Since face masks are basically a new form of makeup, it stands to reason that you should find the shade that’s right for you. Enter California-based designer Shami Oshun. Known for her tech-forward fashion and best-selling color-changing Bev bag, the designer has released a collection of non-medical grade face masks that defy the idea that…
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Researchers around the world are working on the next generation of coronavirus tests that give answers in less than an hour, without onerous equipment or highly trained personnel. The latest so-called point-of-care tests, which could be done in a doctor’s office or even at home, would be a welcome upgrade from today’s status quo: uncomfortable…
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Good morning. Craig Claiborne put red bell pepper in his tuna salad sandwiches, and called for homemade mayonnaise to bind the ingredients. I do neither, preferring scallions, hot sauce and jarred mayonnaise of the sort called Hellmann’s east of the Rockies, and Best Foods to the west. You might add curry powder, or white balsamic…
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At the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, with travel restrictions in place worldwide, we launched a new series — The World Through a Lens — in which photojournalists help transport you, virtually, to some of our planet’s most beautiful and intriguing places. This week, Chloë Ellingson shares a collection of photos from a remote railway…
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Will you be together for a long time or will you part soon? At first, you don’t notice your partner’s negative traits in a relationship. Only later do you realize that you’ve gotten into trouble. Do you really want to be with him or break his heart? Below are signs that he is not your…
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Here’s what you need to know: ImageThe Federal Triangle Metro station in Washington will soon have more traffic as federal employees return to work in office buildings.Credit…Alyssa Schukar for The New York Times The federal work force in the U.S. is returning to the office under inconsistent reopening plans. As virus cases increase around the…
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A herdsman in Inner Mongolia was confirmed to be infected with bubonic plague, Chinese health officials said, a reminder of how even as the world battles a pandemic caused by a novel virus, old threats remain. The Bayannur city health commission said the plague was diagnosed in the herdsman on Sunday, and he was in…
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In March, it was decided that the couture collections as everyone knew them — the ultimate visual extravaganzas of fashion artistry, handmade for the very few — should be canceled, because of the coronavirus pandemic. But then designers and the industry bodies that represent them said fah! to all that and declared the shows would…
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Young people in the United States are living through interesting times, as the coronavirus pandemic uproots the country’s economy and changes what college will look like. When schools sent students home in March, we asked four first-generation college students in Newark, N.J. to document this stage of their lives in images and text. “Life really…
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This article is part of a series on resilience in troubled times — what we can learn about it from history and personal experiences. The French weapon deployed against Spanish troops in 1521 was, contemporaries said, “more diabolical than human.” The rapid-firing light bronze cannon shot iron balls that crushed battlements, careened wildly and sprayed…
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