Yes, the Facebook stock price is down 4.4% in February, even though the company crushed its Q4 2015 earnings report. Facebook Inc. (Nasdaq: FB ) is a member of the well-known technology stocks known as FANG (Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, and Google), and these tech stocks have been hit hard in 2016.…

Facebook is frequently touted as one of the best companies to work for on the planet. The Frank Gehry-designed headquarters is a light-filled homage to innovation, collaboration and speed, one that sits on a campus offering employees gourmet food, rock climbing walls, artists studios, music rooms…

Chemical & Engineering News Nearly four months after its launch, it’s more apparent than ever that STAT is the media startup to envy. The new national publication dedicated to covering health, medicine, and science has the structural support of a traditional outlet—in this case, the Boston Globe…

Big screens with real-time traffic data have become ubiquitous in newsrooms. They illustrate how news organizations are becoming more and more interested in tracking audience behavior, as data-informed approaches to decision making previously associated with popular sites like BuzzFeed, Gawker, and…

The hills are alive with the sound of music, which could help people with Alzheimer's stave off the effects of the debilitating disease. A study by U.S. scientists has shown that the brain function of those suffering from dementia can be improved if they belt out their favorite show tunes.…

Credit... Illustration by James Graham Skip to contentSkip to site index The Work Issue New research reveals surprising truths about why some work groups thrive and others falter. Credit... Illustration by James Graham L ike most 25-year-olds, Julia Rozovsky wasn’t sure what she wanted to do with…

The Invisible Universe Credit: Benjamin Arthur and Rob Stein/NPR. Produced by Ben de la Cruz/NPR The next time you look in a mirror, think about this: In many ways you're more microbe than human. There are 10 times more cells from microorganisms like bacteria and fungi in and on our bodies than…

At the beginning of Stanley Nelson’s “The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution,” former party member Ericka Huggins tells the story of the blind men and the elephant. Each man touches a different part of the creature and comes away with a different impression of what he’s dealing with: a warm…

Beyoncé, center, in a scene from the video for her new song “Formation.” On Saturday afternoon, Beyoncé released “Formation,” her first new song since 2014, on Tidal and YouTube in advance of her Sunday appearance at the Super Bowl 50 halftime show at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. The song’s…

David Brooks I Miss Barack Obama Credit... Doug Mills/The New York Times As this primary season has gone along, a strange sensation has come over me: I miss Barack Obama. Now, obviously I disagree with a lot of Obama’s policy decisions. I’ve been disappointed by aspects of his presidency. I hope the…

(Photo: Léa Dubedout/Unsplash) You don’t need more motivation. You don’t need to be inspired to action. You don’t need to read any more lists and posts about how you’re not doing enough. We act as if we can read enough articles and enough little Pinterest quotes and suddenly the little switch in our…

Day One is not only my favorite journaling app, it's also one of my favorite apps in general . I love how it combines functionality with aesthetics around such a creative and frankly important thing as keeping a journal. Journaling is a vital habit. It fosters mindfulness and self reflection and…

Beyoncé, in a scene from the video for "Formation." Beyoncé via YouTube Author Jesmyn Ward won a National Book Award for Salvage the Bones , her gritty and lyrical novel of Hurricane Katrina-era Mississippi. In this essay, as in all of her work, she doesn't mince words. I was a freshman at Stanford…

Twitter might rebound in the wake of Jack Dorsey’s reappointment as C.E.O., but the service is still in trouble. Photograph by Richard Drew / AP It wasn’t that long ago that I—and many other people I know—would have argued that Twitter was more than just another social network. I would have told you…

What does your morning routine look like? Mine used to be waking up at 7AM, sleep walking to the shower, frantically getting dressed into socially acceptable clothes, pouring myself a cup of caffeine, and walking amongst drones of zombies to a crowded bus station. Of course, getting out of this…

By now you've probably heard about Kanye and Wiz Khalifa's war of tweets . It's the stuff rap journalist's dreams are made of. Wiz disses Kanye's new album name, Ye mistakes Wiz's advice to "hit this kk" -- a weed reference -- for a swipe at Kim before unleashing his godly wrath. In the now-deleted…

Photo: Corbis Maybe you carefully, gently eased yourself back into work this morning by doing pleasantly mindless tasks like replying to emails or organizing your in-box. This morning routine, alas, is wrong, all wrong, according to psychology writer Eric Barker. In a new post on the things to do in…

