The latest in this best-selling mystery series about Easy Rawlins centers on a missing-persons case that takes the beloved private detective deep into his own past. Easy’s lost love asks for help finding her ex-husband — a forensic accountant who got mixed up in trouble — prompting a torrent of memories. Mulholland Books, June 4…
Ilya Sutskever, the OpenAI co-founder and chief scientist who in November joined other board members to force out Sam Altman, the company’s high-profile chief executive, has helped found a new artificial intelligence company. The new start-up is called Safe Superintelligence. It aims to produce superintelligence — a machine that is more intelligent than humans —…
What to do when you have too much stuff and not enough storage space? Celebrate it. Storing some of that overflow out in the open can be a good solution when you’ve got a small space with few closets. Well-planned open storage — with wall shelves, pegs, hooks and other accessories — does two important…
This is what happens if you stay put, and keep digging holes: An effort that begins innocently enough — planting a garden at home — may grow on you. And it could morph into an arboretum. Hortus Arboretum & Botanical Gardens, a 21-acre expanse in Stone Ridge, N.Y., with about 11 acres under cultivation, got…
In July 2016, a heat wave hit Boston, with daytime temperatures averaging 92 degrees for five days in a row. Some local university students who were staying in town for the summer got lucky and were living in dorms with central air-conditioning. Other students, not so much — they were stuck in older dorms without…
The Unstoppables is a series about people whose ambition is undimmed by time. Below, Grace Coddington explains, in her own words, what continues to motivate her. I’m not modern. Now is not the moment for people who are very particular and very precise. Now is about being on the move and not being tied to…
It’s Juneteenth, a day traditionally celebrated with brightly hued red foods. If you’re searching for some summery inspiration, look no further than Gabrielle E.W. Carter’s recipe for country panzanella with watermelon dressing, adapted by Nicole Taylor and Yewande Komolafe. This colorful, cooling salad, full of toasted bread, tomatoes and watermelon, is tossed with a piquant…
Snap. Crack. Pop. These sounds, once used to sell a popular breakfast cereal, are now enticing people to visit the doctor thanks to a wave of chiropractic videos sweeping social media. The most popular videos follow a familiar template: A patient enters with a debilitating condition. A chiropractor maneuvers the patient’s limbs and joints in…
Smoke in the cabin. A tire blowout. A cracked windshield. No shortage of problems can affect a flight, fueling traveler anxiety and contributing to thousands of daily delays and cancellations around the world. But for all of the frustration and alarm such events cause, it can be difficult to interpret and understand their severity. Here’s…
Summer officially starts on Thursday, and this season is predicted to be hotter than normal — a heat wave across the country this week is expected to affect millions of Americans. In New York, the temperature is forecast to reach 96 degrees by Friday. On Monday, Chicago hit a record-breaking 97 degrees. More than just…
