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    Young people are getting Botox to prevent wrinkles. Does it work?

    Cynthia Huang Wang was 27 when she noticed faint lines forming on her face. She decided to try something she had seen other young people recommend on social media: Botox....

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    It’s a special kind of joy that only a gardener could understand. I always get an extra spring in my step when nurseries begin stocking the year’s new plant introductions...
    Kevin Job’s favorite memories of growing up in Norwich involved fishing for stripers with his dad in spring, when enormous schools of alewives would swim upriver. “We’d s...
    You’d think that a simple mud puddle wouldn’t stymie an intrepid hiker like Phil Plouffe, who has climbed to 26,000 feet on Mount Everest, and who delivered mail in Mysti...
    I’m in Naples for an annual “boys weekend” with my old friends Giampa and Simone. Naples, Italy, that is — not Florida. Napoli, the original southern Italian city. Lan...

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    Women have long been at the forefront of gardening, whether passing agricultural traditions from generation to generation, organizing garden clubs and beautification soci...
    Let’s see – panoramic views: Check. Well-marked, thoughtfully laid out and exceptionally maintained trails: Check. Distinctive rock formations, impressive ridges and cave...
    When “Succession’s” Brian Cox is onstage in London as James Tyrone in “A Long Day’s Journey Into Night,” could he be accompanied by the sound of a New London foghorn? It’...
    The Specter of Hendrix Looms Large at Kate Show “Come the hell on, man. That’s not even fair!” *Proceeds to throw drumsticks and dreams of being a guitar player ...
    For decades, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has been studying the effects screens and media have on children. It’s natural for parents and caregivers to be conc...

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    “I’ve seen waves before in the Bay of Fundy, but I never saw waves like that.” Today, New London Ledge Light is automated and unmanned, but on Sept. 21, 1938, lighthouse ...
    Whenever and wherever I hike, my eyes often bypass healthy, living trees – even maples, resplendent in autumn’s crimson foliage, or verdant birches in spring – while seek...
    My landlord recently installed a fence around the shared front yard of our building in Upstate New York. Each of her tenants has a dog, and she thought it would be nice t...
    Money is one of the most common sources of conflict in a relationship. So it should come as no surprise that a recent Bankrate survey found that well over one-third (42 p...
    Stella Zawistowski competes in crossword contests and has been a top-10 finisher at the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament multiple times.
    I have yet to meet the guy or gal that smokes, eats fast food, hunkers down at home and remains a couch potato who stays as healthy as another guy or gal that exercises e...
    After trudging up a steep slope the other day, we hikers paused to view acorns that were scattered amid hardened mud alongside an icy trail. “Look how many there are!” Ma...
    Swaths of green spread out amid the murk on a misty, February morning, as our hiking group meandered over rugged trails at the Candlewood Hill State Wildlife Management A...
    Many of us can recall a time when we have self-sabotaged — behaved in a way that runs counter to our interests. But some people do so repeatedly. People procrastinate, fo...
    Political polarization. Economic struggles. Inequity. Climate change. War. In an often-bruising world, you can hardly blame people for seeking out ways to cushion themsel...