Traveling is something everyone should experience at least a few times in life. Seeing how other people live gives new perspective on what we take for granted at home. Life in America is not the same as life everywhere else, and that’s part of what makes travel so enriching. Keeping an open mind and showing...

Airport security is stricter than most travelers realize, especially when it comes to food. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) allows passengers to bring many snacks through checkpoints, but certain items can still cause delays or confiscation. Some foods are banned because of their texture, while others fall into a gray area that confuses travelers. Knowing...

Even though the COVID-19 pandemic occurred just over 5 years ago, for many, daily life still remains in a turbulent state. The subsequent years that have followed have been met with rising costs, job insecurity, and a housing crisis. Even when lockdowns ended, businesses reopened, and society attempted to return to ‘normal’, without a plan...

Romantic relationships are usually driven by support, care, love, and trust between partners. Healthy love is meant to be supportive, grounding, and thrives on trust, respect, and authentic connection between partners. Love is meant to allow both individuals to grow and express themselves who they are, authentically. It creates a space for partners to be...

Students gathered in Pasadena on October 1, 2025, expecting to hear the legendary anthropologist speak about protecting the environment and what young people could do to change the world, but Jane Goodall had died that morning in her sleep at 91 in Los Angeles, and the cause of death was natural. Months before her death,...

Your brain might be your most underappreciated sex organ in your body. While most conversations about self-pleasure focus on physical touch, researchers have discovered something about the connection between mind and body during arousal that changes how we understand sexual response. You can experience genuine physical pleasure without touching yourself at all, through techniques like...

We’ve got discipline backwards. We imagine controlled people gritting their teeth through endless temptations, their knuckles white from the strain of saying no to that forbidden pizza slice. Sometimes we imagine them powered by superhuman willpower, fighting desires from dawn to dusk. But here’s what research actually shows. People with high self-control rarely feel like...

We’ve all met someone whose stories never quite add up. The details shift. Your memory doesn’t match theirs. Something feels wrong before you can name why. Research on pathological lying shows that between 8 and 13% of people identify themselves as pathological liars. That’s roughly 1 in 10 people you meet. Learning to recognize the...

Across the United States, many cities are facing an unprecedented homelessness crisis. With America experiencing the highest levels of unemployment in decades and unaffordable housing costs, the economy seems to be collapsing. The homeless lose more than shelter; they lose human dignity, and without upward mobility, can fall into a life of substance abuse and...

Recently, the TSA has instituted many new rules and regulations regarding items and luggage. Frequent flyers probably know what items they can and cannot pack into checked luggage. Since 2008, the TSA has enforced restrictions to lithium-ion batteries, where uninstalled or loose batteries were not permitted in checked luggage. This is due to the risk...

Arnold Abbott spent 23 years feeding homeless people every Wednesday at Fort Lauderdale, in a South Florida park. On November 2, 2014, at age 90, the city would arrest him for it. Abbott later told reporters that an officer said, “Drop that plate right now,” as if he were holding a weapon. The World War...

A major airline is adding extra precaution and warning their clients against using “blending in” bags for their luggage. Dark or gray colored suitcases, which are wildly popular amongst travellers, create confusion, increase theft risks, and delay travel plans. Issuing the warning, a major airline urges their customers about the dangers of purchasing dark-colored luggage...