EditorialFrom left, Pattie Marsh, Lee Geanoules, Lam Gong and Victoria Tirondola with their dogs at Brookdale Park in Bloomfield, N.J., April 19, 2023. (Bryan Anselm/The New York Times)
EditorialFrom left, Pattie Marsh, Lee Geanoules, Lam Gong and Victoria Tirondola with their dogs at Brookdale Park in Bloomfield, N.J., April 19, 2023. (Bryan Anselm/The New York Times)
EditorialGuests pass around plates at Dinner With Friends, an event in which strangers dine together in Anita Michaud’s one-bedroom apartment in Brooklyn Heights, Feb. 24, 2023. (Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet/The New York Times)
EditorialCyndi Darnell, a sex therapist based in Manhattan who works with couples to help enhance their sex lives, Jan. 25, 2023. (Sara Naomi Lewkowicz/The New York Times)
EditorialAttendees at the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022. (Cheriss May/The New York Times)
EditorialAn undated photo provided by Charlotte de Mouzon shows a cat; an unsubtle, attentive test subject in the study.(Charlotte de Mouzon via The New York Times)