How to grow a giant pumpkin, with help from science

WAPPINGERS FALLS, N.Y. — The pumpkin in Tony Scott’s backyard weighs almost as much as a small car. He’s been tending to it for months, feeding it fertilizer and covering it with a blanket at night to keep it at a stable temperature. A roll of measuring tape wrapped around the pumpkin gives him a […]

How to find a hobby in Austin and love it

Every so often, when I meet new acquaintances at a party or happy hour and we’ve finished the standard small talk about our jobs and what neighborhood of Austin we live in, I face the dreaded question: What do you do for fun? I begin to sweat, my mind suddenly blank. Do I even have […]