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What’s a Potato? A Nine-Million-Year-Old Tomato
An ancient hybrid of tomatoes and potato-like plants may have given rise to the modern spud, a new study suggests.
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Mary Gaillard, Who Broke a Ceiling in Subatomic Research, Dies at 86
Overcoming discrimination in a mostly male preserve, she did groundbreaking work that showed experimentalist physicists where and how to look for new particles.
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Is Cola With Cane Sugar Actually Better? We Did a Taste Test.
When it comes to beloved sodas, the taste buds want what the taste buds want.
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How to Pick a Good Tomato (and Salvage a Bad One)
Don’t settle for a mealy tomato. Here are five expert tips from a chef to make sure they’re delicious every time.
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Michael Cardozo, 84, New York City’s Longest-Serving Chief Lawyer, Dies
As the city’s corporation counsel under Mayor Michael Bloomberg, he defended stop-and-frisk policing and a ban on smoking in bars and restaurants.
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Ahead of Trump’s Trade Deadline, Firms Rushed Goods Out of Duty-Free Warehouses
By keeping inventory in bonded warehouses or foreign trade zones, importers were able to hedge the tariff rate they ultimately paid.
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192,000 Play Kitchens Are Recalled After Child Dies of Strangulation
Children playing with the set can get caught on a hook of the toy kitchen and asphyxiate themselves, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said.
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Stock Market Posts Worst Week in Months on Renewed Economic Fears
Data showing cracks in the U.S. labor market and President Trump’s newest barrage of tariffs shook investors around the world, weighing on stocks, the dollar and more.
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Fed Governor Resigns, Giving Trump Opportunity to Shape Central Bank
The resignation comes as President Trump has openly pressured the central bank to lower interest rates and called for Jerome H. Powell, the chair, to step down.
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Republicans Are Clobbering Democrats in Super PAC Fund-Raising
When it comes to attracting mega-donors, Republicans are crushing Democrats.