A viral epidemic splintering into deadly pieces
Each state, each city has its own crisis driven by its own risk factors: vacation crowds in one, bars reopened too soon in another, a revolt against masks in a...
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Secondhand shoppers worry about their favorite local spots
Online resellers like Poshmark and Thredup have thrived during the pandemic, providing the stir-crazy and housebound with an easy closet clean-out option through the mail. But for some secondhand shoppers,...
‘Hidden gem’ made popular by TikTok is shut to keep out-of-towners away
For years, the 35-acre picturesque lake, waterfall and century-old dam had been an unspoiled treasure for local residents, but through the power of social media, the secret got out. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/29/nyregion/lake-solitude-closed-racism.html
How to test more people for coronavirus without actually needing more tests
Instead of running a test for each person, laboratories could pool together tests from small groups of people and analyze them all at once. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/27/upshot/how-to-test-more-people-for-coronavirus-without-actually-needing-more-tests.html
‘You do the right things, and still you get it’
Gov. Greg Abbott, who had pushed to reopen businesses in Texas, was refusing to make masks mandatory and for weeks had blocked local officials from enforcing any mask requirements. The...
With ‘Room for Rage,’ peaceful protesters sympathize with aggressive tactics
The raucous escalation in Portland in recent days, brought about by the deployment of federal law enforcement officers and the harsh tactics they have used against protesters, has prompted new...
Of wine, hand gel and heartbreak
Across the emerald Alsace wine country, now carpeted in deep-green vines — and across France's other wine regions as well — thousands of winemakers, famous and obscure, are facing similar...
A possible weapon against the pandemic: Printing human tissue
The process of constructing human tissue this way is a form of bioprinting. While its use in humans is still years away, researchers are honing the methods to test drugs...
How NASA found the ideal hole on Mars to land in
Mars today is cold and dry, but it was not always that way. Here was one of the places with clear signs that liquid water flowed when the planet was...
Sledding athletes are taking their lives. Did brain-rattling rides and high-speed crashes damage their brains?
In recent years, an increasing number of athletes, current and retired, in sliding sports, especially bobsled and skeleton — a sister sport in which competitors slide headfirst on a small...