It felt like a fat soccer ball to the stomach when my friends asked over drinks — back in January — where my boyfriend (of nearly 15 years; we live together) was working these days. “Oh. Um. I think for some health care company?” I felt a little ashamed (I should know this!), a little proud…
Restaurants across the city and nation have converted to takeout and delivery-only mode. Most have made á la carte menus available, but there are some places that are taking a more creative approach with special meal packages and larger family-style dinners. They’re convenient for feeding one, two or a family, and often, there are leftovers…
Anita Tandon and Sujit Chakravarthy, parents of three young children, ages 3 months to 7 years old, have taken extreme measures to keep order in their home during quarantine. “At 9 o’clock, school’s in session and I stop being ‘Mommy,’” said Ms. Tandon, who runs a marketing advisory firm in Burlingame, Calif. “They have to…
In the age of coronavirus, many of us have transformed overnight from office workers into telecommuters. And we are increasingly relying on videoconferencing apps like Zoom and FaceTime to correspond with our peers. But inevitably, with our homes and workplaces merging into one, the boundaries between our personal and professional lives are beginning to erode…
For those of us sheltering at home because of coronavirus and unable to visit the gym or otherwise weight train — which, right now, is most of us — a new study of the inner workings of our muscles should be heartening. It finds that if muscles have been trained in the past, they seem…
Somehow, when I think of crepes, I automatically see a guy in a tuxedo flaming a copper pan of Cointreau tableside. White gloves, silver utensils, a heavy and starched tablecloth. Crêpes suzette — butter, sugar and orange liqueur — was the go-to move of my parents’ generation for capping off special dinner parties; I remember…
This briefing is no longer updating. You can find the latest coronavirus news here. Here’s what you need to know: ImagePedestrians and traffic on Fulton Street in Brooklyn.Credit…Demetrius Freeman for The New York Times White House: Anyone who has left New York should self-quarantine. Experts on the White House Coronavirus Task Force expressed alarm on…
The worldwide spread of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and its associated respiratory disease COVID-19 proceeds at a highly dynamic pace. The Leopoldina has convened an interdisciplinary group of scientists to investigate the current situation. The resulting ad-hoc statement ‘Coronavirus Pandemic in Germany: Challenges and Options for Intervention’ discusses potential health policy options to counter the coronavirus…
It is estimated that every year, over 100,000 human deaths can be attributed to snakebite from the world’s 700 venomous snake species – all inflicted in self-defence when the snakes feel threatened by encroaching humans. However, a new piece of research concludes that snake venom did not evolve as a defence mechanism. Senior Lecturer Dr…
On average, women live longer than men: About 90% of people reaching 110 years old or more are women. The current record holder is Jeanne Calment, who was 122 years old, when she died in 1997. Now a new study shows, that even greater differences in lifespan are found in wild mammals. The average female…