How to help yourself if you live in a high fire zone

SALT LAKE CITY — New legislation passed in 2025 mandated the creation of a plan to help Utahns living in high-risk areas for wildfires. The Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands recently unveiled the state’s new High-Risk Wildland Urban Interface map, a key component of HB48 that was passed by the state Legislature […]

How to Prevent University Trustee Overreach

A new report argues the while increasing politicization of university governing boards has contributed to the erosion of academic freedom in recent years, boards also have the potential to adopt frameworks focused on protecting institutional autonomy.  “Decisions that were once guided by academic standards and institutional autonomy have become arenas for political influence and ideological […]

How to watch the last supermoon of the year

NEW YORK — The last supermoon of the year will shine soon in December skies. The moon’s orbit around the Earth isn’t a perfect circle so it gets nearer and farther as it swings around. When a full moon is closer to Earth in its orbit, a so-called supermoon happens. It makes the moon look […]

How to survive a layoff, from ‘All the Cool Girls Get Fired’ authors

Laura Brown and Kristina O’Neill were at the top of their games. They had dream magazine jobs as editors in chief, with Brown at Instyle and O’Neill at WSJ. Magazine. Then they got fired. That’s the term they prefer, by the way. Not part of a restructure, made redundant or laid off. “Same s—canning, different […]

How the Government Shutdown Will Be Felt

new video loaded: How the Government Shutdown Will Be Felt The effects of a shutdown tend to unfold in stages. As agencies, departments and federal employees figure out how to weather the storm, Karoun Demirjian, a Times reporter, explains what to know. By Karoun Demirjian, Karen Hanley, June Kim, Gabriel Blanco and Whitney Shefte October […]

How to grow a giant pumpkin, with help from science

WAPPINGERS FALLS, N.Y. — The pumpkin in Tony Scott’s backyard weighs almost as much as a small car. He’s been tending to it for months, feeding it fertilizer and covering it with a blanket at night to keep it at a stable temperature. A roll of measuring tape wrapped around the pumpkin gives him a […]

How to tell the difference between stress and burnout

This is the weekly Work Life newsletter. If you are interested in more careers-related content, sign up to receive it in your inbox. If you’ve ever chalked up your exhaustion to just “a rough week,” you might want to look closer. Burnout isn’t always the dramatic crash we imagine. It often starts subtly, like a […]

How to succeed in Germany

International students benefit Germany, even in economic terms. Some 45 per cent are still living in Germany 10 years after obtaining their degree certificate. A recent study conducted by the reveals that each cohort of international students contributes far more in the long-term to public sector revenues than the state has invested in it. In […]