A Simple Way to Save Premature Babies

How It Works: Doctors wait to cut the cord. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists already recommends delaying clamping by 30 to 60 seconds for both full-term and preterm newborns. Preterm babies are those born before 37 weeks of gestation. In preterm infants, delayed clamping leads to improved circulation, less need for blood transfusions…

Fall Fashion in Tokyo

Style Outside Photographer Simbarashe Cha documents transitional style in the Japanese capital for The New York Times. Share full article Nov. 17, 2023, 10:30 a.m. ET card:1 of 10 Style Outside Simbarashe Cha Reporting from Japan Tokyo was unseasonably warm in early November, making for an eclectic mishmash of outfits. Clothes with oversized silhouettes, like…

Gift Wrapping That Doesn’t Create Waste

A gift without wrapping is like a cake without frosting — and where’s the fun in that? Yet the waste associated with hard-to-recycle wrapping paper means that, for many people, only reusable materials will do. You don’t need to tell that to the Japanese. Centuries ago, they elevated the practice of wrapping gifts using fabric,…