Apr 19, 2025; New York, New York, USA; New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson (11) drives past Detroit Pistons center Jalen Duren (0) in Game One of the First Round of the NBA Playoffs at Madison Square Garden. Mandatory Credit: Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images With the New York Knicks facing an eight-point deficit to the upstart…
The ferry ride from Helsinki’s city center to the island of Pihlajasaari takes only 10 minutes and deposits visitors at a playground of beaches, trails and rocky shoals excellent for sunbathing. But I had a different mission: to speak to a tree. This was meant to be a therapeutic exercise, one championed by the Finnish…
In 1996, Kat Albrecht was a police officer and bloodhound handler in Santa Cruz, Calif. Her dog, A.J., had been a part of many search and rescue efforts, sniffing out and locating lost people in the woods. But when A.J. escaped Ms. Albrecht’s yard, there was no team of expert animal rescuers to turn to….
We spent the week in Jockgrim, Germany, under my fiancé’s great-aunt Margit’s roof. Every morning, before we woke, Margit bicycled to a local bakery, curating a selection of the region’s rolls for me to try, because she knew I loved food. And every morning, a stainless-steel carafe of fresh black coffee awaited and awoke me….
When the pandemic upended our lives, it gave researchers a rare chance to learn more about who we are and how we live. The simultaneous changes endured by the entire world created experiments that could never have happened otherwise. What happens when sports teams play in empty stadiums? When people see their doctors online? When…