The Health Effects of Extreme Heat

When W. Larry Kenney, a professor of physiology at Pennsylvania State University, began studying how extreme heat harms humans, his research focused on workers inside the disaster-stricken Three Mile Island nuclear plant, where temperatures were as high as 165 degrees Fahrenheit. In the decades that followed, Dr. Kenney has looked at how heat stress affects…

Eric Kim’s Essential Korean Recipes

“Daebak!” — pronounced DEH-bahk, often with a long, guttural emphasis on the first syllable — can be a noun, an adjective or an interjection that expresses approval when something is truly great. It’s the Korean word my mother blurted out when she recently tasted my doenjang jjigae, a soybean-paste stew that has taken me years…

All Glammed Up

There were Hollywood stars, athletes and even a wartime president (Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, in a recorded video). Time held its 100 Most Influential People in the World gala on Wednesday at Jazz at Lincoln Center, with a dinner and a performance by Mary J. Blige. Free Arts, which brings art to underprivileged children in…

Shopping for Media Consoles

As televisions and speakers have become increasingly smart, streamlined and wireless, the mess of components and cables that once cluttered living spaces has been gradually disappearing. But it’s still helpful to have a good media console, whether you have the newest ultrathin TV, vintage stereo equipment or both. “They’re usually the centerpiece of a living…