Today hippies can be identified by little more than a disinterest in makeup and penchant for natural hairstyles. In their heyday, however, being a...

Hostels, those low-budget stays popular with the international “gap year” traveler and backpacking crowd, suffer a range of misconceptions — most based on second-hand...

The most conservative estimate of sea-level rise on the Florida coast is two feet by 2060. Some predict six-and-a-half feet by 2100. By contrast,...

Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk is known for making big promises. SpaceX, his space travel startup, is going to enable people to live on...

This month, the SeaWorld amusement park company announced that it would end its orca artificial insemination program. As the company has not captured wild...

The UN’s fourth World Happiness Report was published last week, featuring both a list of the world’s happiest countries, as well as an analysis...

The case is building against Trump University, the eponymous and controversial real-estate school started by GOP front-runner Donald Trump. Expected to go to trial...

Marijuana enthusiasts have been cautiously excited about the pace of legalization, but they’re not the only Americans poised to benefit from new policies. According...

Rising obesity rates are not only a concern for the United States; they plague our friends across the pond, as well. In an attempt...

What do the ancient practices of meditation and yoga have to do with leading a multimillion-dollar insurance company? Apparently, they can provide a lot...