Cases

My once-again favorite section of the NYT: The Science Times.

It still features the usual science-news stories it always did, but in recent years has branched out and become so much more reader-focused. Besides the usual servicey Q&As and the contrarian column/blog by John Tierney, the Cases column also manages to add a moving, human touch to the section.

"Comforter and Comforted in an Unfolding Mystery," from two weeks ago, tells of how a young man named Josh, crushed by the loss of his girlfriend, finds a way to honor her memory. It got me all misty on the subway ride home one night. Check it out.

+ art: NYT/Yvetta Fedorova