Dmitry Kostyukov

A group of children participate in a Dutch tradition known as “dropping,” where groups of children are deposited in a forest and have to find their way back to base, near Eindhoven, Netherlands, July 13, 2019. The tradition is meant to be challenging while distilling Dutch principles, such as problem solving, into extreme form. (Dmitry Kostyukov/The New York Times) XNYT103

July 21, 2019 at 12:38 pm

A peculiarly Dutch summer rite: Children abandoned in the night woods VIEW

AUSTERLITZ, Netherlands — Shortly after 10 p.m. on a recent night, a car came to a stop at the edge of the woods. The door...

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A robot named Zora during a group therapy session at Jouarre, a nursing facility an hour outside Paris, on Aug. 30, 2018. It may not look like much — more cute toy than futuristic marvel — but this robot is at the center of an experiment in France to change care for elderly patients. (Dmitry Kostyukov/The New York Times)

November 23, 2018 at 1:26 pm

Meet Zora, the robot that may help change care in nursing homes

It may not look like much – more cute toy than futuristic marvel – but this robot is at the center of an experiment in...

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