Lessons from Judge David Tatel’s Guide Dog on Blindness and Vision
Had Al Gore won the presidency in 2000, a lot of people thought, he would have put Judge David S. Tatel on the Supreme Court. The judge had a towering…
Opinion | ‘Accordion Hands’ and ‘Caterpillar Eyebrows’: Trump Meets the Female Gaze
When Donald Trump is relaxed — or as relaxed as someone can be while on trial for 34 felony counts of falsifying business records — you can see his socks.…
Opinion | My Life in the Brat Pack, Reconsidered
When I was a very young man I became very successful very quickly in a string of movies. It was the 1980s, and I was in the right place at…
Inside the Factory Supplying Half of Africa’s Syringes
On the stunning Kenyan coast, about halfway between 15th-century ruins and the vibrant city of Mombasa, a small factory is helping to achieve one of Africa’s biggest health care goals:…
A 100-Ton Locomotive With No One in the Cab
One evening last June, as Esther Iradukunda set the table for dinner at her home in Buffalo, she heard a high-pitched cry through the kitchen window. She rushed outside and…
Opinion | Steph Curry Is Growing Older. I Am, Too.
A few weeks ago, as I watched the Golden State Warriors submit to a humiliating defeat by the Sacramento Kings, my main feeling was not frustration, anger or embarrassment. Rather,…
Book Review: How Plants Experience the World | naked capitalism
By Katie L. Burke, an award-winning features editor and science journalist. She is a senior contributing editor at American Scientist. Originally published at Undark. In 1973, the bestselling book “The Secret Life of Plants” was…
Papua New Guinea Landslide Has Buried 2,000 People, Officials Say
More than 2,000 people were buried alive in the landslide that smothered a Papua New Guinea village and work camp on Friday in the country’s remote northern highlands, the authorities…
The Star Witness Who Never Testified at Trump’s Trial
Days before his inauguration in Washington in 2017, Donald J. Trump had a debt to settle in New York: a payout to his fixer, Michael D. Cohen. They met on…
Street Wars: Have E-Bikes Made New York City a ‘Nightmare’?
Elijah Orlandi knows what many New Yorkers think about delivery workers on e-bikes: They ride too fast. They zigzag in and out of traffic and bike lanes — sometimes going…