THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Humans have long wrestled with their conscience about killing and eating animals. The “meat paradox” (the conflict between people’s preference for meat and their concern for animals) may have inspired cave paintings from 37,000 years ago. Since then, many leading thinkers have eschewed…
Wireless headphones are the default these days, and there are roughly one gazillion of them (and counting). We do our best to test them all, but not everything we test can make the big list. Here are some other great options worth trying. Soundcore Space A40 for $60: Even though they’ve moved off our main…
Still, only a tiny fraction of adults over 40 with hearing difficulties have purchased an OTC hearing aid, according to a July 2023 survey from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. A major barrier is likely still cost, says Lindsay Creed, AuD, associate director of audiology practices at ASHA, though the introduction of a hearing aids feature…
The buy now, pay later industry is best known for its no-interest, no-fee “pay-in-four” loans, which consumers pay back in four installments over about two months. Because pay-in-fours don’t require the kind of “hard” credit check that can affect one’s credit score, these loans are often approved in seconds. Buy now, pay later companies also…