Winter

“Arctic Winter Draws Rare Birds to City, Experts Say”

At this point in the game the possibility of another two inches of snow is something you kind of shrug at and then go about your business, right? You have internalized it now to the extent that you wake up each morning with the default belief that there will be snow falling, about to fall, or having just fallen…

“The bad news: In lieu of a debilitating snowstorm, Washington, Philly, New York, Boston, and points in between will get a lashing of cold rain, which will probably feel like just about the worst thing imaginable if you happen to be caught outside late Wednesday night. Winds could…

The world may or may not end tomorrow (SPOILER: it definitely won’t; we’re not meant to be that fortunate) but autumn certainly will. That’s right, here comes winter. As we make this transition, enjoy these two tracks I associate most with the respective seasons. And welcome in winter. Now at least your soul will be caught up with the calendar.

Why do children who are born in the winter earn less, leave school earlier, and die sooner than their counterparts who are born at other times of the year? A new study by two economists finds that the “percentage of children born to unwed mothers, teenage mothers and…