Parenting in 2021? ‘Not Great, Bob!’
I was joking with my editor that I should just make this newsletter — which is meant to be a wrap-up of the year in parenting — a two-second clip …
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The Year in Tech Empires
This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. Here is a collection of past columns. Big Tech got bigger-er and stronger in 2021. The empires of …
3,000 Years Ago, Britain Got Half Its Genes From … France?
Three years ago in the journal Nature, a vast international research team led in part by Harvard geneticist David Reich shined a torchlight on …
Why These Mexican Fish Do the Wave
In the sulfur-infused ponds of Tabasco State in Mexico lives a tiny silver slip of a fish, the sulphur molly. Toss in a rock, and you might see a …
‘Emily in Paris’ and the City I Thought Was Mine
PARIS — I still have the text message saved from my best friend here that arrived last October with the urgency of a high-speed TGV train. It …
House Hunting in Barbados: Alfresco Living in the Eastern Caribbean
A Six-Bedroom Villa on the Coast of Barbados $2.85 MILLION This six-bedroom property, with a three-bedroom main house and separate three …
$1.5 Million Homes in Texas, Massachusetts and North Carolina
What You Get for $1.5 Million 24 Photos View Slide Show › Courtesy of Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International RealtyDallas | $1.499 Million A …
Downtown Brooklyn: A Neighborhood ‘in the Middle of Everything’
For years, St. John Frizell would take his son to school in Downtown Brooklyn and feel “confused” by the neighborhood’s lack of sit-down …
Los retos de Gabriel Boric, el presidente electo de Chile
Gabriel Boric saltó a la fama en Chile hace diez años como un estudiante de cabello largo que lideraba manifestaciones masivas por una educación …
How Parents Should Think About Omicron
The Omicron variant is spreading widely and risk for infections is higher than before. This creates uncertainty for parents, especially those …