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What's the difference between wooden and plastic cutting boards? When should you throw out frozen fish? Harold McGee, an expert on the science of food and cooking, untangles these kitchen mysteries and more in his Keys to Good Cooking.

Pink isn't just for girls — it's also for battleships. In a new book, design writer and synesthete Jude Stewart looks at color from linguistic, scientific and historical perspectives.

If you're tired of political competition, there's always athletic competition. And if your team stinks, we can offer sympathy and a selection of the year's best books about sports to ease the sting.

North Carolina is proving to be a major state in the 2024 election. As it votes on Super Tuesday, its young population will have a chance to make their voices heard and potentially change the outcome.

Hugh Hildesley is best known as a Sotheby’s auctioneer. But he was standing on stage at a New York City fundraiser Monday night for the Academy for Teachers in a slightly different capacity. Blessedly, he announced there was to be no bidding wars, as there often are at these things, for a wine tasting or a weekend on a Tuscany farm for you and ten of your best friends.

The law, which was passed after the Sandy Hook school shooting, bans dozens of firearms — including AR-15s, AK-47s and the Barrett .50-caliber sniper rifle — and puts a 10-round limit on magazines.

As the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency prepares its third five-year review of the removal of toxic PCBs from the Hudson River, advocates say additional cleanup is needed.

Kids who are dealing with grief say it really helps them to be around other children who understand what they're going through. Camp Erin provides that experience in cities around the country.

The Capital Region’s biggest hockey rivalry took center ice Saturday.

Nobody said fighting climate change was going to be easy. But I didn’t realize how hard it was until I woke up in the middle of the night wondering why my right arm felt useless. Allow me to explain.