Fashion
Just Don’t Call It ‘Tequila’
Until a decade ago, California agave plants were more likely to be found in a plush Santa Barbara garden than in a fertile San Joaquin field. But in the last few years, farmers have begun cultivating this drought-resistant plant, which is essential …
The Most Luxurious Use of Eggs, by Way of Japan
Chawanmushi, a Japanese half-custard half-flan, treats the humble staples as the lavish ingredients they’ve always been.
Birthrates Languish in Record Lows, C.D.C. Reports
Despite a 1 percent increase in 2024, U.S. birthrates remained in a historic slump, a trend that worries demographers and cultural critics.
How the War Over Trans Athletes Tore a Volleyball Team Apart
Last November, on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, the second- or third-best player on the third- or fourth-best team in the sixth- or seventh-best conference in women’s college volleyball took the court in Las Vegas. She was the center of attention …
Lawyer Up? Increasingly, Americans Won’t, or Can’t.
Janae Gossel had been questioning the witness for about 90 seconds when the judge began to show signs of exasperation. Listen to this article, read by Robert Fass Listen · 28:48 min“If you ask a question, let him answer the question,” said Joseph …
Why the White House Started Making Deportation Cartoons
The Trump administration hasn’t yet delivered huge deportation numbers — but it is using the internet to provide regular deportation spectacles.
5 Takeaways From New Research About A.D.H.D.
Scientists who study the condition are wrestling with some fundamental questions about the way we define and treat it.
My Son Has a Rare Syndrome. So I Turned to the Internet.
I did not know that anything was unusual until I was seven months pregnant. Inside the exam room, the technician dimmed the lights and stood astride her mysterious station. She worked her probe into the hard rind of my belly and offered selections …
Can We Ask a Disabled Woman to Leave Our Pickleball Group?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on whether to exclude a player who can’t keep up.
The Techno-Utopians Who Want to Colonize the Sea
Forty-six hours before Rüdiger Koch officially seized the Guinness World Record for the longest time spent living in an underwater fixed habitat, I took a 15-minute motorboat ride from Linton Bay Marina, in north-central Panama, to visit him. It was …