What Does Gratitude Do For Your Health? What the Science Shows
Giving, receiving and even witnessing gratitude can improve your well-being, especially during difficult times.
Aggressive Skating, Like Other 1990s Trends, Is Re-emerging
He will be a sophomore in high school this fall and regularly goes to the skate park on Monday nights, where he shares the pavement with aggressive skaters of various ages and skill levels. Lately, he has been bringing his younger sisters. “We skate until they turn the lights off,” he said, adding that his…
New York Nico Celebrates the City’s Colorful Side
More Than Likes is a series about social media personalities who are trying to do positive things for their communities. Before he was New York Nico (handle: @newyorknico), the popular social-media documentarian of New York’s quirks and characters, Nicolas Heller was the “mayor of 16th Street” — at age 3. On his walk home from…
The Marriage Proposal That Wasn’t
Bob Morris could tell that something was changing with his elderly father: His car was clean, his manners had improved and he had a shine in his eyes. He had a new “lady friend.” Her name was Arlene. Arlene loved Bob’s father, but she also set clear boundaries with him. She didn’t want to care…
Zucchini Recipes Our Readers Love
There are few ingredients as synonymous with summer abundance as zucchini. As the season progresses, supermarkets, farm stands and home gardens burst with this summer squash, challenging even the most proficient home cooks to keep thinking of creative ways to use it all up. So to help keep things fresh, here are 11 of New…
Is It Safe to Go for a Run in Wildfire Smoke?
Yes, it’s Global Running Day. No, you probably shouldn’t go for a run today. The New York Road Runners canceled all its Global Running Day-related events on Wednesday as smoke from wildfires in Canada drifted over large parts of the United States. “If you’re in NYC or any affected area, please read and follow your…
Apple Knows You Didn’t Mean to Type ‘Ducking’
Apple on Monday announced an updated autocorrect function that aims to more accurately reflect users’ intended word choices, pleasing customers whose attempts to swear in texts have long been replaced with “duck” or “ducking” (and freeing innocent waterfowl from their unfortunate association with an obscenity). “In those moments where you just want to type a…
When Politics Saves Lives: a Good-News Story
Here is something I don’t write about very often: a situation in which unpredictable, seemingly irrational politics saved millions of the poorest and most vulnerable people on earth. In a recent blog post, Justin Sandefur, a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development, a think tank based in Washington, D.C., examined the record of…
How to Plan a No Alcohol Wedding
A year ago, when my daughter got married, we all had to navigate through more than the usual pitfalls in wedding planning. Our family’s goal was to protect my daughter, Chrisoula Markoulakis, 32, who was newly sober and to honor my future son-in-law, Josh Shargel, also 32, who had put in seven years of work…
Satoshi Kuwata of Setchu Wins the LVMH Prize, Fashion’s Biggest Young Designer Award
The News Satoshi Kuwata, the Japanese designer and founder of Setchu, a brand that bridges East and West, craft and transformation, has won the 2023 LVMH Prize for Young Designers, the largest and most prestigious such award in the fashion industry. He will receive 400,000 euros (about $429,000) and a year of mentoring from an LVMH…