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We all know that unbalanced cortisol levels can wreak havoc on our health. So, we do our best to mitigate it: We meditate, we exercise, or we write in a gratitude journal. But often, we forget how our eating habits can influence cortisol, too. If you’re looking to improve your cortisol levels in the new year, re-evaluating your food choices might make a surprisingly big impact.What and how we eat has a direct impact on the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, the system that regulates the body’s stress response. “Sometimes we think that stress comes only from what we eat, but many times…

As season one of the Trump administration reboot comes to a close, they are already rooting around deep in the bag of fringe characters. According to a report from The Bulwark, D-list conservative media personality and alleged Russian propagandist Lauren Chen appears to have been granted a visa by Trump’s State Department and is once again back in the United States. In a post on X on Christmas Day, Chen announced that she and her husband were in Nashville and thanked the State Department’s Joe Rittenhouse, a senior adviser on consular affairs, for making it happen, saying he helped in…

Greg WyshynskiDec 30, 2025, 07:00 AM ETCloseGreg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer.Jakob Chychrun’s shot is the kind of thing that makes his Washington Capitals teammates lean forward on their bench to watch him unleash the puck.”He scores goals where most other guys aren’t even thinking about shooting,” center Dylan Strome said.It’s the kind of shot that coach Spencer Carbery still marvels at every time he sees it.”This guy’s ability to finish from the back end is incredibly unique, even at this level. His ability to beat goalies clean with his snapshot or wrist shot is as elite as there…

Universities and research labs have long been Europe’s deep tech treasure trove. Now, academic spinouts have consolidated into a solid startup funnel worth $398 billion — and VC money is following. According to Dealroom’s European Spinout Report 2025, 76 of these deep tech and life sciences companies have either reached $1 billion valuations, $100 million in revenue, or both. These include unicorns like Iceye, IQM, Isar Aerospace, Synthesia, and Tekever, which are now inspiring more funds to back university spinouts. Just this month, two new funds emerged that will bring more funding to talent emerging out of European tech universities,…

WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve on Tuesday released minutes from its highly divisive meeting earlier this month, which concluded with a vote to lower interest rates again that appeared to be an even closer call than the final vote indicated.Officials expressed a variety of opinions during the Dec. 9-10 meeting, according to the summary provided a day ahead of its customary release due to the New Year’s holiday.Ultimately, the Federal Open Market Committee approved a quarter percentage point cut by a 9-3 vote, the most dissents since 2019 as officials debated over the need to support the labor market against…

If cleaning up your digital life is on your New Year’s resolution list, we’ve got good news: 1Password is offering half off its subscription plans (both the Individual and Families plans). That brings the price of the Individual plan down to $24 for a year and the Families plan down to $36 for a year.The plans are nearly identical, but the Families plan accommodates five additional people. These discounts are only available to new customers and the prices expire after the year, so set a reminder to cancel or reassess. And you’ll need to act fast, because the offer expires…

The High Score 100 — the top-100 players in Yahoo’s newest fantasy basketball format — is a running reflection of year-to-date performance and trending production. Each weekly update captures who’s actually delivering value and who’s fading.Here’s a breakdown of the biggest risers and fallers through the 10th week of fantasy basketball — with the complete High Score 100 at the bottom of the article. I’ll be updating my rankings every Tuesday throughout the fantasy basketball season.Advertisement[High Score is a new way to play Fantasy Basketball on Yahoo with simple rosters and scoring. It’s not too late to create or join…

Tomorrow’s the big day, and I don’t just mean New Year’s Eve. The series finale of Stranger Things airs tomorrow, and Netflix has released a . We’re given only flashes of the final episode, along with a voiceover of an emotional Jim Hopper telling Eleven he needs her to fight one last time.It’s just over 1 minute and 30 seconds long, with what appears to be only about 30 seconds of new footage. There isn’t much to go on here, as most of the footage features emotional moments from seasons past. Netflix no doubt is hoping to keep much of…

Diotima, spring 2026 ready-to-wearRachel Scott’s presentations for Diotima are a favorite of mine each season, and her joyful debut show in September was no exception. As ever, the designs—this season inspired by carnival—felt sensual yet utterly wearable. From the scoop-necked tops paired with ruffled skirts (the gray and bright pink color combo was a highlight) to the feathered mustard-y green skirts, I can imagine all of these pieces out in the world. Scott even sold me on the peplum. “It’s a moment of resistance that’s rooted in exuberance, joy, and sensuality, and is against any form of domination,” she told…

Take yourself back to 2017. Get Out and The Shape of Water were playing in theaters, Zohran Mamdani was still known as rapper Young Cardamom, and the Trump administration, freshly in power, was eager to prop up its favored energy sources.That year, the administration introduced a series of subsidies for struggling coal-fired power plants and nuclear power plants, which were facing increasing price pressures from gas and cheap renewables. The plan would have put taxpayers on the hook for billions of dollars. It didn’t work.In subsequent years, the nuclear industry kept running into roadblocks. Three nuclear plants have shut down…