Past Into Present: 4 Journeys That Changed Us

An African-American resort town in Michigan, circa 1970; a raucous family road trip from Kansas City, Mo., to New York state; a bittersweet return to Hyderabad, India; and a college student’s self-discovery in Australia: Four New York Times Travel contributors share their memories of trips that still impart a sense of wonder and hope. ImageThe…

Restoring a 150-Year-Old Farmhouse

Heide Hendricks and Rafe Churchill first saw their new home in the early aughts: an 1871 farmhouse with a big red barn and stone walls, sitting on 33 acres of field and forest so idyllic it looked like something out of a storybook. “It was like a fairy-tale setting,” said Ms. Hendricks, 52. “It was…

Dancing With My Mortality

Who would have thought we’d all be living in fear of making a grocery run, picking up a package or accidentally getting closer than six feet to another human? The fear, of course, is that an encounter with the coronavirus will set you on a path that could lead to dying. It’s a path a…

Coronavirus Is Forcing Medical Research to Speed Up

As scientists race to understand the coronavirus, the process of designing experiments, collecting data and submitting studies to journals for expert review is being compressed drastically. What typically takes many months is happening in weeks, even as some journals are receiving double their normal number of submissions. Science, one of the world’s most selective research…