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The plant-based meat category has spent the last several years fighting an uphill battle in a cultural climate that's turned food into a political statement. MorningStar Farms, one of the oldest players in the game, just rebranded to remind people ...

Recently, menopause has gone from taboo to mainstream, with celebrities turning "the change" into a status symbol and vocal clinicians becoming household names. Those brave women paved the way for more conversation, catalyzing focus and research on ...

Few digital warning banners prompt immediate frustration quite like seeing "iPhone Storage Almost Full" right when you open your camera to record a quick video. You might assume that you're trapped in a terrible trade-off: Either delete three years ...

Digital media has become inescapable, and there's still a lot we don't know about its effects on young people's physical and mental health. But we do have enough evidence of its harms to warrant government action, say the authors of a series on ...

Why on earth do people want to put data centers in space? It's all about power and cooling. The chips that run AI models require a lot of electrical power, and our electrical grid will be seriously stretched to accommodate the wave of new AI data ...

Consumer confidence is feeble, gas prices remain high, the labor market has the jitters, there's war in the Middle East, and AI doomerism has become part of pop culture. So . . . time to book a cruise? Apparently so. This week Carnival, the largest ...

The U.S. government has pitched an obscure accounting rule change that has ignited a firestorm of opposition. If enacted, its effects might be felt from the capital markets to your retirement savings account. At issue is a proposal by the Securities ...

Wherever Marci Bakely went, her ex-boyfriend seemed to know. When the Georgia single mother drove to the grocery store or a date, he often texted within minutes. According to a Washington Post investigation, Bakely's ex-boyfriend, Braselton Police ...

Panda Express built an empire out of a single family's restaurant. Now its founders are focused on helping their employees build something of their own. Privately held and employing around 55,000 people, the Chinese food chain generates roughly $7 ...

For as long as I can remember, I've been a night owl. Nick at Nite reruns were my favorite lullaby as a teen, and although I now opt for streaming shows and audiobooks as an adult, my experience remains the same--when the world goes to sleep, I'm ...