New Year's resolutions are a way of refreshing someone's life every year. Making resolutions gives people a fresh start, most people choose resolutions about health topics: like dieting, going to the gym, and even improving sleep. This tradition dates back to thousands of years ago, starting with the Babylonians. This tradition has inspired many Americans today to start the year in good health, and to drop bad habits.

The majority of Americans celebrate this tradition of making resolutions for the new year, but what are the benefits? Not only is it fun to create new goals, it also helps the welfare of Americans. Countless people have unhealthy habits like eating fast food, not exercising, drinking more pop than water, and not sleeping well. This tradition inspires people to strive to be their best selves for the new year, starting their year fresh. 

Unfortunately, studies show that 88% of Americans quit their new journey in the first two weeks. What if we kept our resolutions through the whole year though? Another study shows that if Americans kept their goals for at least half the year, it would not only improve your health, it would also save money.

So, the next time you want to drop your New Year's resolutions, keep them because they are proven to help with your health and well being. To help keep these goals, make them attainable, and try not to give up on them too easily. Keep goals small, and this will help with the pressure that makes 88% of Americans want to terminate their goals.

The business world is buzzing with big decisions, big deals, and big changes this week.

One of the biggest stories comes from ExxonMobil — the oil giant just announced that it has raised its corporate plan through 2030. The company says it expects stronger earnings, stronger cash flow, and greater returns. That suggests ExxonMobil believes it’s positioned well for the future, even as the world debates energy, climate, and the need for sustainability. 

Meanwhile, in the media and entertainment world, a dramatic showdown is unfolding. Paramount Skydance has launched a hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), offering $30 per share in cash — more than Netflix, Inc.’s earlier offer. Paramount’s bid aims to purchase the entire company, shaking up what looked like a more straightforward Netflix merger. This battle has raised questions: which offer will WBD accept? And what does this mean for streaming, movie studios, and how people watch entertainment in the future? 

At the same time, there’s a broader shift shaping how companies operate. Across many industries, businesses are investing in automation, artificial intelligence (AI), and data — aiming to increase efficiency, reduce costs, and adapt to changing markets. That means companies are rethinking how they do business: supply chains, hiring, technology, even how consumers are served. 

So, what does all this mean for ordinary people — including students who might one day enter this business world? First, it shows how unpredictable business can be: big companies make bold moves, but also face big risks. Second, it highlights how important technology and planning have become. Finally, it shows that what happens in big boardrooms — mergers, strategy changes, investment in AI — can eventually affect jobs, prices, and even how we consume media and energy.

In short: the business world isn’t quiet — it’s being reshaped. And as young people, it’s smart to watch what’s happening.

Researchers have recently reported multiple experimental breakthroughs that suggest Alzheimer’s disease — long considered progressively irreversible — may in fact be reversible, at least under certain conditions and in animal models.

One of the most dramatic advances comes from a team co-led by the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) and West China Hospital Sichuan University. They engineered “supramolecular” nanoparticles (i.e., nanoparticles that are therapeutic in themselves, not just drug carriers) which target the brain’s vascular interface — the blood-brain barrier (BBB) — and thereby restore the brain’s natural ability to clear the toxic protein amyloid‑β (Aβ). After only three doses of the treatment in Alzheimer’s-model mice, Aβ levels dropped by roughly 50–60% within an hour and the animals showed long-term behavioural recovery.  

A professional musician, Denise Bacon, 65, was diagnosed with Parkinson's in 2014 which greatly affected her ability to do everyday tasks such as walking, eating, and even playing her “beloved” clarinet. Her diagnosis forced her to step down from her position in the concert band she played for. There is no onset cure for Parkinson’s disease, but there are procedures that could lessen the effects it has on one's person. The big goal for Bacon was to allow her to play her instrument again, and maybe even get her back into her concert band. “If I can go back to playing clarinet, that will make a huge difference to my quality of life,” Bacon told her neurosurgeon, Keyoumars Ashkan, before the surgery. 

Thus, Bacon underwent a procedure known as Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) as the results of this procedure are instant. The doctors had Bacon play her clarinet as they stimulated her brain, one electrode at a time, as there was a stimulation device in her chest which monitored her brain activity and could be adjusted when needed. Bacon was awake for the entirety of the surgery so as to allow the doctors to analyze her improvement as the surgery trudged on. “You can, on the table, immediately see the effect of the surgery,” Ashkan said. In Bacon's case, as soon as the electrode was placed, doctors witnessed her finger movement become immediately better. As of November 2025, doctors say she is getting more and more mobile each day and slowly returning to hobbies such as swimming and hiking.