Is the Western way of raising kids weird?
BBC · 9 minFrom sleeping in separate beds to their children to transporting them in prams, Western parents have some unusual ideas about how to raise them.
From sleeping in separate beds to their children to transporting them in prams, Western parents have some unusual ideas about how to raise them.
Some lessons came the hard way: By being really wrong.
In Pawlet, Vt., where a landowner opened a tactical weapons training site, a zoning dispute has escalated into something more dangerous.
The residence staff, many of whom have worked there for decades, balance their service of the First Family with their long-term loyalty to the house itself.
Texas regulators and lawmakers knew about the grid’s vulnerabilities for years, but time and again they furthered the interests of large electricity providers.
In 1936, a school group from south London went on a hike in the Black Forest. Despite the heroic rescue attempts of German villagers, five boys died. Over eighty years on, locals are still asking how it happened.
Sea level rise and heavier rainstorms driven by global warming are sending more water into residential neighborhoods from the Gulf Coast to New England to Appalachia to the Pacific Northwest.
Take nothing for granted, communicate clearly – and say something nice every single day.
Bring binoculars.
On their own, these four propositions elevate the field into the realm of the essential.
When no aviation school in America would teach her to fly, Bessie Coleman sailed to France and became the first African American and the first Native American woman to earn a pilot’s license.
Videoconferencing is by no means a new technology. The dream of two-way audio-video communication goes back over a century. For the past decade particular innovations, such as Apple FaceTime and Skype, have swiftly turned a science fiction vision into the daily norm for many.
The idea that men must be strong in the face of mental distress is deeply entrenched, leading to higher rates of substance abuse, homicide, suicide, and a lower life expectancy than women in the United States and beyond.
Orsola de Castro is a fashion designer who became a re-use revolutionary. Now she has written a book to help people care for their clothes – and the planet.
The secret to better baked potatoes? Cook them like the British do.
The manager-employee relationship is much more of a two-way street than some realize.
The founding father of American birding soared on the wings of white privilege. The birding community and organizations that bear his name must grapple with this racist legacy to create a more just, inclusive world.
When an 11-year-old Black girl in Jim Crow America discovers a seemingly worthless plot of land she has inherited is worth millions, everything in her life changes — and the walls begin to close in. The untold story brought to life from thousands of pages of archival documents.
From the outside, things seemed perfect for the former world extreme skiing champion: he had a family, a successful guiding business, and unending adventure out his front door in Valdez, Alaska. But something dark festered beneath the surface.
The first way to fight a new virus would once have been opening the windows.