The Woman Changing On-Court Sneaker Culture

Two of the W.N.B.A.’s biggest sneakerheads got a win well before their postseason began. Dearica Hambry, of the Las Vegas Aces, and Satou Sabally, of the Seattle Storm, now fighting their way through the playoffs, both received Air Jordan 36 PEs (player exclusives) designed by Melody Ehsani that are as tough a score for collectors…

The Artist Who Throws Newton a Curve

COSTA MESA, Calif. — As a teenager in Brooklyn, Fred Eversley filled a pie pan with Jell-O and spun it on a turntable in his father’s basement laboratory. It was one of his many early science experiments, inspired by an article in Popular Mechanics about Isaac Newton’s contributions to modern physics involving a bucket of…

Ice, Ice Baby

“I just want to go back to the ’90s,” said Vanilla Ice, the rapper. It was a Thursday morning, two weeks after he had performed at the Palladium Times Square in New York City. And after blowing off one interview altogether and showing up 15 minutes late to this one, Vanilla Ice finally got on…

Are You in a Moral Quandary?

Do you want to tell the truth about something, but know that it will hurt someone else? Do you feel you have a moral obligation to help a family member whose behavior has always been rotten? We want to hear about it. The New York Times Magazine’s Ethicist columnist, Kwame Anthony Appiah, will help readers…