People with low or no visual imagery are more likely to work in scientific and mathematical industries than creative sectors, according to new research. Aphantasia, the term describing a person’s inability to visualise in the mind, has been shown to be more common in scientific and technical industries. The opposite phenomenon of particularly vivid mental…
WASHINGTON — Four months after a mysterious new virus began its deadly march around the globe, the search for a vaccine has taken on an intensity never before seen in medical research, with huge implications for public health, the world economy and politics. Seven of the roughly 90 projects being pursued by governments, pharmaceutical makers,…
While millions of Americans are worried about having enough to eat and lines at food banks grow, farmers have been plowing under vegetable fields, dumping milk and smashing eggs that cannot be sold because the coronavirus pandemic has shut down restaurants, hotels and schools. Now, the destruction of fresh food on such a scale has…
When Eliana Marcela Rendón was finally able to visit her grandmother, who had spent four weeks at a Long Island hospital, a staff member met her in the lobby to ask if the 74-year-old patient had a favorite song. Ms. Rendón, after calling family members, requested several religious selections in Spanish: “Sumérgeme,” or “Immerse Me”;…
In a strange twist, a pandemic birthday party might actually be the easiest party you ever throw. A birthday party under normal circumstances takes hours of preparation: cooking and cleaning, decorating and primping. This year, you only have to get dressed from the waist up and tidy the corner of your home that people can…
Here’s what you need to know: ImageBiking at the Broadway Skate Park in Council Bluffs, Iowa, on Friday.Credit…Calla Kessler/The New York Times Looser rules and warmer temperatures make social distancing a matter of trust. Texas lifted stay-at-home orders for its 29 million residents. Hair salons in Maine welcomed customers back inside. In Alabama, clothing boutiques…
Here’s what you need to know: ImageA seafront promenade in Barcelona, Spain, on Saturday, as teenagers and adults took their first outdoor exercise in seven weeks.Credit…Emilio Morenatti/Associated Press Spain’s adults and teenagers are allowed out to exercise, in shifts. And now, it’s the adults’ turn. Last weekend, young children in Spain, who endured arguably the…
The next round of fashion shows will be virtual fashion shows. This is not in doubt. The British Fashion Council announced at the end of April that it would be creating a gender agnostic “cultural fashion week platform” for designers to use as they see fit during London’s former men’s wear dates, June 12 to…
Because marriage is an ever-evolving experience, we constantly shift, change and, in some cases, start over. In It’s No Secret, couples share thoughts about commitment and tell us what they have learned, revealing their secret to making it work. (Answers are edited for context and space.) Who Dr. Monique Collier Nickles and Dr. Leroy Nickles,…
Adrianna Kruyt, a Canadian in the first year of graduate studies in Manhattan at the New School, didn’t have plans for Thanksgiving in 2016. So her parents arranged for her to spend the long weekend celebrating the American holiday with friends in Bedford Hills, N.Y. Isaac Wasserman had also received an invitation to spend the…