If watching TV while eating is one of your favorite bad eating habits, here’s something to consider: researchers have found that the kind of TV you watch affects how you eat.
It would be great if instead of chocolate, you regularly craved vegetables. And it actually can happen—you just have to stop eating the chocolate and start eating the vegetables.
Now that office workers have been indoctrinated about the health benefits of standing desks, health researchers have moved onto a new target: kids.
Former People magazine senior editor Tatsha Robertson filed a discrimination lawsuit against Time Inc. and her then-editor Betsy Gleick last week, alleging racial discrimination that led to her termination. In the complaint, Robertson argues that the magazine resists covering African-Americans, and points out the lack of diversity on the covers of People magazine—”since 2010, only 14 out of 265 covers have been focused on African-American individuals.”
The 18-year-olds arriving on college campuses this fall grew up in an entirely different world than the professors who are going to educate them for the next four years; they were in kindergarten when 9/11 happened, and wire-rimmed glasses remind them not of John Lennon, but of Harry Potter.
Much of the discussion around affirmative action—the practice of giving preference to underrepresented racial groups in college admissions—centers around the effect the policy has on universities and students after admission. Now a working study from the US National Bureau of Economic Research suggests kids at a disadvantage might achieve better results at a young age if they know there’s a greater chance of a reward for their group.
Weight-based ideals are ever-evolving and rarely connected to actual health, so it can be difficult to separate unrealistic beauty standards from what’s actually good for you. But anyone who’s ever had to take a gym class knows that at least there’s a doctor-approved, universal formula that can tell you if you’re actually overweight, right? Well, no.
The Primetime Emmys are tonight, in which the US television industry hands out awards for what it deems the best in American television (determined through a notoriously complicated voting system). Women who write and direct US television have made more appearances on that stage in recent years, but it’s an industry still dominated by men.
You need to make a pizza that achieves the perfect level of browning and melts as smoothly as a typical pie made with mozzarella, but you want to kick up the flavor with some gourmet cheeses. It’s a very serious conundrum. And now there’s scientific research that can help you with it.
Few are eager to be the person at the office who points out a problem, for fear of being labeled disruptive or negative. And much has been written on the importance of positive attitudes such as hope and optimism at work. Well, a new study indicates that complaints—and even anger—can actually improve outcomes in the workplace.
The Obama White House has been more lax than most administrations when it comes to dress code in the West Wing, having done away with the tradition of wearing a jacket in the Oval Office at all times and allowing staff to dress down on weekends. But a newly launched division of the executive branch is taking the White House’s business casual look to a whole new level.
Joel Anderson is a black journalist at Buzzfeed who has been reporting from Ferguson, Missouri, and a story he shared on Twitter early on the morning of Aug. 18 is a pretty good indicator of why it’s so important for black journalists to report on the protests and the case stemming from the killing of black teenager Michael Brown.
Yoga has long been touted as a way to improve physical health and mental wellbeing, but it may also make you better at your job—or your retirement activities. Practicing hatha yoga three times a week improved older Americans’ information recall, mental flexibility and task-switching, according to a study released this week.
Americans receiving food aid have much higher rates of diabetes and high blood pressure than the US population as a whole, and some of the habits they resort to in order to stretch their dollars just make the situation worse. The nonprofit Feeding America surveyed 60,000 people who access meal and grocery programs around the country, and the study provides (pdf) a comprehensive look at who is hungry and seeking help in America.
Manners may seem like an antiquated art form, but politeness can have a positive effect on productivity and business success. Here are some tips to wooing co-workers and potential business partners in good form:
It’s a good summer for strong women on American TV. While some of the great female-centered shows across genres—The Good Wife, and Parks and Recreation, for example—won’t be back until fall, several US networks are offering new shows anchored by women as main characters. And even better, the genius of those central female characters isn’t inevitably accompanied by ill-treated mental instability (we’re looking at you, The Killing and Homeland).
Actor Robin Williams was found dead in his home Monday at the age of 63, the result of an apparent suicide after a long struggle with depression. Though suicide awareness and prevention efforts in the US are largely targeted toward either teens or the elderly, Williams represents a demographic of the country—middle-aged, white, male—with an increasing incidence of suicide.
What if the makers of movie trailers could predict the scenes you’d like best to include in the trailer before you saw the movie? That kind of predictive power may be on the horizon for film and television advertisers, thanks to new neuroscience research.
Hispanics buy a quarter of the movie tickets sold in the US and Canada, but are cast in less than 5% of speaking roles in American films. The representation on screen hasn’t changed much since 2007, fluctuating between 2.8% and 4.9%, even as Hispanic movie audiences have been growing.
The numbers: Very good. Net income last quarter was $2.25 billion, at $1.28 per share, beating expectations of $2.04 billion. Revenues were $12.47 billion, up 8% from the same quarter last year. The stock was up very slightly in after-hours trading.
Big Brother Israel is one of the most-watched shows in the country. But as this summer’s conflict in Gaza unfolded, the show’s premise—that a group of people are forced to live together in a house completely cut off from the outside world—became increasingly absurd.
The numbers: Not so good. GoPro’s loss widened to $19.8 million in the second quarter, compared to a loss of $5.8 million a year prior. Still, the company beat analyst expectations when certain items are excluded. Revenue was $244.6 million for the quarter, up 38% from a year ago. The stock fell about 9% in after-hours trading.
The numbers: Not good. Dreamworks Animation posted a net loss of $15.39 million last quarter, compared to net income of $22.25 million a year earlier. Revenues were $122.28 million for the quarter, down 42.7%. Shares fell about 9% in after-hours trading.
All that time you spent filling out questions for your OkCupid profile? Pointless. Barely anybody reads the answers.
