Winter is a 4-year-old chocolate-colored llama with spindly legs, ever-so-slightly askew ears and envy-inducing eyelashes. Some scientists hope she might be an important figure in the fight against the novel coronavirus. She is not a superpowered camelid. Winter was simply the lucky llama chosen by researchers in Belgium, where she lives, to participate in a…
All viruses mutate, and the coronavirus is no exception. But there is no compelling evidence yet that it is evolving in a way that has made it more contagious or more deadly. A preprint study — posted online, but not published in a scientific journal and not yet peer-reviewed — has set the internet afire…
ImageA scene of home schooling in Roseville, Minn., in March.Credit…Leila Navidi/Star Tribune, via Associated Press Home schooling, the new parental chore brought about by coronavirus lockdowns, is being handled disproportionately by women, according to a new poll by Morning Consult for The New York Times. Fathers don’t necessarily agree — nearly half of those with…
There’s a raging debate in our house about whether congee — also called jook — is a breakfast porridge or a dinner-worthy soup. The answer, of course, is both. At its most basic, congee is made from nothing more than rice and water, simmered long and slow until the grains burst and release their starch,…
Women have lower rates of childbirth after a cesarean section. A new study suggests that this is not by choice, but appears to be an effect of the C-section itself. Researchers followed 2,021 women after delivering their first babies, 599 of whom had C-sections. The women reported the number of months they had unprotected sex…
Courtesy of Mary Katrantzou With the post office under threat, it may well be up to us to save snail mail, like, as a concept. Thank goodness for London designer Mary Katrantzou, who is tapping into our collective nostalgia for the glory days of letter writing with her postage stamp-printed collection and corresponding campaign celebrating…
The Carnival Corporation, the giant cruise company widely criticized for its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, announced on Monday that some of its ships may begin sailing again as soon as August. For months, lawmakers and epidemiologists have blamed Carnival for failing to contain outbreaks on its ships and spreading the virus across the world.…
Good morning. Pete Wells has a terrific story in The Times today about a surprising development in the quarantine many of us are living under still: Americans are cooking a lot of fish. With no restaurants to visit for shrimp scampi (above), broiled salmon, fried squid or sole meunière, we’re turning to the homemade variety…
Six Bedrooms on the Coast of Prince Edward Island $1.67 MILLION (2.35 MILLION CANADIAN DOLLARS) This six-bedroom, 6,500-square-foot house sits on the eastern edge of rural Prince Edward Island, Canada’s smallest province. Built in 2008, the cedar-shingled home overlooks the Northumberland Strait near Basin Head Provincial Park, known for its white-sand beaches. The grassy nine-acre…
Here’s what you need to know: ImageLuxury stores on a street in Milan last week. The Italian economy is predicted to shrink by more than 9 percent this year.Credit…Alessandro Grassani for The New York Times A deep recession and ballooning unemployment in Europe darken the global economic picture. The European Union’s economy is set to shrink…