In October 2016, Ashley Lynn Louise attended a town-hall meeting given by Ladies Get Paid, an educational and networking organization devoted to the professional advancement of women. She was so moved by the event that after it ended she ran up to Claire Sarah Wasserman, its moderator, and told her, “I really want to help.”…
Kelly Frye was attending a holiday party in London on Dec. 5, 2019, when she saw the host accidentally spill a glass of champagne on Nick Campbell. “I jokingly went to brush off the champagne when he turned around and asked if I wanted to get another drink,” said Ms. Frye, who was living in…
At the ceremony, Ms. Rivera, in a long white gown with a halter top and sweetheart neckline, walked down the garden’s tiered steps alone, holding a bright bouquet with a white rose tucked behind her ear. A hundred vaccinated guests stood to watch as Ms. Rivera’s daughter, her maid of honor, met her at an…
A child’s advice for coping with anxiety has gone viral after his mother shared it on Twitter. (Hint: It involves doughnuts, dinosaurs and Dolly Parton.)
Medicare, which covers roughly 60 million Americans, will provide free over-the-counter rapid coronavirus tests beginning in the spring, according to the federal government’s Medicare and Medicaid agency. The policy would “allow Medicare beneficiaries to pick up tests at no cost at the point of sale and without needing to be reimbursed,” the Centers for Medicare…
“I wanted that self-reliance back, I wanted the safety nets removed,” he explained. While Mr. Thomas believes the backcountry isn’t suitable for everyone, he thinks the outdoors should be. In 2013, he started the Team FarSight Foundation to help empower other visually impaired individuals to hike, climb and get outdoors. Even short hikes can be…
When you take a whiff of something, odor molecules sail inside your nose where they bind to proteins — called olfactory receptors — on cells that line your nasal cavity. These receptors trigger signals that your brain interprets as one or many smells. A team of scientists has identified the olfactory receptors for two common…
I loved Yewande Komolafe’s most recent column about the foods she makes when the floorboards start to feel cold under her feet, and she wants to feel warm and nourished by the food she cooks. She calls this big family of broths, soups and teas her “restoratives” and builds them quickly, from simple ingredients. I’ve…
Flowers, wine, plates of something decadent—there are some things we’re taught epitomize the perfect Valentine’s Day gift. But times have changed. There’s nothing wrong with any of those options, per say, but if held up against something from Gucci, well, we know which one we’d gravitate toward. The House’s Valentine’s Day capsule is the stuff…
“To have something in a sewershed that you’re detecting, you need a fair bit of it around,” said Dr. Adam Lauring, a virologist at the University of Michigan, who was not involved in the research. Dr. Johnson, the Missouri virologist, agrees. He favors the hypothesis that the sequences are coming from animals, perhaps a few…