What Does Good Psychedelic Therapy Look Like?
As MDMA and psilocybin treatments become more mainstream, the therapy component has come under scrutiny. Here’s what’s common in many sessions — and what’s not.
Can Old-World Ceramics Survive Modern Tastes?
Sorin Giubega’s grandfather was a potter. So was his father. And at 8 years old, Mr. Giubega said, he started to play on a pottery wheel, too. Mr. Giubega, now 63, and his wife, Marieta Giubega, 48, are potters in Horezu, Romania, a town in the foothills of the Capatanii Mountains about three hours by…
Should You Use Heat or Ice to Treat a Sports Injury?
Sports physicians have long recommended the R.I.C.E. method — rest, ice, compression, elevation — for muscle injuries, but guidance is changing.
Muzz, a Muslim Dating App, Holds a Singles Event in Brooklyn
On a Thursday evening in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, about 250 Muslims gathered in a halal Italian restaurant for a singles dating event. Some of them shied away from cameras, citing privacy concerns, while others said they were afraid of appearing “desperate.” The event was hosted by Muzz, a Muslim dating app based in London, with…
Why Do We Brand the Summer?
E.E. Holmes, 41, a writer in central Massachusetts, sees versions of the phrase roll across her Twitter feed every May. In 2021, she scrolled past posts about Hobbit Girl Summer (living in a shire, eating potatoes) and “Gone Girl” Summer (disappearing mysteriously). Ms. Holmes added her own to the canon: “Golden Girls” Summer. “I’m thinking,…
‘Por eso elegí a un hombre más joven’
El día después de Acción de Gracias, mi madre me llamó preocupada porque me iba a morir. Le había dicho por error que tenía ardor de estómago, así que me dejó un largo mensaje de voz para recordarme que mi padre había tenido ardor de estómago antes de morir de un ataque al corazón a…