Today’s septuagenarians are different from the ones who came before. “Many transitions that are happening now at 70 are the types of transitions people in previous generations might have experienced in their early 60s,” says Jeffrey Stokes, an associate professor at the University of Massachusetts Boston who studies ageing. People in this group are becoming…
Sometimes the physical recovery is the easy part. The puncture wound Mikaela Shiffrin suffered during a Nov. 30 crash tore a long, deep gash in her obliques, a not-insignificant muscle group for a ski racer. Surgery, rest and intense rehab got her well enough that she was able to return to the World Cup circuit…
A group of investors led by Elon Musk has made a $97.4 billion bid to buy the assets of the nonprofit that controls OpenAI, according to two people familiar with the bid, escalating a yearslong, deeply personal tussle for the future of artificial intelligence between Mr. Musk and OpenAI’s chief executive, Sam Altman. The consortium…
What do the words “self-care” mean to you? A long scented soak in the bath? A winter run with a podcast as the sun sets? Box-fresh bed linen? It could even be all of the above, in one evening. The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an…
An ancient gummy-looking worm-like creature with a vicious hunting method that involves projecting sticky goo from its head has been crowned New Zealand’s bug of the year. The Peripatoides novaezealandiae is from the family of velvet worms, or Ngāokeoke in the Māori language. The invertebrates have rows of pudgy legs and skin speckled like a…
White House confirms Medicaid portal ‘outage’ but insists it won’t affect payments White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt acknowledged that Medicaid portals were down today in a post on X, calling the issue an “outage” and writing: “The White House is aware of the Medicaid website portal outage. We have confirmed no payments have been…