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[ad_1] The Radiation Oncology department in the basement of Mount Sinai Hospital in New York does not seem like a regular home for rock ’n’ roll. But every business day for almost seven weeks this year, U2 blared over the speakers at my request. I became a fan in the late 1980s and have attended … Read more

[ad_1] Jancee Dunn is out this week. I’m Catherine Pearson, a reporter on the Well desk, filling in today. For someone who’s led a charmed life, my 8-year-old can hold a serious grudge. Out of the blue, he recently brought up “that bad pencil thing that happened.” It took me a while to divine that … Read more

[ad_1] Speaking two languages provides the enviable ability to make friends in unusual places. A new study suggests that bilingualism may also come with another benefit: improved memory in later life. Studying hundreds of older patients, researchers in Germany found that those who reported using two languages daily from a young age scored higher on … Read more

[ad_1] I had been having a conversation in my head with David Schwimmer, who played Ross on the TV show “Friends,” for more than 10 years. When I found out he was going to be speaking at a conference I could plausibly convince my boss to send me to, I wondered if this might finally … Read more

[ad_1] The resolution passed unanimously by the 15-member body in New York, calls for the “full, equal, meaningful and safe participation of women and girls in Afghanistan”, and urges all countries and organisations with influence on the fundamentalist rulers of the country, “to promote an urgent reversal” of policies which have in effect erased women from … Read more

[ad_1] To learn more about humans, a large international team of scientists spent years tracking down some of the strangest creatures on Earth. They camped out on an Arctic ice floe to collect DNA from the one-tusked narwhal, netted a tiny bumblebee bat in a cave-rich region of Southeast Asia and ventured behind the scenes … Read more

[ad_1] That mysterious twinge on one side of your lower abdomen that isn’t occurring alongside your period? The one that keeps coming back, every month and roughly in the middle of your menstrual cycle? That sensation is most likely pain associated with ovulation, or, as it’s known in the medical world, mittelschmerz (the German term … Read more

[ad_1] This article is part of our Museums special section about how art institutions are reaching out to new artists and attracting new audiences. Connor Carey, 15, a sophomore at Fort Lauderdale High School in Florida, has a reading disability known as dyslexia. When he started as an Everglades EcoExplorers intern last summer, he said, … Read more

[ad_1] “Transforming Spaces” is a series about women driving change in sometimes unexpected places. On any given weeknight, you might find Heidi Dillon hopping around Manhattan or San Francisco, ducking into bars and settling in at one of them for two-plus hours, grilling the bartender on various products and cocktails. But there’s a caveat. She … Read more

[ad_1] “Closing the digital divide between girls and boys is about more than just having access to the internet and technology. It’s about empowering girls to become innovators, creators, and leaders,” said UNICEF Director of Education Robert Jenkins. “If we want to tackle gender gaps in the labour market, especially in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math fields (or STEM), we must … Read more