Charles Leclerc, one of the fastest drivers in Formula 1, looked a tad sleepy. Despite being between races and time zones — a rainy Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal last week and the Spanish Grand Prix two weeks after — he was up very early on a video call from Lake Como in Italy, to…
Many designers aspire to the label polymath, but no one polymaths as hard and relentlessly as Ramdane Touhami, whose latest pursuit meshes merchandising, marketing and selling his favorite thing: hiking. Mr. Touhami is known for acting on impulse, and with intensity. He has lived in New York and Tokyo and owns 51 bicycles, including one…
For decades, visitors flocking to New York for Pride every June found plenty of packed bars and jubilant parties but no easy way to engage with the city’s rich L.G.B.T.Q. history. Even Sheridan Square, the center of the 1969 Stonewall Uprising that catalyzed the gay liberation movement, had little to see for anyone interested in…
If the social media rumors are true, your leftover rice may be trying to kill you. Experts on the matter, however, tell a somewhat different story. It’s true that cooked rice left at room temperature too long can become a happy home to intruders, notably Bacillus cereus, a common type of bacteria that lives in…
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The bird flu outbreak in dairy cattle has so far spilled over to just three farmworkers in the United States, as far as public health authorities know. All of them have had mostly mild symptoms. But that does not guarantee that the virus, called H5N1, will remain benign if it begins to spread among people.…
The United States Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy, announced on Monday that he would push for a warning label on social media platforms advising parents that using the platforms might damage adolescents’ mental health. Warning labels — like those that appear on tobacco and alcohol products — are one of the most powerful tools available…
On a busy day at the Kwapong Health Centre in rural Ghana, Beatrice Nyamekye put contraceptive implants into the arms of a half-dozen women, and gave eight or nine more a three-month hormonal injection to prevent pregnancy. A few sought condoms or birth control pills, but most wanted something longer lasting. “They like the implants…
While secluded, remote coastal destinations have enduring appeal, a great beach city provides travelers with top-notch hotels, restaurants and cultural attractions, as well as the requisite sandy feet, endless waves and ocean sunsets of a great beach vacation. We’ve gone farther afield from the Miamis and Honolulus of the world to offer these five beach-city…