Susan Hampton Alavi and Evan Michael Schaeffer dated in fits and starts for almost a decade before settling into a steady relationship, much of which was long distance. The two, both 25, met in 2010 on their first day as freshman at William G. Enloe High School in Raleigh, N.C., where a mutual friend introduced…
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Sheldon Krimsky, a leading scholar of environmental ethics who explored issues at the nexus of science, ethics and biotechnology, and who warned of the perils of private companies underwriting and influencing academic research, died on April 23 in Cambridge, Mass. He was 80. His family said that he was at a hospital for tests when…
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For a respiratory disease, Covid-19 causes some peculiar symptoms. It can diminish the senses of smell and taste, leave patients with discolored “Covid toes,” or even cause a swollen, bumpy “Covid tongue.” Now scientists are examining a possible link to an altogether unexpected consequence of Covid: erectile dysfunction. A connection has been reported in hundreds…
Courtesy / Design Leah Romero With the ongoing conversation about the future of fashion influencers, it’s hard not to think of the first wave of mid-2000s bloggers who came and went. Tina Chen Craig, on the other hand, stayed. Craig is one of that generation’s few survivors, and today, she provides the rubric for what…
It’s easy to track the movement of a Dirty Shirley at a bar: Look for a tall glass of Sprite with a gradient of bright red grenadine and a maraschino cherry floating on top. The flavor profile — syrupy, verging on sickly sweet. “It’s going to be a volcanic summer of Dirty Shirleys,” said Ashwin…
Dr. Yen also noted other red flags that are specific to parental burnout, like feeling angry or resentful about having to care for your children, and starting to isolate from them physically or emotionally. Parents with burnout may also feel trapped or fantasize about leaving, she added. Though the new report may be useful to…
Traces of a virus known to infect pigs were found in a 57-year-old Maryland man who survived for two months with a heart transplanted from a genetically altered pig, according to the surgeon who performed the procedure, the first of its kind. The disclosure highlights one of the most pressing objections to animal-to-human transplants, which…