our bodies running; they help build muscle and bone, capture energy, heal wounds and more. But if our body doesn’t create vitamins, how do they get into our system? Ginnie Trinh Nguyen describes what v...
Butter is a fairly simple product. All you need is good milk, some time and a couple of steps to turn the milk into butter. But how can you make it even better? This is where French company “Le Beurre Bordier” comes into play. Using a spe...
For the last 130 years, four generations of Ernest Lepore's family have baked the pastries – cream puffs, cannoli, sfogliatelle – that have come to define Manhattan's Little Italy neighborhood, withstanding wars, economic downturns and d...
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Skywatchers are in for a treat this week as seven planets - Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus, Neptune, Mercury, and Saturn will all be briefly visible in the evening sky in the UK. This phenomenon, known as a 'planetary parade' is a rare sight, and i...
How about Dutch Gouda, French Camembert or Italian Parmesan? Or perhaps you're more partial to cheddar from the UK or feta from Greece? European cheese is popular all over the world....
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FireAid, the benefit concert that raised an estimated $100 million for those impacted by the Los Angeles fires last month, announced $50 million in grants on Tuesday to dozens of community-based organizations assisting in disaster recovery. The in...
Explore how heat waves affect the body, what levels of extreme heat we can survive, and what you can do to manage high temperatures....
As firefighters work to contain the slew of brush fires spreading across Los Angeles County, among the emergency responders on Thursday were nearly 800 incarcerated individuals, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) ...
Can AI-powered eye scans help identify diseases?...
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How stress affects your brain - Madhumita Murgia...
Self-compassion is about treating yourself with the same kindness and understanding that you would a friend in need — but it doesn’t always come naturally. In this video, we share three important things to remember to make self-compassion...
Explore how the brain learns and stores information, and find out how to apply this for more effective study techniques....
When it comes to what you bite, chew and swallow, your choices have a direct and long-lasting effect on the most powerful organ in your body: your brain. So which foods cause you to feel so tired after lunch? Or so restless at night? Mia Nacamulli ta...
There's no cure for Alzheimer's. But could speaking 2 languages help?...
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A surging stock market, low unemployment and robust growth -- by just about every measure, the economy stood poised to deliver victory for Vice President Kamala Harris. The exception, of course, was inflation, and it ap...