San Antonio Spurs All-NBA center Victor Wembanyama was looking for a challenge that would test him in ways he'd never been tested before. He wanted to build his inner strength alongside his already prodigious physical strength. His goals, he said, transcended mere athletic glory. (Shelburne, ESPN)
Read MoreIn an era when the Make America Healthy Again movement has pushed for more access to unpasteurized dairy products, stricter boundaries around ultraprocessed foods and new definitions for what counts as healthy food, alternative diets focusing on simpler foods are finding popularity. (Kircher, The New York Times)
Read MoreA calendar featuring close-ups of young, handsome men in priestly attire has been a perennial Rome souvenir for the last two decades — but few, it seems, are actually men of the cloth. (Barry & Santalucia, Los Angeles Times)
Read MoreNo longer derided as hookers or harlots, mourned as fallen women or sugarcoated as high-end call girls, the “sex worker”—a job title that sounds like the handiwork of an Orwellian HR department but is considered by many progressives the most inclusive and respectful term—is a free-market operative like any other. (Paul, The Wall Street Journal)
Read MoreAs the nation marks Mental Health Awareness Month, here’s a look at how Americans describe their mental health and who they feel comfortable talking to about it, based on Pew Research Center surveys. (Hennen, Pew Research Center)
Read MoreTeens averaged over 50 minutes of smartphone use between the hours of 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. on school nights, researchers found, and nearly half of the teens used their phones between midnight and 4 a.m. (Gibson, The Washington Post)
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