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Summer college for high schoolers — and even younger

Academic camps at universities help kids transition to college and settle early on majors.

Style

HANDOUT IMAGE: Kevin Pearce's rehab period in 2010 when he was at the Craig Hospital in Denver, Colo.

Do the Olympics glorify danger?

Filmmaker Lucy Walker says we owe it to our athletes to think more seriously about safety.

Magazine

MIAMI - JANUARY 16: Armando Perez, also known as Pitbull, is all smiles as he is awarded the keys to SLAM Miami during a school pep rally on January 16, 2014. Perez has given his support to the school that is located in his old neighborhood. (Photo by Toni L. Sandys/The Washington Post)

Pitbull and his game-changing school

Pitbull is promoting a school that teaches through sports. Maybe that’s how to hook tough-to-reach kids.

Food

Illustration by Mattias Lundin for Food section cover (2/12/14)

Tributes to the things we love

With Valentine’s Day in our sights, we profess our passions for the food, appliances and other things we hold dear:

Wellness

Caption: ZenGo Fitness scenes, taken at the ZenGo Fitness studio in Bethesda, Md. The studio offers a different take on traditional cycling classes - they ask participants to 'dance' on the bike, keeping 
  
Credit: ZenGo Fitness

The science of workout music

Experts say go for songs whose beats per minute match the movement of your exercise.

Weddings & Romance

Date Labbers James and Leandra at Oceanaire Seafood on Jan 15, 2014

As biology students, they’re perfect Date Lab subjects

Will two biology students find they share a certain chemistry?

KidsPost

Guys Read. Other Worlds. Edited by Jon Scieszka. Book cover scan by The Washington Post.

New books aim to get boys reading

New books offer science fiction, ad­ven­ture and a character boys can relate to.

Advice

Carolyn Hax: Is this relationship a waste of time?

She’s happy in a relationship that he told her probably won’t last. Her friends say she’s selling herself short.

Reliable Source

A local go-go producer mixes beats with bills in honor of the 5-year old stimulus

DJ Dyn-O-Might re-imagines Chuck Brown as a singing Uncle Sam.

Travel

NEW ORLEANS, LA - DECEMBER 17: The 160-year-old City Park boasts over 1300-acres of greenery for outdoor activities in New Orleans, LA and seen here on December 17, 2013. (Photo by Chaney Kwak) **MANDATORY CREDIT, NO TRADE, NO SALE, NEWS SERVICE APPROVED**

It’s not easy staying fit in the Big Easy

In the laid-back Big Easy, indulgence is practically a patrimony. So if you want to stay fit, you have to work at it.

Travel coverage

Home & Garden

Lettuces growing in rich organic soil.

Hydroponic’s organic label is all wet

Hydroponic gardening could not be more different from organic gardening if it tried, Barbara Damrosch writes.

Parenting

Family Filmgoer reviews ‘The Wind Rises’

Movie reviews with kids in mind: This week, an Oscar-nominated animated feature from Hayao Miyazaki.