Decluttering for a Renovation

But I am nearly out of time, and have to make speedy decisions about, say, the melon scooper that I didn’t even know I owned until I dug through this drawer. And the extra apple slicer. For some inexplicable reason we own two — but maybe one will break, so do we keep the spare?…

Where Your Watermelon Came From

“We are really confident in saying this is the closest relative,” Dr. Chomicki said. The Kordofan melon and the modern watermelon most likely arose from a long-ago wild melon, the results suggest. Farmers would have realized this melon was sweeter than others and bred it into new, tasty varieties. Researchers still don’t know, however, who…

When a Good First Impression Lingers

When Christine Sun and Michael Hurwitz first encountered each other, at a party hosted by the University of Virginia business school in 2015, they talked for a few minutes and both came away from the conversation a little surprised. Ms. Sun, who was beginning her second year at the university’s law school, couldn’t really make…