Personal technology was so awful this year that nobody would think you were paranoid if you dug a hole and buried your computer, phone and smart speaker under six feet of earth. Facebook made headlines week after week for failing to protect our privacy and for spreading misinformation. Juul, the e-cigarette company under investigation for…
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Image A vaccination team administering the Ebola vaccine to residents of the Kanyihunga district in Congo, starting with those who had recent contact with Alphonsine Kahindo Kambere, the most recent local victim.CreditDiana Zeyneb Alhindawi for The New York Times LUSEGHE, Democratic Republic of Congo — Four health workers threaded their way cautiously down a steep…
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Courtesy Citizens of Humanity I spent a few years searching for the perfect pair of vintage Levis: high-waisted, light wash, make-your-butt-look-perfect. I bought several pairs in this shopping quest, and deluded myself into thinking that they worked. But really, they were either too big and made me look dumpy, or far too small around my…
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Because marriage is an ever-evolving experience, we constantly shift, change and, in some cases, start over. In It’s No Secret, couples share thoughts about commitment and tell us what they have learned along the way. Who Paula Martiesian, 64, and Ken Carpenter, 65. Occupations She is a painter, he is a musician (mostly jazz) and…
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In the beauty world, women of varied skin tones can now find the right foundations. But can they also find the right skin-care products? If you were to ask some beauty experts, the answer would be yes, but not as easily. “The truth is that a woman of color faces different concerns and at different…
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MIAMI BEACH — The image was arresting. Screened on a wall of the Freehand Miami hotel, it showed a bikini-clad woman playing volleyball on the beach. The blowup itself was not extraordinary, except that its subject was black. That photograph, first published in Ebony and Jet magazines in the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s and now…
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For the biggest, and last, bash of the year, or for whatever shindigs you have on the calendar this winter, you may tell yourself you need a festive new frock. But do you really? A little strategic spending will freshen up last season’s LBD, the one before that or the one before that. And who…
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In early December, researchers at DeepMind, the artificial-intelligence company owned by Google’s parent corporation, Alphabet Inc., filed a dispatch from the frontiers of chess. A year earlier, on Dec. 5, 2017, the team had stunned the chess world with its announcement of AlphaZero, a machine-learning algorithm that had mastered not only chess but shogi, or…
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Image From top right: Lanterns for sale at the Luang Prabang night market; view from a boat cruise on the Nam Ou River; local Buddhists waiting outside Wat Sene to hand out morning alms to monks in Luang Prabang; weaving a cotton scarf in Na Yang village. CreditJada Yuan/The New York Times Our columnist, Jada…
DetailsThe combination of a common cancer drug and another cancer medication is more effective than some standalone drugs in stopping the progression of colorectal cancer. It also reduces unpleasant side effects. A new study identifies a way to improve colorectal cancer treatment using existing drugs. Dr. Richard Goldberg, director of the West Virginia University Cancer…
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