Alexandra Sifferlin

Alexandra Sifferlin is a writer and producer for TIME Healthland. She is a graduate from the Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism.

Articles from Contributor

Sort by  
Tim Robberts / Getty Images

Why the Cool Kids in Teen Novels Always Curse too Much

Do you know what your kids are reading?

Jack Kightlinger / White House / Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images

Top 10 Famous Love Letters

A “Happy Valentine’s Day” text message? Please. True romantics turn to pen and paper. Check out history’s sweetest love letters

Ahn Young-joon / AP

‘Death Beads’: South Korea’s New Way to Honor the Deceased

As an alternative to traditional burial methods, South Koreans are taking relatives’ ashes and transforming them into shiny blue-green, pink or black beads.

Joseph Puchinger / imagebroker / Alamy

Adolf Hitler’s ‘Wolf Lair’ Is Now Up for Rent

The Polish Forestry Service hopes it will become a tourist attraction.

ERIC GAILLARD / REUTERS

‘Morality Police’ Officers Give Barbie Dolls the Boot in Iran

The iconic blonde is no longer allowed on toy-store shelves nationwide.

KIM WESTERSKOV / GETTY IMAGES

The Milky Way Is a Snowy White, Astronomers Say

It is described as a “spring snow at an hour after sunrise or before sunset.” Sounds pretty nice to us.

Black Astrum

Networking for the One Percent: Company Offers Diamond-Studded Business Cards

Really want to make an impression at a job interview? Try handing out a business card worth $1500.

SAUL LOEB / AFP / GETTY IMAGES

Doomsday Clock Pushed One Minute Closer to Midnight

According to scientists, we are now (figuratively) five minutes away from complete global destruction.

SHANNON STAPLETON / REUTERS

Want to Dress like Rick Santorum? Now You Can, for Just $100

For a pretty penny, you can rock the sweater vest like the GOP candidate turned fashionista. As the campaign says, “don’t let sleeves slow you down.”

MARTIN HARVEY / GETTY IMAGES

‘Extinct’ Giant Tortoise: Still Kicking After All These Years?

Presumed extinct for over 150 years, researchers say a subspecies of giant tortoise might still be roaming the Galápagos islands