Study: This Popular Ingredient Is Bad For Your Gut

Triclosan is a compound that was banned by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2016. Still, we continue to encounter it often in the products we use in our daily...

Does Your Local Museum or University Still Have Native American Remains?

In 1990, Congress passed a law recognizing the unequal treatment of Native American remains and set up a process for tribes to request their return from museums and other institutions that had...

How the 1969 Cuyahoga River Fire Sparked the U.S. Environmental Movement

On August 1, 1969, millions of TIME subscribers across the country received an issue that would go down in history in more ways than one. Edward Kennedy, the senator from Massachusetts, was on the cover in a neck...

African Gods and Goddesses: The Orisha Pantheon

The Orishas The orishas are the emissaries of Olodumare or God almighty. They rule over the forces of nature and the endeavors of humanity. They recognise themselves and are recognised through their...

Slang for Weed: A modern terminology guide

What to call the plant, the paraphernalia, and the products (without sounding like an old hippie)   Cannabis lovers are constantly coming up with new ways to talk about cannabis, cannabis consumption, and...