Photo: © Corbis. All Rights Reserved. There are two kinds of people in the world: 1. Those who make lists. 2. Those who don’t. And, as one scientist recently argued, those who fall into the former group might hold the secret to being more productive individuals. On this week’s episode of WNYC ’s…

. GALLUP, New Mexico – After a few years living with her sister, Rose Mary Zunie, 59, was ready to move into a place of her own. So, on an arid Saturday morning this past summer, the sisters piled into a friend’s pickup truck and headed for a Clayton Homes sales lot here just outside the…

The Times bestowed on us many gifts this year. Many a mirror was turned on society. Through these tweets and images, we were able to "keep up" with the "culture" of "millennials." Through the headlines, we were able to "stay woke" on the trials and tribulations of the filthy rich. So sit back,…

On the surface, Spotify’s new interactive " Year in Music " feature is a pretty fun way to look back at your 2015 listening habits. Your most-streamed artist might remind you of those weird couple of months you spent staring at the ceiling listening to Kate Bush. Your most-streamed track might make…

Kayla Newman started her Vine account to record herself commenting on the minutia and mundanity of high school life. This was nearly two years ago, when she was 16. For her handle, Newman chose a nickname made up during an annual visit to her grandmother in Georgia: “Peaches Monroee.” She added the…

Noted Annie Clark (a.k.a. St. Vincent) wearing a “Future Is Female” shirt in 2015. Credit... MHD/PacificCoastNews In October, Cara Delevingne was photographed in Paris wearing a navy sweatshirt that read “The Future Is Female” in clean white text. The same month, Ms. Delevingne’s girlfriend, the…

Notebook A postcard from around the start of the 20th century showing Rue Bichat from the intersection at Rue Alibert in the 10th Arrondissement. Credit... From Alex Toledano It must be a warm day on the Rue Bichat — a few people have their sleeves rolled up — and the cafes on both sides of the…

Memo From Lebanon The relatives of one of the victims of the twin suicide attacks in Beirut mourned during a funeral procession in the city's Burj al-Barajneh neighborhood. Credit... Wael Hamzeh/European Pressphoto Agency BEIRUT, Lebanon — Ali Awad, 14, was chopping vegetables when the first bomb…

Sports Business From left, the University of Missouri football players J'Mon Moore, Ian Simon and Charles Harris on Monday with members of Concerned Student 1950. Credit... Daniel Brenner for The New York Times Well, that was fast. When was it, exactly, that the African-American football players at…

Bryan Cozzi, a test chef at Campbell, and Erika Ellefsen, an intern, in the research and development kitchen at Campbell’s office. Credit... Bryan Thomas for The New York Times CAMDEN, N.J. — Food companies tinker with the signature products in their portfolios at their own risk — and few products…

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Beware the Fine Print | Part II transcript 0:00/5:52 -5:52 transcript Beware the Fine Print When she bought her car, Tinker Martin-Bowen signed a contract with an arbitration clause that took away her right to a jury trial. Only later did she realize just what she had given up. When she bought her…

Amanda Jordan with her son Brett Honor outside a meeting for people with addictions and their families in Plaistow, N.H. Her son Christopher died of an overdose. Credit... Katherine Taylor for The New York Times NEWTON, N.H. — When Courtney Griffin was using heroin, she lied, disappeared, and stole…

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Photo: pilesasmiles/Getty Images I am turning 30 in March, and so I was a little unnerved when I recently came across a question that researchers who study personality have apparently been trying to answer for more than a century: How much can a person really change after 30? “ You’re doomed! What…

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for ProPublica’s Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox as soon as they are published. March 12, 2009 Lynnwood, Washington No one came to court with her that day, except her public defender.…

iOS: We all know that easily changing the brightness of your phone is a big perk for nighttime usage. In iOS 8, you can set your home button to toggle your screen brightness level on your iPhone or iPad. This is another secret power of iOS's accessibility options that doesn't require jailbreak.…

What is your morning routine? My morning routine is holistic and has four essential components. The details will vary, but the components are constant and critical input to my happiness. The components (examples in parentheses) are: Energy: Eat something, drink something. Body: Workout (usually high…

If watching TV or sitting in front of the computer is your daily routine after eating your dinner, replace it with a healthy habit – walk for 15 minutes. Experts believe that walking at least 100 steps after eating your dinner improves your overall wellbeing. This includes proper digestion, burning…