Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. A surgeon in Rochester, Minn. A TV-news traffic anchor in Chicago. A church organist in Ellwood City, Pa. For a recent issue of The New York Times Magazine themed around retirement, the writer Charley Locke…
A hand-embroidered strap embedded with microcapsules of bespoke perfume is the highlight of a new concept watch, Égérie — The Pleats of Time, created by Vacheron Constantin in collaboration with the Paris couturier Yiqing Yin. Ms. Yin, an ambassador for the brand who designed its Égérie model in 2020, worked for several months with the…
Apple has canceled its plans to release an electric car with self-driving capabilities, a secretive product that had been in the works for nearly a decade. The company on Tuesday told employees in an internal meeting that it had scrapped the project and that members of the group would be shifted to different roles, including…
Tanya Sichynsky likes to collect restaurant menus, and she even has a few of them framed on the walls of her apartment in New York. The menus she displays represent a few of the dinners she had during meaningful moments in her life. Priya Krishna wrote about menus as a French major in college. For…
In late 2019, scientists began searching for 10,000 Americans willing to enroll their pets in an ambitious new study of health and longevity in dogs. The researchers planned to track the dogs over the course of their lives, collecting detailed information about their bodies, lifestyles and home environments. Over time, the scientists hoped to identify…
