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In 2014, Burien, Washington passed a trespass law that made body odor in public spaces grounds for expulsion — until the backlash won. From the TI archives.

September 18, 2014 · 1 min read

Plantar fasciitis plagues new runners. Heel cups, ball massage, contrast therapy, and night splints — TI's 2014 guide to foot pain, reviewed.

September 18, 2014 · 1 min read

After the July 2014 rape of a 6-year-old at a Bangalore school, police booked more than 180 schools for failing to implement child-safety guidelines.

September 17, 2014 · 1 min read

In 2014, 18-year-old Ravi Jagadeesan of Naperville won a $50,000 Davidson Fellow Laureate award for original mathematics research on Galois invariants.

September 16, 2014 · 1 min read

In September 2014, pediatric hematologist Myles Bradbury pleaded guilty to sexually abusing 18 child cancer patients at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge.

September 15, 2014 · 1 min read

Five health myths revisited with current evidence: exercise and the brain, the wine debate, how much exercise is enough, potatoes, and brown vs. white sugar.

September 13, 2014 · 2 min read

In September 2014, Facebook tested scheduled post deletion on iOS — borrowing Snapchat's core idea. TI's 2014 take on ephemeral social media, from the archives.

September 13, 2014 · 1 min read

The 5th annual Chicago South Asian Film Festival ran September 18–21, 2014, launching the SAFA Awards with Nawazuddin Siddiqui as its first honoree.

September 13, 2014 · 1 min read

Pizza, ice cream, pakoras, doughnuts, white rice — the foods we love that love our waistlines back. A 2014 TI list, fact-checked for today.

September 11, 2014 · 1 min read

In 2014, Chicago's Pankaj and Swati Garg launched Somrus, an Indian cream liqueur of cardamom, saffron, and rose — and Wine Enthusiast gave it 94 points.

September 10, 2014 · 1 min read

In September 2014, German DIY chain Hornbach released a viral ad: a father paints his house black so his bullied goth daughter feels loved at home.

September 10, 2014 · 1 min read

In 2013, Martine Rothblatt earned $38.2 million — America's highest-paid female CEO. The transgender Sirius founder built biotech to save her daughter.

September 8, 2014 · 1 min read

A 2014 NYT report on the 'pretesting effect': students who flunked a quiz before studying did 10% better on the final. Why failing first helps you learn.

September 8, 2014 · 1 min read

From the TI archives: a parent's 2014 shortlist of magazines, toys, science kits, and free learning sites to keep kids aged 5–12 curious — most of them

September 6, 2014 · 1 min read

Folorunsho Alakija, worth $2.6 billion in 2014, told University of Lagos students she never attended one. The fashion-to-oil story behind it.

September 5, 2014 · 1 min read

Back-to-school forms ask about your child once a year. Here's what teachers actually need to know — health issues, learning style, and the home context that

September 4, 2014 · 2 min read

In 2014, school districts dropped federal healthy-lunch standards — not opposing healthy food, but because uneaten meals went straight from tray to trash.

September 3, 2014 · 1 min read

In 2014, a study documented the rise of 'suicide tourism' — terminally ill people traveling to Switzerland, where assisted suicide has been tolerated since

September 2, 2014 · 1 min read

Katelyn Carlson and Natalie Giorgi were both 13 when food allergies killed them. What their stories teach about anaphylaxis, EpiPens, and taking allergies

August 31, 2014 · 2 min read

In 2014, the Modi government announced five new IITs. TI's 2014 debate: would new institutes expand opportunity — or dilute the quality the IIT brand rests on?

August 29, 2014 · 1 min read