Posts by Sophie Clearwater
Why You Still Have Stress Dreams About School
[ad_1] It’s the morning of your big exam, and you’re panicking because you haven’t been to a single class all semester. Thankfully, it’s just a dream. But why are you still having school-related dreams years after graduating? Dr. Alex Dimitriu, a psychiatrist and sleep medicine doctor in Menlo Park, Calif., says that dreams of feeling…
Read MoreThe 2025/26 Harkness Mainstage Series Is Amplifying Women’s Artistry Across Genres
[ad_1] Dormeshia’s Ladies in the Shoe Tap Conference. Courtesy 92Y “This season is personal for us,” Alison Manning, co-executive director of the Harkness Dance Center, tells Observer. “We as an institution are pointing to the fact that we’re in a cultural moment where women’s rights and bodies and voices seem to be under renewed threat.…
Read MoreClimate-Fueled Wildfires Are Reversing Clean Air Progress
[ad_1] Wildfires are reversing decades of clean air standards in Canada and the U.S., according to new data published Thursday. Researchers at the University of Chicago released their annual Air Quality Life Index (AQLI), which tracks air pollution and how it impacts life expectancies. This year’s report analyzed data collected in 2023. That year, as…
Read MoreWhat to Know About Getting the COVID-19 Vaccine Right Now
[ad_1] As COVID-19 continues to circulate, questions remain about how to protect yourself in 2025. Should you get the COVID-19 vaccine? Will the shots be available at your local pharmacy? Will insurance cover it? The answers are complicated. The confusion stems from shifting federal vaccine recommendations, clashing guidance from medical groups, and the uncertainty of…
Read MoreWhite House Stands With RFK Jr. In Firing of CDC Director
[ad_1] President Trump backs Health and Human Services Director Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decision to fire the head of the health agency in charge of preventing disease outbreaks in the U.S., White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Thursday. The show of support came a day after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was…
Read MoreMeghan Trainor Turns Heads With Must-See Red Carpet Look
[ad_1] Lizzo simply wanted to feel better from head to toe. “Once I started working out for mental health, to have balanced mental health or endorphins, so that I don’t look at myself in the mirror and feel ashamed of myself, and feel disgusted with myself,” the “Good as Hell” singer explained in a May 2023…
Read MoreInside Conjoined Twins Abby Hensel and Brittany Hensel’s Surprising World
[ad_1] Thirteen years ago, Abby Hensel and Brittany Hensel set out to tell the next chapter in their story. While they had opened up about their lives as conjoined twins in documentaries and interviews as children, the sisters decided to give fans a look into their world as young adults in the TLC reality show Abby & Brittany. “People have…
Read MoreLove Is Blind UK Season 2: Who Got Married and Who Broke Up
[ad_1] Love wasn't enough for everyone to say "I do." During the season two finale of Love Is Blind UK, which hit Netflix Aug. 27, the British couples—who got engaged sight unseen in the pods—decided… [ad_2] Source link
Read MoreTexas flags flown half-staff to mourn victims of Minneapolis shooting
[ad_1] AUSTIN (KXAN) — Governor Greg Abbott ordered all flags to be lowered to half-staff to mourn the victims killed after a shooting at a Catholic school in Minneapolis Wednesday. Two children died and more than a dozen others were injured after a 23-year-old gunman fired shots through the windows during morning Mass. “Today’s attack at…
Read MoreConcerns raised after 'used needles' found on AISD playground
[ad_1] AUSTIN (KXAN) — Concerns are rising after “two used needles” were found on an Austin ISD playground during recess, according to a letter sent out by the district. “It just said that there were needles found in the school grounds,” said a parent KXAN spoke to who wished to remain anonymous. Joslin Elementary School Principal…
Read MoreLove Island USA’s Austin Shepard Gets Candid on Addiction Battle With Opioids
[ad_1] In October 2018, the American Pie star announced he was one year sober in a celebratory and encouraging Instagram post. “I first tried to get sober over 5 years ago, when the weight of my obsession with booze and drugs became too heavy for me to handle,” he wrote at the time. “Turns out this…
Read MoreJude Law Contributes Nothing But Full-Frontal Nudity in ‘Eden’
[ad_1] The mostly nude ‘Eden’ character Friedrich Ritter (played by the neurotic hilt by Jude Law) and his companion-bedmate (Vanessa Kirby), who eventually loses her mind. Jasin Boland After a dismal debut one year ago at the Toronto International Film Festival and a universal refusal of commercial release by every major film company, Ron Howard…
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