AN ENTRYWAY IS a home's decompression chamber—a place that invites guests to escape the world and shed quotidian worries, not to mention outdoor gear. In his apartment in a landmark Manhattan ...

A new synthetic strategy that relies on a multitasking copper catalyst allows chemists to construct useful molecules faster and with higher yield. Experts say it promises to fast-track complicated ...

As much as we humans like to think we can do two things at once, our brains can only process one thing at a time—like the iPhone—but we can get better at switching between the two tasks, according to ...