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You’re standing at your front door, facing a five-kilometre commute to work. But you don’t have your car, and there’s no bus route

Before it became one of the most successful sci-fi trilogies ever made, Back to the Future almost never made it to theaters at all. Writers Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale conceived the time-travel story in 1980, but their script was turned down 44 times over the next several years. Columbia dismissed it as “too sweet,”…

As we have all been reading, our bears woke up on the wrong side of the den this year, and now trash cans are paying the price. Thanks to a weirdly early spring followed by a late frost, the mountain buffet is completely wrecked, leading to what wildlife officials describe as “one of the worst…

A 15th century illustration of people suffering from a plague of boils. Medical treatments from that era, such as bloodletting, aimed to balance a patient’s humors. See all topics

Feelings of emptiness and estrangement seem to be spreading in contemporary society, especially among the young. Why this is happening was the basis for an article, “A Brief History of Purpose-Seeking,” that I published in the January/February 2026 issue of Psychology Today. Not long after it came out, I received an astute letter from Sobia…

What a week! I’ve been looking at leafy greens and berries longingly while also reminding myself they could be the enemy. I’ve been wearing a mask when I go outside to help with the awful burning and smell from those Canadian wildfires. And I’ve been erecting barriers to try and protect my container herbs and…

You’re standing at your front door, facing a five-kilometre commute to work. But you don’t have your car, and there’s no bus route

A study of nearly 20,000 NFL players finds they are up to four times more likely to die from dementia or Parkinson’s disease than the general population. But conversely, they’re also more likely to live longer overall

Story by NFL players 4 times more likely to die of neurodegenerative disease, new study finds Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY Wed, July 8, 2026 at 3:56 PM UTC·3 min read