It’s easy to look back on fashions and hairstyles of yesterday and think, “What?” (Or perhaps, more honestly, “Why?”) But one woman is more interested in the “how.” As in: “How did Roman women make their hair look like that?”   Meet Janet Stephens, a hairdresser from Baltimore. Like a superhero of the coiffe, she […]

A new study from researchers at Azabu University in Japan suggests that house cats’ gut microbiomes and hormones like cortisol, oxytocin and testosterone may explain why some felines get along well with each other and others are more aloof. “Cats are solitary and territorial, but they have evolved to acquire the abilities and skills to […]