Adam Weiss/Getty ImagesDoes exercise strengthen your brain while it builds muscle? To learn more about how exercise affects the brain, scientists in Ireland recently asked a group of sedentary male college students to take part in a memory test followed by strenuous exercise. First, the young men…

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Modern Love Credit...Brian Rea THERE was a time when my wife, Giulia, said “Yes” to almost everything I suggested. But before she consented, there was always an unnatural pause, a pause so small it may have gone unnoticed by others. But it was painfully obvious to me. That pause did not come from…

Why haven't I tried Lagunita's Lil' Sumpin Sumpin ale before? The name is fantastic, the label is adorably sexy, and I've enjoyed Lagunita's beverages in the past. This is lovely - a clear honey-amber with a solid white head with great retention that left a lot of lacing. The nose was nice and…

David Foster Wallace’s teaching syllabuses don’t read the same as most Photo by Keith Bedford/Getty Images. Lately David Foster Wallace seems to be in the air: Is his style still influencing bloggers? Is Jeffrey Eugenides’ bandana-wearing depressed character in The Marriage Plot based on him? My own…

The CPR reporter interviews a satisfied new renter in her two-bedroom Denver apartment who was unsuccessful finding a home to buy; an apartment developer - formerly constructing ownership housing, and finance experts on the future of housing construction. "This project was originally planned as…

If you want to understand why the Occupy movement has found such traction, it helps to listen to a former banker like James Theckston. He fully acknowledges that he and other bankers are mostly responsible for the country’s housing mess. As a regional vice president for Chase Home Finance in…

If Canada is to morph into a knowledge-based economy, its citizens need better access to reliable, unbiased information. With that in mind, Statistics Canada will make all of its standard data available for free on its website, starting next year. As of Feb. 1, all data known as Canadian…

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"What if [Obama] is so outside our comprehension that only if you understand Kenyan, anti-colonial behavior can you begin to piece together [his actions]?"Photo: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images It’s a very strange experience to have your friends think you’ve gone crazy. Some will tell you so. Others…

About Santorini Dave • Questions? dave@santorinidave.com Santorini Travel Guide Last updated: January 1, 2026 The view of Oia from Skaros Rock in Imerovigli. The hike between the two villages – along the caldera – is my favorite thing to do in Santorini. I have visited Santorini more times than I…

The video of the woman ranting against black and Polish people ("What has this country come to? ... with loads of black people and load of fucking Polish") on the Croydon to Wimbledon tram has caused quite a stir, generating quite a storm on social media and swiftly leading to an arrest. But I have…

Air France Millions of Americans who got on a plane over the Thanksgiving holiday heard the admonition: “Please power down your electronic devices for takeoff.” And absolutely everyone obeyed. I know they did because no planes fell from the sky. No planes had to make an emergency landing because the…

[scrollGallery id=69] — “I’ll tell you a funny story. I think I can tell you this story.” So begins Andrew Coyne, the national editor of Maclean’s magazine, when asked about being threatened with a lawsuit by the prime minister’s chief of staff in 2005. “The first I heard about it was on the front…

I was at an event on the Upper East Side last Friday night when I got to talking with a salesman in the media business. The subject turned to Zuccotti Park and Occupy Wall Street, and he was chuckling about something he'd heard on the news. "I hear [Occupy Wall Street] has a CFO , " he said. "I…

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Op-Ed Contributor Phoenix THE struggle to slow global warming will be won or lost in cities, which emit 80 percent of the world’s greenhouse gases. So “greening” the city is all the rage now. But if policy makers end up focusing only on those who can afford the low-carbon technologies associated…

Steve Early No subject arouses the passion of labor officials more than “raiding.” In his blustery maiden address as president of the AFL-CIO, Rich Trumka won thunderous applause this week at the federation’s convention in Pittsburgh by announcing that anyone daring to “raid an AFL-CIO union will…

Once upon a time, when I was merely a 16-year-old suburban girl dying for rebellion, Vancouver’s downtown Granville Street was a cool place to go. In that special three block stretch between Nelson and Davie, Granville Street was a dark, seedy place where even though I was underage I could get…

Kai Nagata has found an audience online far larger than he did on TV - at least in the short term (Fagstein file photo) Let’s get a few things out of the way first: No, I don’t actually think Kai Nagata is mentally ill. My “are you insane?” question was somewhat tongue-in-cheek. Kai is a friend, one…

Leaders | The world economy Immigrant networks are a rare bright spark in the world economy. Rich countries should welcome them |5 min read THIS is not a good time to be foreign. Anti-immigrant parties are gaining ground in Europe. Britain has been fretting this week over lapses in its border…

Op-Ed Contributor Ithaca, N.Y. ADAM SMITH’S most enthusiastic modern disciples insist that the recipe for economic progress is to push government aside and let unfettered markets work their magic. His invisible hand theory does provide a tidy account of how market incentives can generate enormous…

Arlen Redekop photo/PNG A sleep-deprived Catherine Galliford is running on adrenalin and ragged nerves after a wild week that saw the RCMP corporal rock her employer with claims that she was sexually harassed and bullied by senior officers, even as she served as the spokesperson for two of the…

Last month, an anonymous blogger popped up on WordPress and Twitter, aiming a giant flamethrower at Mac-friendly writers like John Gruber, Marco Arment and MG Siegler. As he unleashed wave after wave of spittle-flecked rage at “Apple puppets” and “Cupertino douchebags,” I was reminded again of John…

Amsterdam and San Francisco, despite being thousands of miles apart, have got a few things in common. The development of both cities has been heavily influenced by the dominance of water, Amsterdam with its northern harbour and canals, and San Francisco with the funneling effect of being a…

Personal Health It often takes a crisis, major or minor, to prompt people to change bad habits, especially when the change is time-consuming and anxiety-provoking. The other day, the drawer in which I store my swimming stuff jammed. When I finally got it open and dumped out its contents, I counted…

Credit...Olivia Bee for The New York Times “First base, second base, third base, home run,” Al Vernacchio ticked off the classic baseball terms for sex acts. His goal was to prompt the students in Sexuality and Society — an elective for seniors at the private Friends’ Central School on…

V masks modelled by occult Scottish noise rock group Black Sun It happened again the other day. This time the unmistakeable mask flying across the internet and newspaper front pages was associated with the Occupy movement and, for some at least, November 11 was morphing into V Day this year. Earlier…