Swimming in indoor or outdoor pools is a healthy form of exercise and recreation for many people. However, studies have linked compounds that arise from chlorine disinfection of the pools to respiratory problems, including asthma, in avid swimmers. Now, researchers reporting in ACS’ Environmental Science & Technology have found that using a complementary form of…
Some of the planet’s rarest metals – used in the manufacture of smartphones and other electrical equipment – are increasingly being found in everyday consumer plastics, according to new research. Scientists from the University of Plymouth and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign tested a range of new and used products including children’s toys, office equipment…
A technology executive in California has apologized for hosting a conference in Culver City after which two dozen attendees and staff members at the event tested positive for the coronavirus. The executive, Peter H. Diamandis, was among those who contracted the coronavirus. He hosted the conference — an annual summit for a paid-membership group called…
“And I also thought it is important to have people of different ages and races represented,” added Audrey, who, like her brother, is Asian. (Their mother, Rachel, a nurse researcher who volunteered for a vaccine trial, asked that their last names be withheld for privacy reasons.) Overall, the teen trials may be less diverse, because…
Lady M, the chain of sleek bakeries known for its multilayered cakes made of crepes, has added candies to its inventory. They’re tiny bites of gummies and chocolates nestled in oblong boxes. Among the 16 varieties created by Olivia Niddam, a French confectioner, and the company’s chief executive Ken Romaniszyn, are mixed wild berry, banana-marshmallow,…
This new ice cream from McConnell’s in Santa Barbara, Calif., is especially craveable. It’s creamy, thickly veined with molten praline, lightly accented with mellow Garrison Brothers Texas bourbon and studded with salt-roasted caramelized pecans. Give it the affogato treatment with a splash of the bourbon. McConnell’s Fine Ice Creams Garrison Brothers Whiskey and Pecan Pralines,…
Crisp, rectangular fonio chips, made from a West African heirloom grain, are the latest from Yolélé, a Brooklyn company that makes and sells African foods. There are four iterations: Afro-Funk, made with dawadawa (fermented locust beans) and ginger, are moderately spicy; Greens!, made with moringa and baobab, are tart; ruddy Yassa!, flavored with chile, onion…
These days, a number of virtual cooking classes for children and families are taking a global approach. A new course, Noodle Passport, designed by the caterer Great Performances and the nonprofit Sylvia Center, an educational facility based in the Bronx and the Hudson Valley, consists of six hourlong interactive lessons. They cover noodle dishes from…
The making of the Grey, a Savannah, Ga., restaurant in an Art Deco former Greyhound bus terminal, is a tale worth telling. And the two partners — Mashama Bailey, a chef from New York (though she spent some of her childhood in Savannah) who once cooked at Prune, and John O. Morisano, an entrepreneur from…
“The ZIP code data not only provides a map of where New Yorkers are being vaccinated, but also a road map to our Covid response,” Dr. Easterling said. Also on Tuesday, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo released data that showed white people were being vaccinated at a higher rate than expected based on their eligible population…