Oklahoma News Briefs, Dec. 19, 2014

Loads of research support the mental and physical benefits of taking time off work, impacting everything from your heart to your ability to be emotionally resilient, not to mention happiness. Welcome to Work Smarter, Fast Company‘s newsletter on career, leadership, and productivity advice. You can sign up to receive this newsletter every week here.

Meg Jay wrote the book on treatments for twentysomethings. She explains how young adult brains are more likely to think catastrophically—and feel negatively—than those of older adults, and they have less experience managing those thoughts and feelings. Meg Jay is a developmental clinical psychologist specializing in young adult mental health. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, and on NPR and BBC.

If Lamar or Drake have evidence that what they’ve said is substantially true, it is not defamation. The feud between rappers Drake and Kendrick Lamar reached a fever pitch recently, with both dissing each other in songs featuring harsh accusations. This kind of beef between rap artists isn’t new, but the severity of the insults traded in this feud has galvanized fans and the attention of the broader public.

Older adults are the most likely to die from extreme heat, and this crisis will worsen in the coming years. A deadly heat wave gripped large regions of Asia for weeks in April and May 2024. As temperatures climbed past 110 degrees Fahrenheit in India on May 7, campaigning politicians, local news announcers, and voters waiting in long lines passed out from the oppressive heat.

Galloway’s formula has four key components: stoicism, focus, time and diversification. Open most personal finance books, and you will find the usual tips like how to maximize credit card rewards or get a bank fee waived.

Enlarge / 2023 marked the first sighting of a yellow-legged hornet in the United States, sparking fears that it may spread and devastate honeybees as it has in parts of Europe. (credit: Miguel Riopa/AFP via Getty Images) In early August 2023, a beekeeper near the port of Savannah, Georgia, noticed some odd activity around his hives.