Volunteers use different colors of yarn to make “temperature scarves” that serve as fashionable records of a warming world.
Author: LAURA M. HOLSON
How Not to Get Sick While Traveling
Do masks work? It depends. Health professionals offer some tips on how to stay healthy while on the move.
This Austrian Village Wants ‘Frozen’ Fans to Let It Go
Do you want to visit Hallstatt? Officials say too many tourists — many of them fans of the blockbuster film — are coming to the 16th-century village just to take pictures.
Throw a Dish. Don’t Eat Lobster. What Are Your New Year’s Superstitions?
Across the world, there are many ways to ensure good luck: a kiss at midnight. A bowl of black-eyed peas, rice and pork. And, of course, swinging a flaming ball of fire to ward off evil.
Black Women Reign at Beauty Pageants
When Zozibini Tunzi was named Miss Universe on Sunday, it signified the first time that black women had simultaneously held the top prize in four of the major beauty pageants.
Was This 18,000-Year-Old Siberian Puppy a Dog or a Wolf?
The animal was buried in a lump of frozen mud in Russia, its fur, whiskers and body fully intact. Scientists are studying its DNA to understand whether it is a dog or a wolf.
Iceland Mourns Loss of a Glacier by Posting a Warning About Climate Change
Higher global temperatures are threatening glaciers, which cover 11 percent of Iceland and are prominent tourist attractions.
Cook Islands Considering Changing Its Name to Reflect Polynesian Heritage
The 15-island country is named for a British explorer, but a member of the committee looking at the issue said that “now we can have a name we choose.”
Fyre Festival’s Organizers Didn’t Pay a Restaurant Owner, So GoFundMe Donors Stepped In
With two documentaries bringing new attention to the 2017 music festival disaster, people raised more than $167,000 for a Bahamian restaurant owner who was exploited.