Can Better Running Shoes Really Make You Faster?
Companies are investing in scientific labs in pursuit of a sneaker that could help marathon runners shave up to four minutes off their record. But some are skeptical of the results. Source link
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When Is It Time to Quit Therapy?
Our Ask the Therapist columnist, Lori Gottlieb, advises a reader who wants to stop subsidizing her partner’s therapy habit. Source link
What Are Dot Cakes, the Internet’s Latest Obsession?
An $11 confection known as a dotcake has New Yorkers queuing up at 6 a.m. Source link
Should You Outsource Your Morning Routine to a Chatbot?
A.I. wants to help you start the day. Its suggestions? Drink coffee and get dressed. Source link
The Good List: 6 Things to Bring Delight to Your Day
Questions for bats, Rothko weather and Knicks fever. Source link
Tiny Love Stories: ‘As He Dressed, I Slipped Into His Closet’
Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Source link
Bravo’s ‘Summer House’ Is Turning Men Into Reality TV Fans
Bravo’s reality TV hit has cracked an elusive audience. Source link
Songwriter David Baerwald Shares an Unspeakable Family Secret in ‘The Fire Agent’
In “The Fire Agent,” the musician David Baerwald bases his debut novel on the shadowy life of his German-Jewish grandfather: an aristocrat, a soldier, a Buddhist and a spy. Source link
A Neighbor Child Visits Us With Empty Pockets and His Hand Out. Help!
An older couple is happy to host a teenage neighbor at their lake house, but they have begun to resent his easy acceptance of gifts and presumptuous restaurant orders. Source link
How Cat Pierce Went From Indie Sleaze to Indie Earth Mother
As one half of the Pierces, Cat Pierce wrote infectious pop songs with her sister and played arenas with Coldplay. Now, she’s an emotional lifestyle guru. Source link