Gaza and Google Translate: Covering the Conflict When You Don’t Speak the Language David M. Halbfinger, The Times’s Jerusalem bureau chief, found Google Translate useful in Israeli and Palestinian territory, but Waze sometimes reaches a dead end. Read More…

The 4th R: Real Life We are honoring each of the Top 10 winners of our Fifth Annual Student Editorial Contest by publishing an essay a day. Here, an essay by Jason Schnall, age 16. Read More…

They Took On the Food Giants — and Won For decades, the Center for Science in the Public Interest has worked to influence public policy on nutrition. Read More…

More Fitness, Less Fatness Public health experts worry about the effects of “fat acceptance” on well-being and the costs of chronic weight-related ailments. Read More…

How to Prevent Falls Many of us can use a periodic kick in the pants to help keep us safe. I know, because I’m one of those prone to doing something foolhardy. Read More…

Understanding Grief Grief is not a problem to be solved or resolved. Rather, it’s a process to be lived through in whatever form and amount of time it may take. Read More…

In France, Our Dog Has His Day Hotels, shops, bars, restaurants — dogs are welcomed warmly just about everywhere. For Pip (a.k.a. Pierre), the prancing was never better. Read More…

Contraception for Teenagers Although teenage pregnancy rates have declined, too many teens still use birth control methods incorrectly or inconsistently. Read More…

A Beatles Tour in England? You Know That Can’t be Bad She didn’t start the trip as a big fan. But after visits to Penny Lane and Strawberry Field, she feels fine. Read More…