Image Jonathan AndersonCreditStuart Wilson/BFC, via Getty Images for The British Fashion Council When men’s fashion week begins Tuesday in Paris, the industry professionals who make the twice-yearly rounds of London, Florence and Milan will encounter something out of the ordinary: an official calendar rich with new entrants. The schedule has been growing, not contracting, like…
Please don’t expect any of the following to make sense. But on Sunday night, a photo of an egg, orange and lightly freckled, beat out Kylie Jenner’s birth announcement as the most-liked Instagram post ever. Is the egg encrusted in diamonds? Does the egg have a popular YouTube channel you’ve never heard of? Is a…
Borax, a naturally occurring mineral, has been an ingredient in cleaning products for decades. It is not safe to ingest. Some people also use it to make children’s toys, such as homemade slime. Borax can be harmful and may cause many serious side effects. In this article, we look at the safety and risks of…
Image No one should be under the impression that marijuana is harmless, but it’s safer than alcohol and tobacco. CreditRick Bowmer/Associated Press Are we underestimating the harms of legalizing marijuana? Those who hold this view have been in the news recently, saying that research shows we are moving too far too fast without understanding the…
Video arcades — those recreational arenas of illuminated screens and 8-bit soundtracks — have been fading from the cultural landscape since the end of the Donkey Kong ’80s. The advent of home video game consoles, hand-held gaming devices and smartphones has all but rendered them relics of a Gen X childhood. Yet somehow, Chinatown Fair…
“If you ask every single child in the United States, what are you most afraid of going to the pediatrician, the answer is needle pokes,” said Dr. Stefan Friedrichsdorf, the medical director of pain medicine and palliative care at Children’s Minnesota. The pain and fear around childhood vaccinations, he said, contributes to the development of…
The death of a child is nearly always devastating and typically followed by an outpouring of support while parents mourn. But when a baby dies before it is born or shortly thereafter, parents are often alone in a hospital with a limited source of comfort and little, if any, opportunity to say goodbye to the…
On a typical weekday, Cameron Weiss spends as many as eight hours huddled over a weathered wooden bench, working with tiny tweezers and screwdrivers, methodically making timepieces by hand. Most of the mechanical models he creates take more than 60 hours to produce and will be sold by retailers like Barneys New York and Mr…
SHIZUKUISHI, Japan — Tucked in the mountains of Iwate Prefecture, more than two hours north of Tokyo by bullet train, is the small town of Shizukuishi, known to watch fans as the cradle of mechanical watchmaking in Japan. That’s because it is the home of the studio that makes several brands of Seiko mechanical watches,…
Award season continues with the Critics’ Choice Awards tonight, which will bring back many of last week’s Golden Globes attendees. Here, what everyone, from Lady Gaga to Regina King to Constance Wu, wore on the red carpet of this year’s second big Los Angeles event.