Happy publication to Carrie Hope Fletcher and All I Know Now—her version of a big sister in a book! All I Know Now is Carrie’s first book, but this is her second publication day. The book was originally published in … Continue reading
Earlier this year when we published My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me: A Black Woman Discovers Her Family’s Nazi Past, we thought, and hoped, that readers would respond to Jennifer Teege’s haunting story as strongly as we had. Jennifer Teege, … Continue reading
A recent study on selective eating has received a lot of attention recently in the news, covered in places like The Washington Post, Jane Brody’s Well column, NPR, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, and many more. But the media aren’t … Continue reading
Last week, Gretchen Reynolds wrote an article, “How Walking in Nature Changes the Brain,” for The New York Times, and it quickly became the #1 emailed article on nytimes.com. How many of us are flocking to cities, sweating in our … Continue reading
Last week, Chirlane McCray, the First Lady of New York, launched a two-year initiative to distribute 200,000 baby book bundles, donated by Scholastic, to New York City families with children ages zero to three. This initiative is being launched in … Continue reading
Nearly seven million people in the United States suffer from Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), one of the largest risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease. And those who don’t already have it may later develop it. According to researchers at the Mayo … Continue reading
Two years ago almost to the day, The Experiment’s cofounder and publisher, Matthew Lore, wrote a post for this very blog celebrating the Supreme Court’s striking down of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act with the United States v. Windsor … Continue reading
This guest blog comes from Seth Darling, a scientist specializing in energy and water research and co-author of How to Change Minds About Our Changing Climate. Climate Disruption—An Infallible Truth “Laudato Si,” Pope Francis’ recently released encyclical on the environment, … Continue reading
This guest blog post comes from Keiron Pim, author of Dinosaurs: The Grand Tour, and lifelong dino enthusiast. No one went to see Jaws for a lesson in marine biology, and I don’t suppose many serious ornithologists exercised themselves over … Continue reading
Father’s Day is just around the corner and if you’re anything like us, that probably means a last minute rush to the store to pick up a generic tie or package of golf balls. Why fathers seem so hesitant to … Continue reading
