The Florida Board of Education has approved shocking new standards for African American history, despite overwhelming backlash from the public. Allison Quin Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Gett Middle school students in Florida will soon be taught that slavery gave Black people a “personal benefit” because they “developed skills.” After the Florida Board of Education Read More…
Be the coolest person on your block with these tips on how to hydrate, what to wear, and ways to turn your home into a refuge from the heat. Photograph: Paula Winkler/Getty Images Summer has come to mean record-breaking temperatures, raging wildfires, and heat-related illnesses. It can be hard to stay cool when we’re literally Read More…
Greedy businessman eating money. (Used clipping mask) You’ve done what you can to cut back your spending. You brew coffee at home, you don’t walk into Target and you refuse to order avocado toast. (Can you sense my millennial sarcasm there?) But no matter how cognizant you are of your spending habits, you’re still stuck Read More…
An American imprisoned in a British mental asylum became one of the greatest contributors to the English language. Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images. William Chester Minor opened his eyes and gazed sleepily at the figure of a man looming over the foot of his bed. The intruder, who had been hiding in Minor’s attic during Read More…
Camel Stomach Facts & The Dangerof Plastic 1. Camels Are Not Ruminants With Four-Chambered Stomachs Many classify camels as ruminants, which is wrong. Camels are considered to be pseudo-ruminants. Compared to ruminants that have a four-chambered stomach, camels have a three-chambered one. [1] Those three stomach parts are the forestomach or rumen, reticulum, and abomasum; Read More…
There’s more to the housing affordability crisis than Airbnb. First, build more houses. Scott Olson/Getty Images Rani Molla is a senior correspondent at Vox and has been focusing her reporting on the future of work. She has covered business and technology for more than a decade — often in charts — including at Bloomberg and Read More…
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