All vacation is in some way an observation of other people working while you do not. A stay at a hotel bears witness to maids and hosts; dinner sees chefs, busboys and waiters; an excursion requires a tour guide, a driver, a boat mechanic if you’re lucky. But there’s a peculiarity in going to a…
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There it was, as flashy as in the seed-catalog photos: three-foot-tall Euphorbia marginata, the striking green-and-white variegated spurge known as snow on the mountain. But then Alan Branhagen did a double take. What was it doing in a prairie in western Iowa? “And I was like, ‘Oh, it’s native,’” recalled Mr. Branhagen, who was doing…
DetailsEstudios recientes en humanos y ratones han demostrado que trasnochar y madrugar puede causar daños duraderos en el cerebro.
Some location data analytics companies, including Foursquare, recently announced that they were restricting the use, sharing and sale of data on consumers’ visits to sensitive locations like reproductive health clinics. But law enforcement agencies with warrants may still obtain such location records. The phone carriers that operate the backbone of the wireless internet for smartphones…
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The ability of heat to transform ingredients is not, of course, limited to those that need to be transformed in order to be eaten. Even when something is very much edible as it is — a red bell pepper, for example, or a brioche burger bun — the process of heating can tease out flavor…
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Mr. Schlossman and Mr. Harris met in 2011 when they were working at B.P.M.W., a fashion public relations company. Mr. Schlossman wrote a men’s wear blog, Sartorially Inclined, and the two started a video series, “Fashion Bros,” at Complex Media in 2014. Two years later, they debuted the podcast “Failing Upwards,” which got scooped up…
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Myxomas are rare. In autopsy studies, around 100 myxomas are seen per one million population. For reasons that are not well understood, they are more common in women than in men. Size at the time of diagnosis can be variable. Most are ovoid, and they can range from as small as a pea to the…
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Finding a new handbag is like finding a new romantic partner. There are trusty handbags that will surely keep you satisfied, but there are also newcomers that bring an excitement you can’t ignore. While it feels like a lot of the major brands are recreating the same silhouettes over and over again, we’ve taken it…
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Chote Miya This Indian street food spot in the TimeOut Market in Dumbo, Brooklyn, has opened a branch in Chelsea Market. The owner, Jimmy Rizvi, also sells packaged Indian products in the new location. Chelsea Market, 75 Ninth Avenue (15th Street), chotemiya.com. Ol’Days Gradually moving north, from Buenos Aires and Miami to New York, this…
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I Know Which “You’ll know when he’s ‘the one’,” my mother said. She died when I was 20, leaving no further guidance. At 23, I was stale inventory by Jewish matchmaking standards. Despair settled in. Until one Shabbat afternoon when Phil, an old friend of my roommate, breezed into our 93rd Street apartment. He was…
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