“I wanted that self-reliance back, I wanted the safety nets removed,” he explained. While Mr. Thomas believes the backcountry isn’t suitable for everyone, he thinks the outdoors should be. In 2013, he started the Team FarSight Foundation to help empower other visually impaired individuals to hike, climb and get outdoors. Even short hikes can be…
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When you take a whiff of something, odor molecules sail inside your nose where they bind to proteins — called olfactory receptors — on cells that line your nasal cavity. These receptors trigger signals that your brain interprets as one or many smells. A team of scientists has identified the olfactory receptors for two common…
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I loved Yewande Komolafe’s most recent column about the foods she makes when the floorboards start to feel cold under her feet, and she wants to feel warm and nourished by the food she cooks. She calls this big family of broths, soups and teas her “restoratives” and builds them quickly, from simple ingredients. I’ve…
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Flowers, wine, plates of something decadent—there are some things we’re taught epitomize the perfect Valentine’s Day gift. But times have changed. There’s nothing wrong with any of those options, per say, but if held up against something from Gucci, well, we know which one we’d gravitate toward. The House’s Valentine’s Day capsule is the stuff…
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“To have something in a sewershed that you’re detecting, you need a fair bit of it around,” said Dr. Adam Lauring, a virologist at the University of Michigan, who was not involved in the research. Dr. Johnson, the Missouri virologist, agrees. He favors the hypothesis that the sequences are coming from animals, perhaps a few…
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The White House is facing pressure from prominent lawmakers over its pick to lead the Food and Drug Administration, with abortion foes urging Republican senators to reject the nominee, Dr. Robert Califf, and with key Democrats withholding support over opioid policies and his industry ties. Nearly six years after Dr. Califf received overwhelming bipartisan support…
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Courtesy of the designers; Getty Images; Fendi: Pascal Le Segretain; Valli: YANNIS VLAMOS Style Points is a weekly column about how fashion intersects with the wider world. The worlds of sci-fi and couture might not, initially, seem to have much overlap. Except, of course, for the fact that both are rarefied realms with obsessive devotees…
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“I think our landlord is like, ‘What are you guys doing?’” said Cassidy Tucker, sitting alongside her sister Kelsey on a Zoom call from their Detroit studio last week. Surrounding them was a pileup of 50 pieces of original artwork, with several 8-foot-by-4-foot mural-like sculptures meant to approximate the pages of a giant storybook. The…
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Do You Know Where Your Donation Is Going? Most people who donate old clothes assume their garments’ final destination is the racks of Goodwill and Salvation Army, where they might find a second life. However, according to Adam Minter, the author of “Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale,” thrift stores are often just…
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My father is retired and lives outside the country. He bought a house here with my brother; it’s in both of their names and mostly paid off. Because my brother has never been able to support himself, though, the house has fallen into disrepair. Now, my father is coming home temporarily for cancer treatment and…
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