Since doctors are human, they bring their own beliefs and preferences into the examining room. But they’ve also taken an oath to act in the best interest of all patients….
By mid-century, 10 million people a year are projected to die from untreatable infections. Can Cassandra, an ethnobotanist at Emory University convince Steve that herbs and ancient healing are key…
In a new book called The Voltage Effect, the economist John List — who has already revolutionized how his profession does research — is trying to start a scaling revolution….
Hollywood loves stories of canine heroism. But can ordinary dogs really be heroes? To find out, Alexandra Horowitz talks to a dog-cognition researcher and to Susan Orlean, author of the…
Why are humans so eager for magic-bullet solutions? Can you explain how a pen works? And how does Angela feel about being forever branded “the grit lady”?…
The most expensive drugs in the world are treatments for genetic diseases. And more of these cures are on the horizon. How will anyone be able to afford them?…
But as C.E.O. of the resurgent Microsoft, he is firmly at the center of the A.I. revolution. We speak with him about the perils and blessings of A.I., Google vs….
…are bigger in Texas.) “‘A Fascinating, Sexy, Intellectually Compelling, Unregulated Global Market.’” (Ep. 484): The art market is so opaque and illiquid that it barely functions like a market at…
…Children. We are concerned about the safety and privacy of children who use the Internet. We encourage the viewing of our Site by minors and/or children to be done with…
The psychologist Daniel Kahneman — a Nobel laureate and the author of Thinking, Fast and Slow — recently died at age 90. Along with his collaborator Amos Tversky, he changed…
Why are these 300-year-old instruments still coveted by violinists today? And how do working musicians get their hands on multimillion-dollar antiques? Zachary Crockett is not fiddling around….
Palliative physician B.J. Miller asks: Is there a better way to think about dying? And can death be beautiful?…
Districts across the country are facing shortages of school bus drivers. Can technology help? Zachary Crockett takes a seat in the back….
…‘public’. One fifth of children whose profile is public display their address and/or phone number, twice as many as for those with private profiles. However, children in the U.K. tended…
…to be avoided. Levitt somehow found my mishap funny. He thinks my taste buds are too sensitive. I disagree. I think I’ve developed an excellent early-warning system. I think that…
…decide on the amount you would like to pledge for each protester (minimum 10 cents). When protesters show up on our sidewalks, Planned Parenthood Southeastern Pennsylvania will count and record…
…Italian custom. I have only been swallowing raw eggs for a few months and overall am beginning to think they are more trouble than they are worth. The child in…
Our latest column in The New York Times Magazine is a pretty unusual one. In the past, we’ve written about child car seats, dog poop, the price of sex, the…
…“With biological children or children adopted from anywhere, there’s always a risk,” Jeannette Levitt said. “But you decide you’re gong to do it, and you’re going to love your children,…
…easily one of the funnest columns we’ve written. Child car seats and crack cocaine and NASCAR crashes may be sexier subjects, but to me the issues of talent vs. skill…
…make him eligible to play with younger children. While I don’t think this is actually the primary reason for what people find in these studies, is definitely worth thinking about….
What child hasn’t played around with the spelling of his or her name — wondering, e.g., how it would sound if it were spelled backward? (I admit that I signed…
…daughter is gone but she’s not, or you think you think your daughter is alive but is not,” Tuttle said. “I can’t imagine how you would handle something like that.”…
…a child’s age for international play is January 1, we would expect that a disproportionate number of the players in the World Cup would be born in the early part…
…and crime was based on the following logic: 1) Unwanted children are at higher risk for crime 2) Legalized abortion reduced the number of unwanted children and therefore 3) Legalized…
…over. Kind of like duct-taping your refrigerator shut when you start a diet … … in other Times miscellany: a brief article the other day about the problem with business…
As a child, I first realized how dumb birds must be when I saw my first scarecrow. How could the birds’ behavior be so radically affected by something that is…
…parents are 36% more likely to have a baby daughter as their first child than a baby son — which suggests, evolutionarily speaking, that beauty is a trait more valuable…
…battle altogether. In the famous criminal case of the nanny Louise Woodward (who was accused of killing the child she took care of in Boston), defense attorney Barry Scheck tried…
…analysis. The researchers are trying to find a “natural experiment” that shifts around TV watching, but otherwise has no impact on whether a child is diagnosed as autistic. Rainfall is…
