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1 month ago | 
nytimes.com | Hank Sanders |Graham Dickie
Joe McCallen, de 63 años, ha cartografiado 160.000 km de carreteras para el mapa inmersivo de Google. Y no planea detenerse. Credit... El anuncio de trabajo en internet era enigmático. Se necesitaba un conductor, eso lo sabía Joe McCallen. ¿La misión? Era secreta.
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1 month ago | 
businessandamerica.com | Corey Kilgannon |Graham Dickie
Deep in the labyrinth of the American Museum of Natural History, past the giant suspended blue whale and the first floor’s Alaska brown bears, is an unobtrusive locked door. On it, there is a small sign. “Bug Colony.”Behind the door, accessible only to a handful of museum employees, thousands of flesh-eating dermestid beetles toil around the clock handling a task of specimen preparation that even the museum’s best trained specialists cannot.
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1 month ago | 
nytimes.com | Corey Kilgannon |Graham Dickie
The six-legged staffers of the American Museum of Natural History's Bug Colony do their grisly work under a lid. The result: neatly tidied bones. The six-legged staffers of the American Museum of Natural History's Bug Colony do their grisly work under a lid. The result: neatly tidied bones. Credit... Deep in the labyrinth of the American Museum of Natural History, past the giant suspended blue whale and the first floor's Alaska brown bears, is an unobtrusive locked door. On it, there is a small sign.
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2 months ago | 
nytimes.com | Annabel Aguiar |Graham Dickie
The spokeswoman said the stadium had no issues complying with the 75-decibel limit - about the equivalent of a vacuum cleaner or a barking dog - on the sound permits it received from the Police Department. But in 2023, the city also started to measure the concerts against a 45-decibel standard meant for noise from stores, bars and restaurants. In response to the noise complaints, Mr. Luba said, the stadium is reducing the size of its speakers and incorporating more of them.
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2 months ago | 
nytimes.com | Erik Piepenburg |Graham Dickie
A big opening scene that took about two-and-a-half years to perfect plunges theatergoers into the sci-fi world of the hit Netflix series. A big opening scene that took about two-and-a-half years to perfect plunges theatergoers into the sci-fi world of the hit Netflix series. Credit... The cold open: In television, it's a scene that begins an episode before the title sequence, often without leading characters but almost always with foreshadowing hooks to confound or set a mood.
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2 months ago | 
nytimes.com | Ivan Penn |Graham Dickie
For beekeepers, the problem isn't just climate change and extreme weather: It's also DOGE, the trade war and the immigration crackdown. For beekeepers, the problem isn't just climate change and extreme weather: It's also DOGE, the trade war and the immigration crackdown. Credit... Listen to this article with reporter commentary Nancy and Keith Budke, married 43 years, are migratory beekeepers.
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2 months ago | 
nytimes.com | Brian Josephs |Graham Dickie
On a recent Friday night at Paragon, a two-level dance club that sits under train tracks in Bushwick, Brooklyn, partygoers jerked their bodies to the thump of rave music. In the less roomy basement, silhouettes swayed as the flashes of blue from the ceiling's grid of LED lights revealed young faces. It was "def a good night for us," John Barclay, the owner of Paragon, said in a text message the next day.
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Mar 8, 2025 | 
nytimes.com | Emmanuel Morgan |Graham Dickie
Two men, barefoot and wearing traditional loincloths around their waists, tussled with each other on a stage transformed to look like a sumo ring. A fighting consultant, who had been observing the rehearsal nearby, stepped in to offer advice: The men's arm movements were too straight; their motions needed to be smoother and more circular. Moments later, the two actors were at it again: reaching out, shifting their weight and then pushing off each other in a grappling exchange.
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Feb 10, 2025 | 
nytimes.com | Lanna Apisukh |Graham Dickie |Benjamin Hoffman
With the event returning to Midtown Manhattan for the first time since 2020, thousands of dogs flooded the city with a single goal in mind: best in show. What did Tonic, a Pomeranian, need before competing in the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show? A crisp high-five from his owner and handler, Sonya Ratliff. With the event returning to Midtown Manhattan for the first time since 2020, thousands of dogs flooded the city with a single goal in mind: best in show.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
nytimes.com | Matt Yan |Graham Dickie
Yonkers, the third largest city in New York with a once sleepy downtown, has been attracting new businesses, rental projects and creative spaces, with more planned. Developers and businesses are increasingly drawn to the city, which covers 18 square miles and lies directly north of the Bronx in Westchester County. Lionsgate recently opened a large film studio there. The Saw Mill River, once paved over downtown, now flows near the Yonkers Train Station.
