People Are Weight Training Barefoot. Is There Any Upside?
“When you wear any sort of a shoe, you are about an inch higher than you would be if you were barefoot,” said Anna Swisher, a USA Weightlifting coach. “You’ve…
Just 2 Minutes of Walking After a Meal Is Surprisingly Good for You
Walking after a meal, conventional wisdom says, helps clear your mind and aids in digestion. Scientists have also found that going for a 15-minute walk after a meal can reduce…
The Joy Workout
It’s no secret that exercise, even in small doses, can improve your mood. Researchers even have a name for it: the feel-better effect. And while any physical activity — a…
How Runners Can Stay Visible as the Daylight Hours Shrink (Published 2019)
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Finding Humor, and Humanity, in Canada’s Oil Fields
In 2005, Kate Beaton was 21, with a brand-new degree in history and anthropology, student loans she said felt like a foot on her neck, and few job prospects. Around…
Jennifer Egan and the Goon Squad
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | How to Listen For the next few months, we’re sharing some of our favorite conversations from the podcast’s archives. This week’s segments…
Breakfast With Grandma
Hi there! I’m Tanya, an editor on this newsletter and your substitute teacher this week in Ms. Richardson’s absence. Please, get off the desks. There was a lot to look…
New York Lawmakers Call for More Oversight of Hasidic Schools
Top New York officials voiced grave concerns about the quality of education in Hasidic Jewish private schools on Monday, a day after The New York Times revealed that many of…
At 75, the Father of Environmental Justice Meets the Moment
HOUSTON — He’s known as the father of environmental justice, but more than half a century ago he was just Bob Bullard from Elba, a flyspeck town deep in Alabama…
Opinion | Ukraine Deflates MAGA Macho Myths
On Aug. 29 Tucker Carlson of Fox News attacked President Biden’s policy on Ukraine, asserting among other things: “By any actual reality-based measure, Vladimir Putin is not losing the war…