How to get your kid into mindfulness
admin Mindfulness is more than meditation — and there are many ways to get kids to enjoy the benefits. Many years ago, when my daughter was a toddler, I decided to…
Your Eco-Friendly Lifestyle Is a Big Lie
Eating organic and switching to low-energy light bulbs feels like the green thing to do, but are people missing the bigger opportunities right in front of them? Outside my flat…
AI Is Telling Bedtime Stories to Your Kids Now
Artificial intelligence can now tell tales featuring your kids’ favorite characters. It’s copyright chaos—and a major headache for parents and guardians. The problem with Bluey is there's not enough of it. Even…
Your Internet Browser Does Not Belong to You
IN THE BEGINNING, the browser was an herbivore who ate buds, shoots, and twigs off of trees and bushes. While grazers faced down to munch on grasses, browsers kept their heads…
3 skills to teach your daughter by age 13
A preteen girl can benefit immensely when she learns these skills. A preteen girl is at a unique moment in her life. The spark that is her potential grows more…
Climate Cookbooks Are Here to Change How You Eat
This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Kitchen Arts & Letters, a legendary cookbook store on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, is tiny—just 750 square feet—but not an…
How to work on your self-esteem with these helpful tips
Treat yourself the same way you'd treat a friend. That was the first time I remember feeling bad about myself. But that was just the beginning of a very long,…
Energy Drinks Are Out of Control
Highly caffeinated drinks have become a cultural staple. But following a death allegedly related to Panera Bread’s Charged Lemonade, has our collective obsession with energy drinks become unsafe? Whenever he…
Why Tech Bros and Politicians Can’t Really Connect
There are two ways to compute, and two ways to see the world. It’s batch vs. loop—and we need them to reconcile. EVERY FEW MONTHS we get to see a tech…
Why Is It So Hard for Scholars to Launch Startups?
STEM scholars with startup dreams struggle to find support. A new type of professorship may be the solution. EUNICE YANG FIRST tasted entrepreneurship in her twenties, when she helped run her…