Why Does Coffee Make Me Poop?
It’s not clear why coffee can stimulate a bowel movement, but the speed of this effect suggests it’s mediated by the brain.
The Guccis Are Really Not Happy About ‘House of Gucci’
The fractious Gucci family, whose internecine power struggles famously helped it lose the company Guccio Gucci founded in 1921, has finally found common cause once again. The reason for the family’s reunification: “House of Gucci,” the 24-carat camp drama framed in pigskin about the murder of the family scion Maurizio Gucci. The film, starring Lady…
A Walk Down the Aisle Tainted by Illness
Looking back at photos from my wedding, I see the ghost of someone I didn’t know, someone who spooked me. Whatever my body was carrying around, refusing to let go, has forever tainted that day. After our wedding, it took about a year to feel the strength of my body again. As the illness ran…
Counterfeit Covid Masks Are Still Sold Everywhere
The domestic industry’s woes extend beyond the consumer mask market. In recent months, the medical supply giants that serve the country’s large hospital systems have eagerly resumed buying lower cost protective equipment from overseas. The companies, among them McKesson, Henry Schein and Cardinal Health, have been lobbying the Biden administration to retain a tariff exemption…
With Scant Information on Omicron, Biden Turned to Travel Ban to Buy Time
WASHINGTON — By the time President Biden was briefed on the emergence of a fast-moving new Covid variant on the morning after Thanksgiving, he had a choice to make — and little information to base it on. In a secure conference call from a vacation compound overlooking Nantucket Harbor, the president listened as his health…
Adolfo, Designer Who Dressed Nancy Reagan, Dies at 98
Adolfo, who achieved international fashion fame as one of Nancy Reagan’s favorite designers during her years as first lady and who dressed many of society’s most prominent women for almost three decades, died on Saturday at his home in Manhattan He was 98. The death was confirmed by Joann Palumbo, his lawyer. She also confirmed…
Letter From Catherine the Great Shows Her Support for Inoculations
As smallpox outbreaks ravaged communities in the 18th century, one of the first people in Russia to embrace a precursor to vaccines was Catherine the Great, the empress famed for promoting the latest knowledge in the arts and sciences from her throne. Catherine’s support for an early form of inoculation is captured in a letter…
Virgil Abloh Shocked the System
Right out of the gate after being hired as artistic director of Louis Vuitton mens’s wear, Virgil Abloh scored a whopping commercial hit with an iridescent plastic tote bag, or “keepall,” he called the Prism. In the hours since Mr. Abloh’s death at 41, of a rare cancer, was made public, people struggled to characterize…
What Is Cardiac Angiosarcoma?
Virgil Abloh, the celebrated fashion designer, died at 41 after being diagnosed with the rare cancer. Here’s what we know about it.
Cornish Pasties and More at the DeKalb Market
Home-baked fruit pies were a way of life for Jerry Brimeyer, who grew up on an Iowa farm. Later, when business took him to England, he discovered Cornish pasties, the savory hand pies wrapped in flaky pastry. He’s joined the two at Oggie’s, his addition to DeKalb Market in Brooklyn. He sells assorted pasties and…