Lifestyle

Reports in 2011 said Rihanna spent about $23,000 a week, not a month, on her hair. Revisiting the tabloid claim, her stylist, and the sauna rescue.

Shubhli Bhalla on judging people by their souls instead of their dress size — a meditation on beauty, spirit, and what actually lasts.

The luxury baby market keeps booming even in downturns. Why parents pay $3,500 for a crib — and why it is not actually safer than a cheap one.

From the Jewish peyot to the Sikh kesh to the sadhu's full beard — why four faiths treat facial hair as a matter of devotion, and how differently they mean it.

A 2011 review in the Journal of Family Practice found no evidence that colon cleansing helps healthy adults — and documented real risks, from infection to

A reader's review of Jean Sasson's 'Princess' — the ghostwritten story of Princess Sultana and the appalling treatment of women in Saudi Arabia.

The sleepover question, the curfew question, the car question: parenting a teenager is a negotiation about control. Research says the painful version is not

Investor Jim Rogers moved his family to Singapore so his daughters would grow up fluent in Mandarin. Was it genius parenting — or a sign of the times?

Psychologist Heidi Grant Halvorson's research-backed nine strategies for reaching goals — from getting specific to building your willpower muscle.

Maitreyee Rajaput, Arti Jain and Charmy Sheth swept the top three CA final ranks in 2011 — and girls outscored boys on pass percentage too.

Toronto-born Sim Bhullar, a 7-foot-5 Sikh of Punjabi descent, became the first player of Indian origin to reach the NBA — starting at New Mexico State.

In 2011, an 11-year-old Brazilian boy made spoons stick to his chest. Fun to watch — but science says the trick is sticky skin, not superpowers.

Arun Shourie's book on raising his son Aditya carries his wife Anita's wisdom: gratitude for an ordinary, boring, eventless day — a caregiver's creed.

A 2011 analysis of online emotion reportedly found anger peaking on Thursdays. The likely culprit: the accumulated frustrations of the working week.

A Danish company turned autistic adults' attention to detail into a software-testing advantage — proof that matched jobs beat conventional hiring rituals.

Kerala tops India on female literacy and health stats, yet patriarchal norms in districts like Kannur show progress on paper is not progress for all women.

A delayed study set off debate over whether meditation protects the heart. The honest picture: stress reduction is well supported; cardiac benefits aren't.

A reader's review of Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's Palace of Illusions: the Mahabharata retold through Draupadi's fierce, questioning voice.

Neuroscience suggests handwriting engages the brain in ways typing doesn't — from letter recognition in kids to deeper learning in older students.

Demi Moore's DNA Foundation targeted the trafficking of Nepalese women into India's sex industry — a route NGOs say claims thousands yearly.