Back in 2009, while he was still training to become an architect, Daniel Toole listened intently as a friend’s parents mused about building a modern house next to their traditional home in Seattle. The couple, Liliane and Michael Flacco, had an extra-wide lot and used much of it for a large garden. But after raising…
The only patients deemed more difficult than insistent patients like Sal were his opposites: patients so overwhelmed that they stopped wanting to pay any attention to their illnesses at all. They are well known to every doctor: a dialysis patient, gray from uremia, eyes glazed over when asked why she missed her last session; a…
“Its impact has been huge, and it’s been pervasive in so many aspects of research and pop culture that it can be hard to wind it back up,” Dr. Moore, a psychological researcher and a professor at the University of California, Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, said of the original study. Under the influence of…
As the sun went down over the Getty Center in Los Angeles tonight, some of Hollywood’s most esteemed stars gathered to toast not only their recent ELLE covers, but the whole of the film and television industry’s evolution as a field where women can thrive. This year’s Women in Hollywood honorees Anne Hathaway, Michelle Yeoh,…
“We’ve seen this association between hair straighteners and breast, ovarian and now uterine cancer — it’s been a consistent finding among hormonally driven female reproductive cancers,” Dr. White said. The researchers did not gather information about the brands or the ingredients in the hair products used by study participants. But they noted in the paper…
SAN JOSE, Calif. — When Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of the failed blood-testing start-up Theranos, was convicted of fraud in January, the verdict represented the end of a drawn-out saga. But in the ensuing months, as Ms. Holmes has awaited her sentence, the drama around her case has only escalated. First Ms. Holmes’s co-conspirator, the…
The dark ages probably began when the Rainbow Room stopped taking reservations and turned into a wedding space. After that, Rockefeller Center went for years without having a restaurant that you’d really go out of your way for. This didn’t strike most people as weird. The dining scene’s center of gravity moved downtown so long…
Bananas, it turns out, are not what we thought they were. Sure, most, when ripe, are yellow and sweet and delicious slathered in peanut butter. But a global survey reveals many more appealing counterparts than the generic banana found in American supermarkets, with edible varieties that can be red or blue, squat or bulbous, seeded…
Courtesy of Nordstrom To the avid shopper, there’s nothing more well-received than a surprise sale. Perhaps it’s the thrill of scoring must-have items for up to half the retail price or the chance to pick up a couple of fashionable gifts for your loved ones ahead of the holiday season that make a surprise sale…
With more people working remotely, many travelers have more flexibility over when to fly. In that case, you may be able to shave a few dollars off airfares by following the advice of Expedia, the online travel agency. Its data shows that fliers can save 30 percent, on average, by flying on the Monday before…