Unless you make a habit of closely reading nutrition labels—or watching Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s YouTube channel—you might not realize just how much tartrazine you’re ingesting. Kennedy, the U.S. health…
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Fine hair is like a silk slip dress for your scalp. Light, smooth, effortlessly chic…but it’s actually not. Because let’s be real: fine hair has a reputation for falling limp,…
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Of the many mistakes made in the COVID era, none were as glaring as prolonged school closures. The damages go beyond loss of learning, a dire consequence in its own…
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In the video, the man and his burgundy slab of beef liver are best friends. Their bond is revealed in a series of vignettes: The man ties a dog leash…
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After Elon Musk made a public show of remedying an apparent error in DOGE’s massive cuts to foreign aid, the Trump administration has quietly doubled down on its decision to…
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A sudden and mysterious outbreak of communicable disease began recently in my apartment building in Manhattan. Three 7-year-olds, a boy and two girls, were sharing the elevator one day with…
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Sarah Palin knew her audience. In 2013, during a speech at CPAC, the annual Republican confab, the former Alaska governor reached down into her lectern and pulled out a cup…
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Karolina Heyne never thought she’d wear hair extensions. Not because she didn’t want to—she’d been tempted for years—but because she didn’t want to put extra stress on the hair she still…
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If the United States learned any lesson from HIV, it should have been that negligence can be a death sentence. In the early 1980s, the virus’s ravages were treated as…
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In the never-ending quest to figure out what we are supposed to eat, a new boogeyman has emerged: seed oils. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has…