Signs of the -- are everywhere, and Singaporeans aren’t happy about it.

For months, eateries, libraries, and hospitals across the island nation handed out small, often brightly colored stickers to visitors who could show proof of vaccination or who attested they were -free. After clearing the entry checkpoints, people wore the stickers while inside the venues.

Outside, scores of discarded badges ended up stuck to railings, walls, signs, traffic-light posts—practically any surface within arm’s reach, even plants. Some of the rules were eased recently, but the unwanted - souvenirs remain.

Signs of the -- are everywhere, and Singaporeans aren’t happy about it.

For months, eateries, libraries, and hospitals across the island nation handed out small, often brightly colored stickers to visitors who could show proof of vaccination or who attested they were -free. After clearing the entry checkpoints, people wore the stickers while inside the venues.

Outside, scores of discarded badges ended up stuck to railings, walls, signs, traffic-light posts—practically any surface within arm’s reach, even plants. Some of the rules were eased recently, but the unwanted - souvenirs remain.

Mercury retrograde is one of the best-known astrological events, a time when the planet Mercury appears to move backward—an illusion caused when it laps Earth’s orbit. Astrology adherents usually organize their schedules around it to dodge planetary-induced chaos.

Now, their calendars are getting trickier: This year, the retrograde will occur four times instead of the usual three. People who believe in bad luck foresee an extra spell of it and are having to rejigger parties, trips and projects.

The next retrograde is expected to hit between May 10 and June 2. 

Mercury retrograde is one of the best-known astrological events, a time when the planet Mercury appears to move backward—an illusion caused when it laps Earth’s orbit. Astrology adherents usually organize their schedules around it to dodge planetary-induced chaos.

Now, their calendars are getting trickier: This year, the retrograde will occur four times instead of the usual three. People who believe in bad luck foresee an extra spell of it and are having to rejigger parties, trips and projects.

The next retrograde is expected to hit between May 10 and June 2. 

Want to live an extra seven years? Think nice things about old people.

A new book on the psychology of aging argues that positive beliefs about growing old can add an average seven-and-a-half years to a person’s lifespan. Such good thoughts give the mind greater power over longevity than steps like lowering blood pressure (which adds roughly four years, according to the book), cutting cholesterol (four years), quitting smoking (three years) or losing weight (one year).

Becca Levy’s “Breaking the Age Code: How Your Beliefs About Aging Determine How Long & Well You Live,” uses scientific research to explore the impact of negative age beliefs on memory and hearing loss, cardiovascular issues and dementia.

Want to live an extra seven years? Think nice things about old people.

A new book on the psychology of aging argues that positive beliefs about growing old can add an average seven-and-a-half years to a person’s lifespan. Such good thoughts give the mind greater power over longevity than steps like lowering blood pressure (which adds roughly four years, according to the book), cutting cholesterol (four years), quitting smoking (three years) or losing weight (one year).

Becca Levy’s “Breaking the Age Code: How Your Beliefs About Aging Determine How Long & Well You Live,” uses scientific research to explore the impact of negative age beliefs on memory and hearing loss, cardiovascular issues and dementia.

Elon Musk went full-on corporate raider a week into his rolling clash with Twitter Inc., offering a $43 billion bid for the company and warning he might sell his stake in the service if rebuffed.

The Thursday offer was the latest in a will-he-or-won’t-he saga between the world’s richest person and the social-media service. The offer was at once serious—Mr. Musk disclosed it in a federal filing—and at the same time tinged with humor, as the offer was for $54.20 per share, a barely veiled reference.

Elon Musk went full-on corporate raider a week into his rolling clash with Twitter Inc., offering a $43 billion bid for the company and warning he might sell his stake in the service if rebuffed.

The Thursday offer was the latest in a will-he-or-won’t-he saga between the world’s richest person and the social-media service. The offer was at once serious—Mr. Musk disclosed it in a federal filing—and at the same time tinged with humor, as the offer was for $54.20 per share, a barely veiled reference.

On a bustling, tree-lined block outside downtown Omaha sits a modest home with a wood-shake roof and brown-and-white striped window awnings. If its walls could talk, they’d tell the origin story of Omaha’s most famous man, billionaire Warren Buffett.  

On an arched door in the sunroom of the home is Mr. Buffett’s signature along with the words: “The birthplace of Buffett Associates May 1956.” In the mid-1950s, the property was home to Mr. Buffett, nicknamed the Oracle of Omaha for his investor acumen and now one of the world’s richest men. The house served as a makeshift office for one of Mr. Buffett’s first solo investment funds, Buffett Associates. Now, nearly seven decades later, the three-bedroom house is coming on the market for $799,000.

On a bustling, tree-lined block outside downtown Omaha sits a modest home with a wood-shake roof and brown-and-white striped window awnings. If its walls could talk, they’d tell the origin story of Omaha’s most famous man, billionaire Warren Buffett.  

On an arched door in the sunroom of the home is Mr. Buffett’s signature along with the words: “The birthplace of Buffett Associates May 1956.” In the mid-1950s, the property was home to Mr. Buffett, nicknamed the Oracle of Omaha for his investor acumen and now one of the world’s richest men. The house served as a makeshift office for one of Mr. Buffett’s first solo investment funds, Buffett Associates. Now, nearly seven decades later, the three-bedroom house is coming on the market for $799,000.