Tag: present
Los Angeles Fires Force Us to Confront Our Dystopian Present
Opinion We’re Living in a Dystopian Climate Thriller. It’s Time to Rewrite the Ending Decades of warnings went ignored about the threats from climate change. With homes everywhere now burning, flooding and washing away, it’s time we start listening to scientists’ climate solutions By Peter H. Gleick edited by Daniel Vergano A motorcyclist stops to…
How Frazzled Parents Can Be More Present with Kids during the Holidays
How Frazzled Parents Can Be More Present with Kids during the Holidays Future-oriented thinking, rather than careening from moment to moment, can help parents have more meaningful moments with their children By Julia Felton, Crystal Cederna & The Conversation US The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the…
Genetic Testing Is a Gift. But It Shouldn’t be a Present
Opinion Genetic Testing Is a Gift. But It Shouldn’t be a Present Think twice before giving direct-to-consumer genetic testing kits to friends and loved ones By Adina Wise edited by Daniel Vergano When the results came in, she opened them eagerly and was immediately confronted, not with information about her heritage, but with an offer:…