This article contains 10 of what we believe to be the biggest stories we covered throughout the year on SD Times.

Loop earplugs have exploded in popularity recently, and for good reason. Unlike traditional foam earplugs that completely muffle sound, Loop earplugs reduce noise while maintaining sound clarity, ...

The NBA Cup is still pretty new, and basketball fans want to know why they should care. The league took a page out of the European soccer playbook when it implemented the in-season tournament to try ...

Managing your inbox is a never-ending task, which is why we should seek to simplify it as much as possible. When emails pile up, you start overthinking what you need to do—I know I do, anyway. But if ...

Getting good sleep is critical. A 2018 study found that people who sleep for five to six hours are 19 percent less productive than people who regularly sleep for seven to eight hours per night. People ...

Many years ago, I saw a tweet go around that said something like, "You have the same amount of hours in a day as Beyoncé." On the one hand, that was annoying, because while it’s true, I don’t have the ...

In most counting scenarios in Excel, COUNTBLANK reliably counts blank cells, and COUNTA reliably counts populated cells. However, with these functions comes a problematic paradox: an empty string from ...

Kaitlin Sullivan is a health and science journalist based in Colorado. She's been part of multiple award-winning investigations into health topics including the international medical device industry ...