THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE: The 4.12.26 Issue features Katie Engelhart on people considered in vegetative states; C.J. Chivers on how Russian weaponized the cold in the war with Ukraine; Willy Staley on meme culture; and Coralie Kraft on MAHA teens; and more.

Vegetative Patients May Be More Aware Than We Knew

New research is upending what we thought about the consciousness of patients, leaving families with agonizing choices.

How Russia Weaponized the Cold Ukrainian Winter

Inside one Kyiv neighborhood as it braved the harshest conditions since World War II. By C.J. Chivers

Why Some Teenage Girls Are Trading Medicine for MAHA

Disillusioned with doctors, they went on a search for answers. They found supplements and a lot of red meat. By Coralie Kraft

Forget the A.I. Apocalypse. Memes Have Already Nuked Our Culture.

From our jokes and slang to the White House’s policy messaging, internet “brain rot” has escaped our phones to take over … well, everything. By Willy Staley