Lifestyle

Crash diets promise magic, but lasting weight loss comes from food as daily medicine: whole foods, gradual habits, and the wisdom of traditional eating.

July 23, 2012 · 2 min read

Three simple cucumber preparations for hot weather: a cucumber-radish raita, a quick kachumber-style salad, and a cucumber-mint cooler.

July 23, 2012 · 1 min read

Blind-tasting research says the price tag changes how wine tastes more than the wine does: what the studies on expensive vs cheap wine actually found.

July 16, 2012 · 1 min read

The bathroom scale is a noisy, misleading instrument. The case for tossing it — and judging your health by behaviors instead of a number.

July 13, 2012 · 1 min read

Food neophobia — reluctance to try unfamiliar foods — peaks between ages two and six; researchers say picky eating is a normal stage, not a parenting failure.

July 11, 2012 · 1 min read

The 2012 Summer Writing Program in Naperville wraps up on July 26 — with the possibility of year-round lessons, and student work to be published.

July 10, 2012 · 1 min read

The research on lasting weight loss points away from rigid restriction and toward sustainable plans: total calories over time matter more than banning any

July 10, 2012 · 2 min read

Marrying into Indian family life means marrying the family, the festivals, the food debates — and learning that 'compromise' has a much larger cast than two.

July 7, 2012 · 1 min read

In early July 2012, Brad Pitt's mother Jane Pitt wrote to the Springfield News-Leader endorsing Mitt Romney and criticizing Obama on abortion and gay marriage.

July 6, 2012 · 1 min read

Why US road-accident victims can win life-changing damages while India's Motor Accident Claims Tribunals award far less — and what the road toll costs families.

July 3, 2012 · 1 min read

The latte factor is real — a $5 coffee is $1,825 a year. But the 'cut your lattes' framework also ignores the structural forces no budget can fix.

July 1, 2012 · 1 min read

The 2012 internet loved 'never post this on Facebook' lists. The unasked question was harder: what is social media actually for?

June 30, 2012 · 1 min read

A school in India reportedly used height as an admissions criterion. Why the policy failed every test — developmentally, ethically, and legally under the

June 28, 2012 · 1 min read

The 'nagging' label frames repetition as a character flaw instead of what it usually is: the response to commitments that were never kept.

June 27, 2012 · 1 min read

Nora Ephron died June 26, 2012, at 71. Readers who returned to her final book, I Remember Nothing (2010), found the quiet goodbye she never announced: 'What

June 27, 2012 · 1 min read

Why does 'lucky skin' look so effortless? Dermatologists point to seven boring daily habits — sun protection, sleep, hydration, and food-first nutrition.

June 18, 2012 · 2 min read

IIT Delhi's plan for a new Sonipat campus reopened a national question: can the IITs scale up access without diluting the excellence that made them elite?

June 12, 2012 · 1 min read

India's famously low-crime villages — like doorless Shani Shingnapur in Maharashtra — run on community trust and panchayat dispute resolution, not locks.

June 12, 2012 · 1 min read

Once a lovers' paradise, Bengaluru's Cubbon Park lost its quiet corners to traffic and Metro works — now a plan for 92 acres of fragrant gardens may win

June 9, 2012 · 2 min read

A Journal of Labor Research study found regular exercisers earned about 9% more than non-exercisers — likely through energy, cognition, and productivity.

June 8, 2012 · 1 min read