The best independent ski shops
For the past four decades, this indie ski shop has managed to hold its own against the big boys of the UK’s ski chains, making sure its brand recognition isn’t eroded by the larger…
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Science to survive: What are the key factors in how we feel?
Depression affects about 100 million people globally Depression affects about 100 million people globally, according to new research. The worrying statistic comes on the day several children were given vaccines to protect them against…
How these companies going green in Ghana could pay off for the country and the planet
Most companies are doing it, but how do you measure how much? Use these tools to get the best out of your company’s long-term carbon emissions How these companies going green in Ghana could…
Alberta leader Jason Kenney says he feels more confident about winning PC leadership
Having watched the campaign unfold, Premier Jason Kenney said Monday he felt more confident than he has in the campaign’s first two weeks. It’s a moment many Canadians thought would never come. Kenney, the…
Christina Webb NIST spokeswoman is charged with fraud
A federal grand jury in New York indicted Jenkins Wednesday, as well as Robert Zients, the former Obama official whom Jenkins had appointed as the head of the 2010 economic stimulus in his new…
The bitter clash between Egypt’s youth and the old
Ethel Moghaddam The elephantine dilemma facing people in Egypt today is that their state – and society – is old, unbalanced and run by very old people. It is confronted with a problem of…
Ted Cruz questions whether or not he should boycott the Winter Olympics over human rights abuses
Two days before his scheduled appearance at a Chinese Olympic committee’s meeting, Sen. Ted Cruz said the U.S. should not boycott the Winter Olympics in Beijing next year. Instead, he said American athletes should…
Why the Environmental Protection Agency is reconsidering its clean energy plan
Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Thinkstock and Takaki Yajima/Getty Images This post originally appeared in Science of Us. Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency announced that it was halting all its plans to…
WTA: Tennis star Peng Shuai is wrong to show off bat
Written by Staff Writer Editor’s Note — This story has been updated to reflect the response from WTA’s International Tennis Federation. A day after a viral video went viral showing the Chinese tennis star…
Where will we be without a coral reef?
Written by By Jan Diehm, CNN Tropical thunderstorms can destroy coral reefs but even more so, disappear them. Dunes along the coast of the Philippines — essentially their islands — now lie shrouded in…