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What Is an E-Bike, and How Safe Are They?

Surprisingly tricky questions about an increasingly popular vehicle.

Biggest Threat to Titanic Submersible’s Passengers: Dwindling Oxygen

There may be less than a day’s worth of breathable air left in the Titan, limiting the window for possible rescue of the five people...

Emergency Room Visits Have Risen Sharply for Young People in Mental Distress, Study Finds

From 2011 to 2020, the proportion of mental health-related visits to emergency rooms by young people roughly doubled, health experts report.

The Grandmaster Plan to Turn Hordes of Kids Into Chess Fanatics

Pandemic boredom and a Netflix mini-series, “The Queen’s Gambit,” played a part. But Chess.com was also plotting its own moves.

The Income Gap Is Becoming a Physical-Activity Divide

Nationwide, poor children and adolescents are participating far less in sports and fitness activities than their more affluent peers.

‘My Watch Thinks I’m Dead’

911 dispatchers are buried under an avalanche of false, automated distress calls from skiers and other Apple device owners who are very much alive.

Can We Talk About How We Talk About the Weather?

When the barometer drops, the hyperbole rises, and meteorologists aren’t happy about it.

‘Polar Vortex’ Got You Baffled? Try This Extreme-Weather Guide

A handy explanation of some of the newer climatological verbiage.

‘The Best Tool We Have’ for Self-Harming and Suicidal Teens

Studies indicate that dialectical behavior therapy offers greater benefits than more generalized therapy. But treatment is intensive, and expensive.

Pickleball, Sport of the Future Injury?

It’s all fun and games till you strain your Achilles’ tendon, herniate a disc or do a face-plant in the Kitchen.
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