In Brief
News and notes.
The Marriage Diet
Corey FieldsGetting married may lead to weight gain—and not just because of that extra piece of wedding cake. Newlyweds’ … Read MoreTipping Woes
Americans like to tip, offering extra cash to everyone from service station attendants to home health care aides. But for some workers, like restaurant wait … Read MoreHunger Games As Role Model
Corey FieldsThe current popularity of the trilogy Hunger Games may offer teens a model of female leadership, according to … Read MoreThe Terrorist Next Door
Media depictions of terrorists exaggerate the distance between “us” and “them.”Last August, when the cover of Rolling Stone pictured … Read MoreLittle Free Libraries
RJL20“Little free libraries” are popping up in front of houses, apartments, parks and other public spaces across the country. Read MoreThe Lone Wolf Terrorist
Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnev, the brothers who are suspected of detonating two bombs during the Boston Marathon last year, killing three individuals and injuring countless … Read MoreThe New Workplayce
Corey FieldsDoes all work and no play really make Jack a dull boy? In a 2006 TED talk, education … Read MoreFashioning Flawlessness
Amanda LanzoneDuring New York’s Fashion Week last September, patients of plastic surgeon Ramtin Kassir sashayed down the runway to … Read MoreKidneys and Kin
While organ donation systems in the United States are designed to be efficient and equitable, distributing organs harvested from recently deceased individuals to those who … Read MoreOpera’s Last Act
Sam GrinbergThe 70-year-old New York City Opera has joined a growing chorus of operas, orchestras, and ballet companies in … Read More