How to Stop Touching Your Face

Now that we know that it’s bad to touch our faces, how do we break a habit that most of us didn’t know we had? Throughout the day, we touch a lot of surfaces — doorknobs, elevator buttons, subway poles — where viruses, including the new coronavirus, can linger for days. From there, microbes can…

The T List: What to See, Buy and Eat This Week

Welcome to the T List, a newsletter from the editors of T Magazine. Each week, we’re sharing things we’re eating, wearing, listening to or coveting now. Sign up here to find us in your inbox every Wednesday. You can always reach us at tlist@nytimes.com. Eat This For Californians, Extremely Delightful Turkish Delights ImageCredit…Courtesy of Rose…

My Quest for Pure Water

I live with my family in an almost 200-year-old house on the coast of Maine. Down a steep, wooded bank behind our house is an Audubon sanctuary and two vulnerable ecosystems: a saltwater marsh surrounding a tidal salt river, and a freshwater stream that travels through trees, over big granite rocks and finally through muddy…

Are Frequent Flier Miles Killing the Planet?

In October, a two-line recommendation buried on Page 35 of a report commissioned by the United Kingdom’s Committee on Climate Change garnered disproportionate attention in the world of frequent fliers. “Introduce a ban on air miles and frequent flier loyalty schemes that incentivize excessive flying,” it suggested. Message boards and blogs that serve points-obsessed, platinum-status-seeking…

Wish It Existed? Make It Yourself. She Did.

This article is part of our Women and Leadership special section, which focuses on approaches taken by women, minorities or other disadvantaged groups challenging traditional ways of thinking. When Zoë Foster Blake gets frustrated by a problem, she creates the solution. Struggling to rein in emotions during a bad breakup? She made an app for…

A Third Glennon Doyle Memoir? Yes, and Here’s Why

Glennon Doyle has written two best sellers, raised over $25 million for people in need through her nonprofit Together Rising, considers Oprah a teacher and friend, and has more than 700,000 Facebook followers. But sometimes even she is a disappointment. “I’m terrible at friendship maintenance,” she said over breakfast last month at Manhattan’s Whitby Hotel.…