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Most E-mailed news on 25 September 2009 |
Really?: The Claim: Lack of Sleep Increases the Risk of Catching a Cold.
As cold season approaches, many Americans stock up on their vitamin C and echinacea, but heeding the advice on getting more sleep could be more important.
Magazine Preview: Coming Out in Middle School
How 13-year-old kids are dealing with their sexual identity ? and how others are dealing with them.
Music Review: U2 in the Round, Fun With a Mission
The concert turned from musical ambition to rock community-building, bonding the band and the 60,000 fans who had sold out Giants Stadium.
A Clip-and-Save Renaissance
Coupon use has caught on among young and well-off shoppers, though digital versions haven?t gained much.
Yes, We Speak Cupcake
Patrons at Sugar Daddy?s, which sells American-style cupcakes in the Middle East.Inspired by a treat from the Magnolia Bakery in Greenwich Village, an entrepreneur has brought the cupcake craze to the Middle East.
Tie to Pets Has Germ Jumping to and Fro
Don Graff of Belle Mead, N.J., with his English setter, Sunny. The dog contracted MRSA after a spider bite but was given medication and has improved.A germ that used to be of concern only in humans but has leaped to pets can be curtailed with hand washing.
Oil Industry Sets a Brisk Pace of New Discoveries
New oil discoveries have totaled about 10 billion barrels this year, on a pace to reach the highest level since 2000.
Op-Ed Columnist: A Tom DeLay Makeover
Tom DeLay made a spectacle of himself on national television; Sarah Palin gave a closed-door speech in Hong Kong. For politicians, it seems as if there's more than one way to rehab an image.
Berlin Journal: Grills With Legs Beckon Germans to Bratwurst
One-man mobile sausage-cooking machines are so successful in Berlin that a ?War of the Wursts? is under way in the city?s busiest areas.
The Day They Belabored the Point
Twenty-five years ago, Vicki Nelson and Jean Hepner sustained a 643-stroke rally that lasted 29 minutes in a tennis match that itself took six and a half hours to finish.
Before Choosing an E-Book, Pondering the Format
A variety of software is making it possible to read a book on a diversity of hardware, and to even tinker with the typeface.
Abroad: Searching for Chopin, Finding Poland?s Past
It?s nearly impossible not to run into some ghosts of the past in Warsaw, even if you?re just a cultural tourist. The other day I went looking for what still exists of Chopin?s trail.
On the Cheap: A Place Fit for the Boss
A reader?s Brooklyn loft gets a makeover on a $5,000 budget with the help of a professional designer, who took the space from stark to sleek just in time for a party with colleagues.
Op-Ed Columnist: Blue Is the New Black
Studies show women are getting gloomier and men are getting happier. Did the feminist revolution end up benefiting men more than women?
Op-Ed Columnist: The Miracle of Dullness
Germany has become reassuring to the point of dullness. Europe?s most powerful nation is electing its leader ? and nobody really cares. Germans are not unhappy but uninspired.
Gossamer Silk, From Spiders Spun
The first recorded example of a hand-woven brocaded textile made entirely from the silk of spiders will go on display at the Museum of Natural History.
For First Time, AIDS Vaccine Shows Some Success
A new AIDS vaccine tested in Thailand has protected a significant minority against infection.
Experts Awed by Anglo-Saxon Treasure
An amateur treasure hunter prowling English farmland with a metal detector found a massive collection of gold and silver.
The Holy Grail of the Unconscious
What the unearthing of Carl Jung?s Red book is doing to the Jungs and the Jungians (and maybe your dreams).
Anglo-Saxon Treasure Found in Britain
An amateur treasure hunter prowling English farmland with a metal detector found a massive collection of gold and silver.
Bhutan Refugees Find a Toehold in the Bronx
For a tiny community of refugees, University Avenue has become home, a retreat in an alien, noisy environment.
Phone Smart: A Wi-Fi Alternative When the Network Gets Clogged
AT&T said that customers with a Windows Mobile phone would be able to connect freely at 20,000 Wi-Fi hot spots.
F.D.A. Reveals It Fell to a Push by Lawmakers
The Food and Drug Administration said that four congressmen and its former commissioner influenced the process that led it to approve a patch for injured knees.
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