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Medical anthropologist Theresa MacPhail explains why there's an uptick in all allergic conditions—food allergies, asthma, eczema, environmental allergies and more—and what we can do about it in her new book. In this excerpt, she focuses on why climate change is a leading cause of increased hay fever symptoms.

SorryWatch.com founders delve into teaching kids to apologize well—with lessons that apply to people of all ages.

Six out of the eight Ivy League universities will be led by women presidents this fall. Opportunities such as this come as a result of an unparalled group effort by 16 female members of the MIT faculty to bring about change.

"The eight individuals in the group produced on average three sacks of washed heterogenite ore per day...an income of roughly $1.05 per team member per day."

In this exclusive excerpt, financial journalist Cohan describes 20-year General Electric CEO Jack Welch's stinging rebuke of his successor, whom he blamed for GE's demise.

This exclusive excerpt from the Israeli leader's book reveals a flashpoint in his relationship with Obama and its impact on tensions over the Iranian nuclear deal.

Today's pandemic will eventually fade, but the normality we knew before will not return...Uncertainty may be [the post-pandemic world's] dominant feature.

"There is a lack of ability, or difficulty in imagining that someone who we have never seen can do a job that has been done 45 times by someone who is not that person."

"Both/and thinking involves valuing, rather than vilifying differences; embracing rather than dismissing conflicts."

The baby wailed, clearly having been woken from a nice dream, with a bad word, my very first parenting choice already trashed with an expletive.

"The gut has a direct hotline to the brain, letting it know what's happening at all times. If our gut is unhealthy, we'll feel uneasy."

From the deserts of Oman to the eerie waves beneath the Northern Lights of Iceland, here's a selection of some of surf photographer and conservation advocate Chris Burkard's favorite shots and his stories behind the images—where they were taken and how they came to be, in his own words.

I know I am dying," George told Guy over tea. "I don't know how many years I have left, but before I go, I'd like to do a creative project with the Beatles music. Do you think Cirque would like to be involved?"

"To the families involved in planning the event, it began to feel like a commemoration of the BP oil spill stage-managed by BP."

In this excerpt from their book, Kissinger, Schmidt, and Huttenlocher consider the transformations AI will impose on the planning, preparation and conduct of war. They conclude that humans remain essential to the equation.

This excerpt from "Dear William," David Magee's new memoir, tells the story of a family ripped apart by addiction and trauma but rebuilt through love and faith.

From a Colorado Pilsner Slow Pour that requires over 24 hours to fill its fermenter to a Chinese Double IPA which costs less as the air quality worsens, here's but a small sampling of craft beers from expert Mark Dredge's new book.

"What would it look like if work and family weren't a zero-sum game, but instead represented a series of deliberate strategic choices?"

"Better-rated doctors, particularly in urgent care, are rewarded with higher status in the clinic, and are less likely to work nights, weekends and holidays."

Biden has supported reducing troops on the ground for years, advising President Obama to limit involvement there back in 2009, even as Obama's generals were recommending an increased American presence, as discussed in this excerpt from David Loyn's new book, 'The Long War.'

It's time to lift the heavy financial and emotional burdens imposed because period products aren't eligible for subsidies like other essentials.

"There's no such thing as a routine call," the instructors told us. Even the most benign situations could turn lethal in an instant. You had to approach every situation "tactically," which meant you had to always be thinking about the numerous ways in which you could be killed.

In a new book 'Madoff Talks' by investigative journalist Jim Campbell, the swindler's wife Ruth tells—for the first time—what she knew and when she knew it.

"When men speak up, they also foster awareness and acceptance about gender inequity as a shared problem, not a special interest."

Communications guru and consultant Susan McPherson shares how to make the most of digital conferencing platforms in the excerpt from her new book 'The Lost Art of Connecting.'

Bestselling author and career and workplace expert Lindsey Pollak shares her insights on how to make the most of LinkedIn in this excerpt from her new book, 'Recalculating: Navigate Your Career Through the Changing World of Work.'

"Someone had launched a major chemical weapons attack on the suburbs, no more than 5 miles from his hotel. They had killed and injured scores of civilians, and perhaps more...And it happened at the precise moment when a body of U.N. experts was present in Syria to document the deed."

"Your greatest opportunity to succeed occurs in moments when everybody else is giving up."

In this excerpt from his new book, 'Get What's Yours for Health Care,' best-selling author Philip Moeller explains how too many tests, procedures and other care can lead to unneeded care and bad outcomes—and what steps you can take to get just the right level of care.

"it's not the people of yesteryear who have to live with these statues. Monuments are given pride of place in our public spaces, so we really need to weigh up what's more important to us: the memory of who we once were or the celebration of who we are now."