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Why Food Seems to Taste Better When You Eat Outside

43 minutes 36 seconds ago
Food often tastes better outside—even when it’s the exact same sandwich you’d eat at your kitchen table. The bread isn’t fresher. The filling didn’t change. Yet the meal feels like a small event, not just a routine. That shift says a lot about how humans respond to space, senses, and shared experience. Outdoor meals are more than a trend or a hashtag. They tap into basic parts of how we pay attention, how we relax, and how we connect with other people. From picnics

May 19 in History: Anne Boleyn's Execution to the Dark Day in New England

47 minutes 29 seconds ago
On May 19, 1536, Anne Boleyn—queen of England and the second wife of King Henry VIII—was executed at the Tower of London. At the time, her death marked a turning point in a fast-moving political and religious struggle over who would control the English crown and what shape the nation’s church would take. It mattered immediately because it cleared the way for Henry to remarry again in his search for a male heir and strengthened the king’s ability to reshape the rules of

Night Comfort

2 hours 24 minutes ago

The High Low Gallery presents a new exhibition, Night Comfort, featuring works by St. Louis artist Jeremy Rabus, opening Friday, March 27 and running through Sunday, June 14. Night Comfort explores nostalgia through […]

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Myranda Levins

New Trump FCC Plan To ‘Fight Robocalls’ Raises Red Flags And Major Privacy Concerns

2 hours 54 minutes ago
We’ve talked a lot about how Americans have somehow accepted the fact that our voice networks are now saturated with scammers, fraudsters, and robocallers (no, that’s not something that happens in well run, functionally regulated countries). I’ve also explained for years how the U.S. government solutions to the problems are usually ineffective because they’re endlessly […]
Karl Bode

Missouri schools could hire armed ‘rangers’ under bill sent to governor

3 hours 23 minutes ago
A bill to create a new faction of school protection officers with “physical fitness superior to a U.S. Marine” got final approval from Missouri lawmakers in the final days of the legislative session. The legislation seeks to allow schools to hire volunteer or paid guards called “Missouri Rangers” who could carry a gun on school […]
Annelise Hanshaw

Wak’a Garden

3 hours 24 minutes ago

Begin Again: Wak'a Garden is the second installment in Laumeier’s Begin Again series, honoring the Park’s 50-year history of collaborating with artists and supporting new commissions and exhibitions. The organic, amphitheater-shaped sculpture, built […]

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Myranda Levins