Questions about whether Covid leaked from a Chinese laboratory have cast a chill over American virus research, drying up funding for scientists who collect or alter dangerous pathogens and intensifying a debate over those practices. The pullback has transformed one of the most highly charged fields of medical science. While some believe such experiments could…
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In 2023, can one wear cowboy boots in an urban setting without looking as if one has escaped a Ralph Lauren advert or a costume shop? And if so, how? — Andrea, Washington, D.C. Few accessories are so immediately replete with mythology as the cowboy boot. A product of the great American cattle drives of…
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In 2023, can one wear cowboy boots in an urban setting without looking as if one has escaped a Ralph Lauren advert or a costume shop? And if so, how? — Andrea, Washington, D.C. Few accessories are so immediately replete with mythology as the cowboy boot. A product of the great American cattle drives of…
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They come as Vikings, superheroes and extraterrestrials. As all sorts of Spider-Men and Spider-Women, and at least one Mermaid Man and a Barnacle Boy. Once a year, these fans delight weary commuters on the subway and wrest smiles from the cubicle-oppressed office workers on the streets of Manhattan as they head to the Jacob K.…
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They come as Vikings, superheroes and extraterrestrials. As all sorts of Spider-Men and Spider-Women, and at least one Mermaid Man and a Barnacle Boy. Once a year, these fans delight weary commuters on the subway and wrest smiles from the cubicle-oppressed office workers on the streets of Manhattan as they head to the Jacob K.…
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Good morning. “Roti is one of the world’s most ubiquitous and shape-shifting foods,” Priya Krishna writes in The New York Times this week, “a round, unleavened bread of uncertain origin that has spread around the world, changing every time it reaches a new country, region or even household.” Priya charted the “the simple wheat-flour-and-water versions…
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Marva and Myriam Babel spent much of the past few years thinking about the concept of a space, especially how to sustain one in a gentrifying borough. Now that they have a new one, a membership club in Brooklyn called Babel Loft, they have been mulling over how to fill it. The main area, a…
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The News An Oxford University researcher and her team showed that digital wearable devices can track the progression of Parkinson’s disease in an individual more effectively than human clinical observation can, according to a newly published paper. By tracking more than 100 metrics picked up by the devices, researchers were able to discern subtle changes…
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Netflix has a new most popular show. “Beckham,” which was released Oct. 4, is a splashy four-part documentary series about one of the most famous footballers of all time. In the series, David Beckham now 48, charts his journey from working-class obscurity in south London to a young star at Manchester United, captain of the…
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