Sonali Kohli

The White House released a report entitled “15 Economic Facts about Millennials” (pdf). Here are the facts and charts from that report.

There have been plenty of studies to suggest that exercising is good for children—the latest, published in the journal Pediatrics, tested the effects of an after-school physical activity program on 109 8- and 9-year-olds, and found that the exercise helped not only their physical health but also their brain function and ability to focus.

TV producer and writer Shonda Rhimes is one of the most powerful people in American television, responsible for ABC’s Thursday night lineup (she created Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal, and is an executive producer on How to Get Away with Murder). The success of the newer shows, especially Scandal, is due in part to the attention they get on Twitter, allowing fans instant access to the actors and Rhimes herself.

The ideal work-life balance is to work three days a week, 11 hours a day, until you’re 75.  That’s what Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim told CNN in a recent interview.

Princeton University faculty voted to end their practice of grade deflation, bowing to concerns that it creates a negative campus atmosphere and can be a turnoff for applicants to the school. For the past 10 years, each department had been asked to give A’s to no more than 35% of course work—the intent was to create uniformity in grading standards across campus, and to combat the grade inflation that has seeped into American universities, especially Ivy Leagues, in the last 50 years.

GoPro, the maker of small and rugged cameras known for capturing surreal footage of action sports and other adventures, just offered more proof that it’s chiefly a hardware company, despite its recent claims to the contrary. Yes, it has a wildly popular YouTube channel, a channel on Virgin America’s in-flight entertainment system, and a Microsoft Xbox channel that serve as potent marketing tools. But all those outlets depend on the one thing that makes money for the company: its cameras.

As much as we may try to embrace every cat pic, group hug and political rant posted by our friends and acquaintances on Facebook, it’s hard not to find a sizable chunk of the updates, well, annoying. Why do some people clutter our Facebook feeds with irritating fodder more than others?

At first glance, Russian seems to have no more connection to mathematics than any other language. But Barbara Oakley,  author of the book A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science (Even If
 You Flunked Algebra), says it was learning Russian that helped her finally grasp math at age 26—and eventually become an electrical engineer and education author.

Child mortality is decreasing, but 6.3 million children under the age of five still died last year.

ABC Family is known for teen drama, implausible murder mysteries…and LGBT inclusion? The network earned an “Excellent” rating from GLAAD in a report released this week (pdf, page 24) on the prevalence and treatment of LGBT characters on American cable and broadcast television.

Turn on the Food Network any night of the week, and this is what you’ll probably see: “a larger-than-life host, a specifically defined challenge, bombastic music, a set time limit, a panel of judges, and a cast of contestants whose back-story and biographical detail serves to heighten the stakes and fan the [program’s] already heated dramatic flame.”

Forget selfie sticks. The future is (almost) here, and it’s (probably) bringing a wearable drone that will snap your photos for you.

Amazon’s new show Transparent stars Jeffrey Tambor as a transgender woman who is transitioning late in life. The show follows Netflix’s Orange is the New Black, which features Laverne Cox as a transgender prisoner—the first truly multidimensional transgender character on American television.

In the wake of releasing not-so-great diversity data a few months ago (one in a parade of tech companies showing similarly abysmal numbers), Google has focused publicly on its efforts to combat the unconscious bias that can lead to a homogeneity of ideas and people in the workplace, and inhibit innovation.

If you want a promotion or a happier work life, you might do well to examine your choice of a life partner.

Women make up 39.8% of the global workforce. But in the world of film, they account for less than a quarter of characters with jobs.

There are smart ways to write about diversity in television, and they probably don’t include this:

Parents on both sides of the US political spectrum say that being responsible is the most important thing to teach children. And that’s pretty much where the similarities end. According to a Pew Research survey out today, children of liberals are in for a lot of instruction about empathy, tolerance, and curiosity, while children of conservatives can count on a much more parental guidance regarding religion, work ethic, and manners.

The US news satirist Jon Stewart devoted a segment to the National Football League—or as he calls it, “The League of Exculpatory Gentlemen”—Wednesday night, filling 10 minutes with the American football league’s latest attempts to address the domestic violence allegations against its players; most recently Ravens running back Ray Rice and Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson.

It’s not just decisions at the table that set responsible gamblers apart from gambling addicts. People who gamble for fun and keep a lid on their losses also act differently in their preparation and general approach to this potentially addictive pastime.

The New York Times Book Review is getting a partial makeover, with an expanded collection of Best Seller lists covering nonfiction niches from animals to humor to travel. The Times announced the new categories on Thursday, and will introduce them over the next few months.

If you’re watching TV, it’s probably not the only screen you’re looking at. Most viewers nowadays are online on some device while they watch, a growing trend that advertisers and networks are trying to take advantage of. Knowing that audiences have this “second screen” can also affect a director’s narrative choices.

Office sitters of the world, rejoice—you can continue to enjoy that comfy swivel chair, as long as you take a five-minute walk every hour.

In the US, educators are fond of introducing computers early in a child’s education. But by the time that child gets to college, her professors often can’t stand the sight of computers in their classrooms. Laptops are viewed more as a distraction than a learning tool, so much so that many professors ban them altogether, forcing students to return to handwriting notes in class.