How to Meditate When You Can’t Sit Still
Closing your eyes and focusing on breathing can be hard for those who are easily distracted. But it is possible.
Burnout vs Depression: How to Tell the Difference and Find Relief
Clinicians and researchers offer advice on how to tell the difference, and what to do about both.
The Facts and Fictions of Shostakovich’s ‘Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk’
The 1934 opera, revived this season at the Metropolitan Opera, stoked the ire of the Soviet state, or so the story goes. But archives tell a more interesting tale.
The Sudden Rise of Zach Bryan
The breakout country-folk singer and songwriter has found an audience for his old-fashioned artistry largely on a newer platform: streaming.
Have You Changed How You Shop and Where You Dine? We Want to Hear About It.
Higher food prices are changing people’s behaviors at the grocery store and in restaurants. Let us know how they have affected you.
In California, Where Trees Are King, One Hardy Pine Has Survived for 4,800 Years
In a harsh alpine desert, the Great Basin bristlecone pines abide amid climate change. Among them is the oldest tree on Earth (if you can find it).
Columbia University to Pay $165 Million to Victims of Former Doctor
Robert A. Hadden, a gynecologist, pleaded guilty in 2016 to abusing 19 women, but got no prison time. He is currently facing federal charges.
A Yayoi Kusama Pumpkin Sculpture Is Reinstalled in Japan
Technically, it’s a replica of the polka-dot plastic creation that was damaged by a storm last year. But regardless, people are happy.
How a Scottish Moral Philosopher Got Elon Musk’s Number
In a few short years, effective altruism has become the giving philosophy for many Silicon Valley programmers, hedge funders and even tech billionaires.