Month: September 2021
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Real Estate
The Best Places to Have Babies
There are many factors to consider when choosing a place to live — things like job opportunities, living costs and…
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Tech
Facebook is headed back to Capitol Hill for another grilling from lawmakers.
Antigone Davis, Facebook’s global head of safety, is expected to face harsh questioning from senators on Thursday morning about Instagram’s…
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Magazine
She Was Training for a Marathon. Suddenly, She Could Barely Walk.
The 47-year-old woman lay in bed, exhausted and in pain. Her longtime partner lay next to her, anxious to do…
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Magazine
Judge John Hodgman on Birthday Traditions
Abigail writes: During birthdays, my mother makes everyone say nice things about the birthday honoree. I am one of four…
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Magazine
Poem: Postlude
In a poem of mine, I once borrowed the lines “If you can’t be free, be a mystery” from Rita…
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Style
Dior and Saint Laurent Play Power Games in Paris
On Tuesday something funny happened on the way through the Tuileries. At one end of the Grand Allée — the…
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Tech
Facebook Releases Internal Research, and Downplays It, on Eve of Hearing
Facebook on Wednesday published two internal research reports about its photo-sharing app, Instagram, and downplayed their conclusions, as the ...
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Health
How Accurate Are At-Home Covid Tests?
In the early months of the pandemic, getting a coronavirus test typically required visiting a health care center, a laboratory…
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Style
Amber Tamblyn Goes Dancing With Bowling Shoes
Amber Tamblyn strode confidently toward the foul line and unleashed a sparkly pink bowling ball toward the waiting pins. Almost…
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Travel
Swimming in an Uncertain Sea
In the muffled quiet, a steady inhale-exhale. A shadow, then a flash of silver. Then the elusive subject of fascination…
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