Chris Hemsworth once brought his son to a flight with the wrong passport. He had his daughter’s document instead of his boy’s, and airport staff stopped him because the papers didn’t match. Hemsworth joked that he is more likely to forget his child’s passport than his own. His wife, Elsa Pataky, poi
Long Beach is about to welcome music lovers with a brand‑new outdoor amphitheater on its downtown waterfront. The venue, which can hold up to 11, 000 people, sits close to the historic Queen Mary ship and will offer a mix of seating options, food trucks, and easy public transport. City leaders say t
Christopher Orvig has spent decades studying how metals interact with living systems, a field that sits at the intersection of chemistry and biology. While most people rarely think about the role of inorganic elements in health, his research has shown just how crucial elements like gold and gadolini
Christina Powell grew up in Aurora and began working at Children’s Nebraska more than two decades ago. She has spent 24 years helping the hospital carry out its promise: to give every child a better chance to live. In January, Powell was chosen to lead the hospital’s newest Behavioral Health a
Long before suicide-prevention blankets became standard gear in mental-health wards, a Montreal shoemaker noticed nurses slipping on polished floors while checking on at-risk patients. While stitching ergonomic shoes, Giovanni Argentino saw that hospital blankets felt flimsy and unsafe—easy to tear
Long before computers existed, people tried to explain the human brain by comparing it to everyday objects. First came clocks, then steam engines, and later, machines. This way of thinking stuck around even as technology advanced. Now, some in the tech world have started calling humans “meat compute
Chris Larsen, the man who turned a crypto startup into a multi‑billion dollar fortune, has made San Francisco his personal laboratory for rapid change. He does not sit in a boardroom and wait for policy to trickle through; he throws money at problems, then watches the results. His first big move
Longevity is usually seen as a medical issue. People talk about hospitals, medicines and diet. But the real story is bigger. Social ties and purpose matter just as much as health care. Research shows that friends keep us alive longer. A study at Harvard found that people who love their relationship
Long distances and hot weather make pig journeys risky. When animals travel to a slaughterhouse, any death that occurs en route shows the stress they have endured. Researchers looked at many commercial trips that lasted eight hours or less to see what factors raised the chance of these deaths. Th
Long before supermarkets or food pyramids existed, our great-great-great grandparents survived on whatever they could scavenge, hunt, or forage. Some groups in East Africa over three million years ago used sharp rocks to slice meat from bones, proving they weren’t just picking at leftovers—they were
