Taylor Swift Lover Review: Singer Lays Down Her Armor
Way back in 2010, singer-songwriter Taylor Swift released her third studio album, Speak Now. She wrote every song on the album, without any co-writers, like a response to those who might suggest she was anything other than an artist in sole control of her career. On one song, the poppy “The Story of Us,” she sang a lyric that reads now like a prediction: “I would lay my armor down if you’d say you’d rather love than fight.
The most controversial 'Bachelor' couples of all time, and who they should've been with instead
These couples have gone down in the show's history as the most controversial, or just plain confusing. And to help them out, we've picked the people whowethink they should've gone for instead. Keep scrolling to see who we chose. Jake Pavelka and Vienna Girardi had an explosive break up on-air with Chris Harrison. ADVERTISEMENT
Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images Girardi was definitely a polarizing contestant during her time on Pavelka's season of "
The Story Behind TIME's Christine Blasey Ford Cover
October 4, 2018 7:00 AM EDT
For the Oct. 15, 2018, TIME cover on the impact of Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony and the significance of her voice, we used Ford’s words to create her portrait. As Haley Sweetland Edwards writes in the accompanying story, “the moment Dr. Christine Blasey Ford walked into the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, raised her right hand and swore to tell the truth, it was clear to millions of Americans that something momentous was about to unfold.
The Sun and Your Mood: Why Sunlight Is So Good For You
Even Hippocrates believed that the changing seasons had something to do with health—and that the key was how much available daylight there was during different times of the year.
Many centuries later, it’s clear he was on to something. As people spend more time indoors staring at computer and television screens, scientists are starting to appreciate how exposure to sunlight affects various body systems.
The most interesting support for our dependence on daylight emerged with a condition called Seasonal Affective Disorder, or SAD.
Tinubus meeting with Macron secured as Chinese firm releases seized jet
A new development has confirmed that Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co. Limited, a Chinese firm embroiled in a legal tussle with Nigeria, has released one of the seized presidential jets. The move comes ahead of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's scheduled meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron early next week. Zhongshan's spokesperson confirmed this decision on Friday, August 16, highlighting the company's commitment to acting reasonably. ADVERTISEMENT
Tommy Armour (Golfer) - On This Day
Profession: Golfer
Biography: Tommy Armour was a Scottish golfer known for winning three major championships. After his service during World War I, where he was severely injured, Armour turned to professional golf for rehabilitation. He won the U.S. Open (1927), PGA Championship (1930), and Open Championship (1931). Armour retired from full-time professional golf in 1935 and contributed to golf as an instructor and author. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1976 and had a line of golf equipment marketed in his name.
Top 10 most dangerous tourist attractions in Africa
Dangerous tourist attractions are guilty pleasures, especially for adrenaline junkies. It's all fun and games though, until someone gets hurt. These destinations will excite and terrify you! 1. Devil's Pool at Victoria's Falls, Zambia ADVERTISEMENT
They don't call it the Devil's Pool for no reason! This naturally formed rock pool is located at the very edge of the majestic Victoria Falls on the Zambia side (the other side of the falls is in Zimbabwe).
What My Family Taught Me About Loneliness
Growing up, I didn’t really dream of being a wife or mother. Not in the way I dreamed of playing Wimbledon or designing shoes for a living. But one vision of a future family flickered in my mind like an internal live photo:
Five kids sit behind me in a Suburban as we head West, my husband behind the wheel, all of us laughing and singing to En Vogue or Indigo Girls, Kirk Franklin or Janet Jackson.
Why Fast Food Is Killing Itself Over Breakfast
Fast food chains generate the vast majority of their revenues during the lunch and dinner hours. So why does it seem all the industry’s biggest players care about lately is breakfast?
It’s been a nasty couple of weeks in the fast food world. Not due to any new “pink slime” type scandals, but thanks to an increasingly aggressive, in-your-face ad and social media showdown between Taco Bell and McDonald’s. The war is all about breakfast, and it kicked off when Taco Bell featured Ronald McDonald—actually, a whole bunch of guys really named Ronald McDonald, not the McDonald spokesclown—in a commercial giving Taco Bell over-the-top endorsements for its new breakfast.
Why Taylor Swift's Music Makes Us So Emotional
A suggestion for the masses: Now would be a good time to check in on your favorite Taylor Swift fan. After months of feverish anticipation, the superstar delivered her 11th studio album, The Tortured Poets Department, on Friday—and Swifties everywhere are losing their minds.
From a neuroscience perspective, the response makes sense. Research suggests that musicactivates the brain’s reward system, triggering the release of the neurotransmitter dopamine. “We know that music is highly tied to emotion for a variety of reasons,” says Lindsay Halladay, an associate professor in neuroscience and psychology at Santa Clara University.