A.I. Is Getting Better at Mind-Reading

Think of the words whirling around in your head: that tasteless joke you wisely kept to yourself at dinner; your unvoiced impression of your best friend’s new partner. Now imagine that someone could listen in. On Monday, scientists from the University of Texas, Austin, made another step in that direction. In a study published in the…

Quiz: How Well Do You Know Karl Lagerfeld?

Sorry! If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it! We didn’t expect everyone to get this right: While Mr. Lagerfeld innovated wildly in some areas, he demonstrated remarkable consistency in others, as shown by these looks, taken from four decades of Chanel collections. From left, Chanel ready-to-wear collections for spring 1988, spring 1998, fall 2008 and…

The Launch: Fashion News To Know This May

Who: What Goes Around Comes Around What: Karl Lagerfeld retrospective Where: Online at amazon.com; view more at whatgoesaroundnyc.com and in-store at WGACA in New York City Why: Ahead of the first Monday in May, a.k.a. the Met Gala, the vintage purveyors at What Goes Around Comes Around are paying tribute to the night’s theme by…

Emergency Room Visits Have Risen Sharply for Young People in Mental Distress, Study Finds

The News Mental health-related visits to emergency rooms by children, teenagers and young adults soared from 2011 to 2020, according to a report published on Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The sharpest increase was for suicide-related visits, which rose fivefold. The findings indicated an “urgent” need for expanded crisis services, according…