| | | | | | | | iPads > Potted Plants | | Inside the New Apple Retail Store Design | | Fifteen years after opening its first location, the company is trying to reboot the customer experience and, hopefully, re-ignite iPhone sales. | | | | | | | | | | With the lighting of the torch set to take place in less than three months, a handful of medical experts are calling for the games to be postponed or moved, citing the risk of globalizing a Zika epidemic mostly limited to the Americas. But many health experts say the games should go forward, and insurance probably wouldn't cover postponement. For Brazil, any changes may further destabilize the troubled nation. | | | | | | One day eggs are bad, next day they're good. Or good in moderation. Who knows? The science changes and the process for setting guidelines is rather murky, involving not only nutritionists and doctors but also the food industry and its many lobbyists. Realistically, you probably won't check the saturated fat on every single thing you buy at the grocery store, so instead, here's some real talk on why U.S. dietary guidelines keep changing—and how to read them. | | | | | | Since it introduced seeds in 2002, Bayer has become the world's third-biggest seller of crop products. But in the past year, the German chemical giant has seen that position threatened as a flurry of acquisitions sweeps the industry. Bayer's solution? Buy its way into the No. 1 spot. The company has its eye on purchasing Monsanto, which would give it more than 2,000 varieties of seeds for crops such as corn, soybeans, and wheat—not to mention a virtually unassailable position. | | | | | | Wipe that judgy look off your face. | | | | | | About one in five American students graduating this year who carry debt said they used student loans to pay for expenses like vacations and dining out, according to a new poll. (Undergrads finishing college in 2014 owed an average of $28,950 in student debt.) And it's not illegal: Once money is in students' hands, there's no control to ensure they're spending it on textbooks. | | | | | | | | Free Range Hens, Locked Up Chefs | | This May Be the World's Best Prison Food | | The chefs and waiters here are prisoners at a high security jail in the U.K., housing murderers and drug dealers. The inmates learn how to cook (think confit chicken, fondant potato, roast carrots and curried bread sauce) and serve the paying public, who have applied in advance and received security clearance. Each diner must bring a passport or driving license and be fingerprinted. Tipping and mobile phones are banned, which makes for a rather pleasant dining room. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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