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A Forest Retreat in ‘Tokyo’s Backyard’

KARUIZAWA IS OFTEN called “Tokyo’s backyard” because it’s here, an hour northwest by bullet train, that city people come to…

Ethereal Dresses Inspired by Spring Flowers

This season, fashion is abloom with 3-D blossoms, delicate textures and colors worthy of a bouquet.

Saintly, Seductive or Sadistic? Why We Can’t Make Up Our Minds About Nuns.

In uncertain times, religious sisters are often invoked as vessels for collective doubt.

Charles Gaines, By the Numbers

The artist on his new work at the Freedom Monument Sculpture Park in Alabama, the development of his practice and…

Scientists Calculated the Energy Needed to Carry a Baby. Shocker: It’s a Lot.

In humans, the energetic cost of pregnancy is about 50,000 dietary calories — far higher than previously believed, a new…

The Itsy Bitsy Spider Inspired a Microphone

If spiders use their webs like a large external eardrum, researchers reasoned, perhaps spider silk could be the basis for…

N.F.L. Player Draws Rebukes (and Trolling) for Graduation Speech

Kansas City’s Harrison Butker quoted Taylor Swift lyrics while telling men to be “unapologetic in your masculinity” and women to…

Who’s Afraid of Double Denim?

It’s twilight time for the era of hoodies and sweats. Make way for another kind of suit, pairing a trucker…

They Think You Should Be Grateful

Alex and Mimi Ikonn are the duo behind the popular “Five Minute Journal,” which has become ubiquitous on night stands…

In a Secret Manhattan Garden, a Birthday Party for Katharine Hepburn

Nearly every spring for over two decades now, a tender ritual has taken place in a leafy plaza in the…

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