When Xavier "X" Atencio was plucked by Walt Disney in 1965 to be one of his early theme park designers, he was slotted on a number of projects that placed him out of his comfort zone. Atencio, for ...

When Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital began offering new mothers who gave birth there a follow-up visit with a nurse at home, Ebony Durant worried that the idea would be a hard sell for ...

Antimicrobial Awareness Week, Nov. 18–24, serves as a global call to action to address antimicrobial resistance (AMR) — a growing public health concern that occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi and ...

Years ago, after graduating from culinary school, I lived for a while with relatives in Switzerland, often cooking them dinner and asking my aunt, who spoke limited English, how it tasted. Every night ...

The serval did not want to go into her crate. The spotted cat's name was Naomi, she had just been weighed, and now it was time to do as she was told. "C'mon — in your crate," urged Thomas Barber, a ...

Tuolumne County is touting a free, one-stop, drive-through recycling collection event for all county residents, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. this Saturday at Mother Lode Fairgrounds, 202 Southgate Drive. The ...

People who regularly speak multiple languages age more slowly on average, a study using data from more than 86,000 adults in 27 European countries found. Published in the journal Nature Aging, an ...

I have been assured there are other players on the Golden State Warriors and that I don’t always have to write about Jonathan Kuminga. But I kind of do.

Sometimes it takes a village to raise a child. Or for one 10-year-old in Northern California, a colony of bees. When the city of Santa Rosa received an anonymous complaint this year about some problem ...

Teenagers are generally obsessed with their smartphones. So much so that Kristin Hatling’s family recently encountered a gaggle of them who had brought their screens into a resort’s hot tub. “My ...

Found in berries and teas, flavonols could be key to boosting memory and sleep -- if only there was a way to get the body to absorb more of them. A team of scientists at the Shibaura Institute of ...

Each November, we observe National Diabetes Month and engage in discussions surrounding prevention, management and the impact of this increasingly common autoimmune disease. Diabetes, both type 1 and ...