Lifestyle

Studies show marital satisfaction drops after the first child arrives; researchers advise expectant parents to hone their marriage skills alongside baby prep.

April 29, 2011 · 1 min read

On Jamaica Bay in Queens, Hindu immigrants make offerings to the waters — coconuts, clay bowls, limes — creating a sacred geography and a debate about

April 25, 2011 · 1 min read

The unwritten rules women navigate at work — from after-hours drinking to strip clubs — and the expert advice on handling the situations that underscore a

April 22, 2011 · 1 min read

A week before the April 2011 royal wedding, Katie Couric compared Diana's tortured experience to Kate Middleton's prospects — with a personal anecdote from

April 22, 2011 · 1 min read

Sleep position doesn't reveal your personality — but it does affect reflux, snoring, and back pain. What each position does to your body.

April 22, 2011 · 2 min read

An overview of Pranic Healing, the energy-healing system formalized by Master Choa Kok Sui — a 20th-century synthesis of ancient energetic traditions.

April 19, 2011 · 1 min read

Idli in Chennai, parathas in Punjab, kochuri in Kolkata, dhokla in Gujarat — a tour of India’s regional breakfasts, a mosaic of dozens of distinct mornings.

April 19, 2011 · 1 min read

In a British survey, 30% said admitting to mental illness publicly would be difficult — versus 20% for coming out as gay.

April 19, 2011 · 1 min read

Eight hours is a slogan, not a prescription. Why sleep need varies, what the 7–9 hour guideline really means, and how to find your number.

April 19, 2011 · 2 min read

Fear produces compliance without internalization; Baumrind’s research points to high expectations plus high warmth. On why respect works and fear doesn’t.

April 15, 2011 · 1 min read

Research on maternal exercise has shifted the question from “is it safe?” to “how much, and what kind?” — with effects that reach the child not yet born.

April 13, 2011 · 1 min read

A hidden camera discovered in a Mumbai McDonald's women's restroom in 2012 — and what it exposed about surveillance, miniaturization, and the privacy gap in

April 13, 2011 · 1 min read

One beautiful summer day, when I was in 10th grade, we walked into our classroom for our regular biology lesson and found that something strange was going…

April 12, 2011 · 7 min read

True short sleepers carry a rare genetic variant like ADRB1. Everyone else who sleeps six hours is probably just sleep-deprived and can’t tell.

April 6, 2011 · 1 min read

A Bangalore call-center firm could hire only 3 of every 100 graduates in 2011, exposing India's employability gap and the failures of its education system.

April 6, 2011 · 1 min read

April 2011: after a decade of meat worship, top chefs started treating vegetables as the center of the plate. How they made veggie dishes taste meaty.

April 4, 2011 · 1 min read

At 92, Clara Tang was committed to stand trial for the 2010 killing of her 98-year-old husband in Sydney — Australia's oldest woman to face a murder trial.

April 2, 2011 · 1 min read

Sexting and cyberbullying are devastating young lives, often overlapping: how adolescent impulsivity meets digital permanence — and what parents can do.

March 30, 2011 · 2 min read

Theresa May’s March 2011 student visa overhaul hit Indian students hardest: stricter English and money rules, curbs on post-study work, and a crackdown on

March 23, 2011 · 1 min read

In 2011, Matalan sold padded bras to girls as young as eight. The controversy, the pattern behind it, and the fight over the sexualisation of childhood.

March 15, 2011 · 1 min read