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Summer Is Officially Here. Celebrate With This Tranquil Google Doodle Celebrating the 2018 Summer Solstice

By Mahita Gajanan

Where Did America's Summer Jobs Go?

By Karl Vick / Point Pleasant Beach, N.J.

Joe Biden in a Lifeguard Chair Promptly Rescued the Internet

By Ashley Hoffman

20 Video Games We Can't Wait to Play This Summer

By Matt Peckham
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You Asked: Why Do Summer Colds Feel So Much Worse?

The season for colds is so predictable that virologists can practically circle its start date on a calendar. The first big spike starts "about two weeks after students go back to school in September,” says...

By Markham Heid

First All-Accessible Water Park Opens in Texas

Admission is free for people with disabilities

By Ashley Hoffman

6 Surprising and Refreshing Cocktails for a Summer Soirée

Vodka-tonics and beer need not apply

By Adrienne Stillman

Viral Water Slide Man Is Already the King of Summer

In the world of summer fun, some heroes stand out. Take for example this Jamaica resort guest sliding down a water slide in a video that has fascinated the internet. Traveler Morgan Evick posted a...

By Ashley Hoffman

Students Celebrate End of Year with Huge Paper "Waterfall"

To celebrate the end of the school year, a group of kids at Arizona's Basha High School unleashed a torrent of papers on a stairwell at their school in one giant, seemingly never-ending waterfall of...

By Raisa Bruner

The Best Weather Photos of 2016

TIME looks back on this year's most striking weather photos, from the beautiful to the extreme

By TIME Photo and Kim Bubello

Celebrating New York City's Streetball Culture

One photographer captures the nature of New York City's classic culture of Streetball.

By Kenneth Bachor and Elijah Sinclair Walker

A Day at the Beach: The Photographs That Moved Them Most

10 photographers select their favorite photos of the beach

By Rachel Lowry

A Summer Ritual: Rock Picking in the Midwest

Every year, before corn harvest, kids pick rocks

By Rachel Lowry

How to Talk to Your Kids About Beach Safety

Forget sharks; riptides are much more likely

By Carey Wallace

How to Make Sure Your Kid Gets Enough Sleep This Summer

Vacation offers the perfect opportunity for kids of all ages to adjust their sleep cycle

By Carey Wallace

A Girls' Night Out in New York's Meatpacking District

Dina Litovsky says she knew "right away" what her next project would be when she stepped out into the night scene of New York’s Meatpacking District in 2012. “I saw all the themes laid out...

By Chelsea Matiash

The 11 Grossest Things People Have Found Inside Hot Dogs

The hot dog is a strange food

By Denver Nicks

These Instagrams of Last Night's Rare Strawberry Moon Are Totally Amazing

For the first time in nearly 70 years, a full moon rose on the same day as the summer solstice

By TIME Photo

What a Two-Time Olympic Gold Medalist Learned from a Near-Drowning

There are more benefits from learning to swim than safety

By Cullen Jones

How Nice Weather May Be Undermining Action on Climate Change

Climate change has actually made weather in the U.S. more pleasant, but that will change in the decades to come

By Justin Worland
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