From the Middle East to the Kentucky Derby, the mint julep has always been about staying cool
Since the 1930s, the drink – a mix of mint, syrup, bourbon, water and crushed ice – has been the traditional cocktail of the Kentucky Derby.
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Could bats guide humans to clean drinking water in places where it's scarce?
Desert life depends on reliable access to water, but water can vary both in quantity and quality. People may be able to locate usable water sources and detect changes in the quality of sources they are already using by observing bats.
Internet openness pits collaborative history against competitive future
The debate about how open the internet should be to free expression – and how much companies should be able to restrict, or charge for, communication speeds – boils down to a conflict between the internet’s collaborative beginnings and its present commercialized form.
How the pretzel went from soft to hard – and other little-known facts about one of the world's favorite snacks
It took advances in manufacturing and tweaks to the recipe to make the pretzel the global snack it is today.
Is Earth's ozone layer still at risk? 5 questions answered
Our understanding of stratospheric ozone depletion has grown steadily since the mid-1970s, and scientists expect that we will continue to add to our knowledge of the ozone layer.
Market forces are driving a clean energy revolution in the U.S.
Transforming U.S. energy systems away from coal and toward clean renewable energy was once a vision touted mainly by environmentalists. Now it is shared by market purists.
2008 financial crisis still seems like only yesterday for single women
For many Americans, the financial crisis that plunged the global economy into recession a decade ago may seem like a distant memory.
Recent stock market sell-off foreshadows a new Great Recession
In early February, concerns about inflation and rising interest rates sent global financial markets into a frenzy, prompting the biggest single-day drop ever in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
Collective action is unions’ last line of defense - and Supreme Court is on verge of destroying it
The Supreme Court on Feb. 26 heard arguments in a case that could deliver a devastating blow to organized labor.