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FROSTBITE: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves, by Nicola Twilley Consider the improbable fact of the supermarket banana. In ''Frostbite,'' an exploration of the vast system known [...]

The article explores the concept of animal play and its significance. It discusses how animals engage in behaviors that may not have an obvious benefit or function, challenging the idea that all animal behavior must serve a purpose. The author argues that play is a form of fun and sensation-seeking, and that animals, like humans, engage in play for its own sake. The article also highlights the limitations of studying animal play and the need to consider consciousness and emotion in animals. Overall, the article encourages readers to view animals as complex beings and to reconsider how they are treated. [Extracted from the article]

Sallie Tisdale explores the Channel Islands, seen by millions but visited by few. Plus, your guide to three other underrated parks. I stand on scorpion beach on the island of [...]

Several years ago, I began working on a small oncology unit at Providence Portland Medical Center in Portland, Oregon. The unit, known as 5-K, is shaped like a T and […]

A woman who adopted a Mayan girl from Guatemala when the child was two describes traveling to Guatemala with her daughter when the girl was 14.

A journalist narrates her day-to-day sailing trip and stay in the island of Saba. She enjoyed sea diving activities the most as well as the melancholy ambience of the places they visited. She also appreciates the warmness of the people of Saba.

A Michelangelo fan braved a trip to Florence, Italy despite the reportedly congested state of the city. Highlights of the trip included visits to the Galleria dell' Accademia and Casa Buonarroti to see Michelangelo's sculptures, such as 'David' and 'Madonna of the Steps.'

A woman in her late thirties describes her menopausal symptoms, which include vision problems, headaches, nausea and emotional changes. She also discovers the benefits of menopause, including that she is more comfortable with herself and optimistic about the future.

When I entered the library as a child, I walked up several imposing steps to a door of respectful size, through a small foyer--and through the looking glass. The librarian's [...]

Before I had ever traveled--other than by sitting in the backseat of my father's Chevrolet station wagon--I read travel books. I read with the open heart of a book-loving child, […]

Before I had ever traveled--other than by sitting in the backseat of my father's Chevrolet station wagon--I read travel books. I read with the open heart of a book-loving child, […]

Before I had ever traveled--other than by sitting in the backseat of my father's Chevrolet station wagon--I read travel books. I read with the open heart of a book-loving child, […]

Before I had ever traveled--other than by sitting in the backseat of my father's Chevrolet station wagon--I read travel books. I read with the open heart of a book-loving child, […]

Before I had ever traveled--other than by sitting in the backseat of my father's Chevrolet station wagon--I read travel books. I read with the open heart of a book-loving child, […]

Before I had ever traveled--other than by sitting in the backseat of my father's Chevrolet station wagon--I read travel books. I read with the open heart of a book-loving child, […]

Before I had ever traveled--other than by sitting in the backseat of my father's Chevrolet station wagon--I read travel books. I read with the open heart of a book-loving child, […]

Before I had ever traveled--other than by sitting in the backseat of my father's Chevrolet station wagon--I read travel books. I read with the open heart of a book-loving child, […]

Before I had ever traveled--other than by sitting in the backseat of my father's Chevrolet station wagon--I read travel books. I read with the open heart of a book-loving child, […]

The experience of working in a store which sells sex-oriented products provides insights into public notions of obscenity and perversion. People need to come to terms with their sexual appetites so they can shed inhibiting guilt.

Dieting for the sole purpose of losing weight has taken the joy out of eating. Dieting has reduced food to caloric numbers and mere portions. Dieters who have consistently denied themselves food have been led into believing that eating for pure gustatory delight is a sin.