New weekly injection offers diabetics alternative to daily insulin shots
More than 36 million people in the United States have Type 2 diabetes, and roughly 22 percent of them —...
Sleep deprivation, moldy showers and the cost of endless war
At sea, sailors soon discover that anchoring their deployment to the date it ends is a losing strategy. Going home...
We study autism and vaccines. Trump’s executive order rests on flawed science.
The Aug. 11 front-page article “Plan upends schedule for children’s vaccines” reported that President Donald Trump signed an order to...
The old global nuclear order is dead. What comes next?
The world is sleepwalking into a new nuclear arms race. As arms-control treaties hashed out over decades lapse, countries that...
I work with athletes. Here’s how I evaluate exercise gadgets and supplements.
Walk into a gym or wellness store, and you might encounter compression boots, smart rings, creatine supplements and ice baths....
12 tips for using open storage without adding to clutter
Open storage, whether in the kitchen, living room, closet or in such functional spaces as mudrooms, basements or garages, has...
Inside the gentle, careful work of restoring famous paintings of Lincoln
Heather Smith stood before the tattered portrait of Abraham Lincoln holding a fine-tipped sable brush and a small plastic palette...
Yes, people leave reviews for embassies — and they aren’t all diplomatic
If Google reviews existed 250 years ago, this one might have kicked off the revolution: British Embassy — ★☆☆☆☆ Do...
The 2-year-old who doted on her 13 kittens, and other extraordinary lives we’ve lost
Introducing What We Remember, our new reader-submitted obituary series. Each week we’re highlighting everyday but extraordinary people and the legacies...
He invited people to eat an apple with him. Hundreds showed up.
Carl Endrulat is a Pink Lady type of guy. The first time he ate one was euphoric. “It was just...
Senate hopeful Talarico touts his faith. Texas Republicans call it blasphemy.
PLANO, Texas — Talking about Jesus is pretty routine for Texans running for office. But usually not Democrats. State Rep....
The most common cancer is easy to miss. Here’s what to look for.
Basal cell carcinoma is the most common type of cancer, affecting 1 in 5 adults in the United States during...
Shooting at VSU injures 5, hours after freshmen welcome event
On Friday, more than a thousand Virginia State University freshmen gathered on campus for a ceremony celebrating the start of...
The hottest D.C. party? Eating apples in a park.
Carl Endrulat is a Pink Lady type of guy. The first time he ate one was euphoric. “It was just...
Shocking death of Black scholar reverberates at Cambridge — and well beyond
CAMBRIDGE, England — The medieval campus quads and gateways of Jesus College, where Jason Arday became the University of Cambridge’s...
