Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. When Soumya Karlamangla, who lives in San Francisco, tells someone she works for The New York Times, the reaction is often the same: a look of confusion. “People that I’m interviewing in the field will…
Post-traumatic stress disorder diagnoses among college students more than doubled between 2017 and 2022, climbing most sharply as the coronavirus pandemic shut down campuses and upended young adults’ lives, according to new research published on Thursday. The prevalence of PTSD rose to 7.5 percent from 3.4 percent during that period, according to the findings. Researchers…
A new study, published Wednesday, found that girls are starting their menstrual cycles earlier now than in previous decades. The trend is more pronounced for girls from minority groups and those from lower-income backgrounds. The findings add to growing evidence suggesting that some girls around the world are hitting puberty earlier in life — a…
Hotels in Luang Prabang, Laos’s temple-dotted former royal capital, have long taken their design cues from the town’s French-colonial past with teakwood floors, louvered windows and creamy stucco walls. Against that backdrop, the new Senglao Boutique Hotel, which opened earlier this month, is a brightly colored standout. Its Laotian owners hired the Bangkok-based designer Saran…
Prison limits self-expression. Inmates are usually forced to identify as a number and, for the most part, can only wear a standard-issue uniform. After living that way for decades, how do you rekindle a sense of personal style? Six exonerees involved with the Innocence Project, which works to overturn wrongful convictions using scientific methods like…
Calvin Klein, a brand that recently made waves with an ad campaign featuring the actor Jeremy Allen White in nothing but his underwear, is getting a little more buttoned up. On Thursday, it announced it would restart its high-end Collection business under a new creative director, Veronica Leoni, along with a return to the runway…
After a hard workout, soaking in a hot tub or sitting in a steam room can be transcendent. A heating pad pressed on a particularly tight area of your lower back can help it feel looser after a long day of lifting boxes or hunching at your computer. “I go to the sauna myself,” said…
At a sprawling complex in Warren, Mich., General Motors’ hopes for its driverless car future play out in a virtual reality headset offered to visitors. In a video, the electric and autonomous car drives itself. Wirelessly connected to traffic lights and the surrounding streets, the car avoids collisions and reduces congestion, part of what G.M….
Since it was founded in 1924 by a baker from Naples, Italy, named Antonio Pero, very little has changed at Totonno’s Pizzeria Napolitana. The restaurant has operated in the same one-story building in Coney Island, burned coal in the same brick oven and followed the same recipe to make pizza that is widely held to…
Summer cooking should be a breeze, more pleasure than chore. So keep it simple. Have a simple salad, something for the grill, a homey fruit dessert. If you can find someone to help with the preparation, so much the better. This menu, relying on fresh summer produce, is easy to accomplish and yields a refreshingly…
