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Partnership for Food Safety Education seeks applicants for fellowships

The non-profit Partnership for Food Safety Education is looking for applicants for two different fellowships — the Evaluation Fellowship and the Food and Tech Council Fellowship. The application deadline is Feb. 28. The non-profit Partnership for Food Safety Education (PFSE) is the creator and steward of Fight BAC!®, a consumer education program that empowers households…

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17 Relationship Red Flags You Should Pay Attention To

Despite what tweeters waving their red-flag emojis across the internet may suggest, red flags in a relationship aren’t merely (hilarious) pet peeves or conflicting preferences—leaving used floss around the house, hating dessert, not liking cats, really liking cats. But they’re not always obvious deal-breakers, either. Yes, some red flags are redder than others, and certain…

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How health care is turning into a consumer product

TECH AND health care have a fraught relationship. On January 3rd Elizabeth Holmes, founder of Theranos, a startup that once epitomised the promise of combining Silicon Valley’s dynamism with a stodgy health-care market, was convicted of lying to investors about the capabilities of her firm’s blood-testing technology. Yet look beyond Theranos, which began to implode…

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Disney, Netflix, Apple: is anyone winning the streaming wars?

A TEENAGED GIRL who periodically transforms into a giant panda is the improbable star of “Turning Red”, a coming-of-age movie from Disney due out next month. The world’s biggest media company, which will celebrate its 100th birthday next year, is no adolescent. But Disney is going through some awkward changes of its own as it…

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