4 Apps That Make Traveling With Disabilities Easier
Sasha Blair‑Goldensohn, a Google engineer and wheelchair user, has championed accessibility features in Google Maps, including wheelchair‑accessible transit routes and stair‑free pathways. The World Health Organization estimates 1.3 billion people worldwide live with significant disabilities, underscoring the demand for reliable travel tools. Apps like AVIV ScoutRoute leverage AI and user feedback to tailor routes for limited mobility or vision. RollMobility, a free crowdsourced platform, helps users verify venue accessibility before arrival, reducing guesswork and frustration.
From Monofins to Modern Training, FINIS’ 30-Year Playbook for Better Technique
FINIS co‑founder John Mix explains how the company’s technique‑first ethos, born from a monofin discovery in 1993, guides every product decision. By observing pool‑deck pain points, FINIS rapidly prototypes gear that teaches, from the Front Snorkel to the Fuse Openback...
Season 7 Ep. 10: J. M. W. Turner, Brighthelmston, Sussex
In this episode of Painting of the Week, hosts Phil Grabski and Laura Bentham sit down with Tate Britain senior curator Amy Concanon to discuss the Turner and Constable exhibition and, in particular, J.M.W. Turner's 1824 watercolor "Brighton, Sussex for...
Andrew Martin on How to Manage Exposition
Andrew Martin argues that the widespread aversion to “info dumps” misrepresents the role of exposition in fiction. He explains that the fear originates from poorly executed backstory and the over‑reliance on the “show, don’t tell” mantra, which can lead writers...
ARIAS New York’s Spring/Summer 2026 Collection Dinner with Surface
ARIAS New York celebrated its Spring/Summer 2026 collection with an exclusive dinner at chef Flynn McGarry’s Cove in Hudson Square. The event, co‑hosted by Surface magazine’s editor‑in‑chief, featured a multi‑course menu and a bespoke cocktail, while highlighting a collaboration with artist Amy Feldman. Attendees included...
Bugatti Restores Veyron Prototype That Helped Set Speed Record
Bugatti has completed a six‑month restoration of a pre‑production Veyron Super Sport prototype that logged more than 70,800 km (43,993 miles). The car, which helped pave the way for the 267.8 mph (431 km/h) 2010 speed‑record run, now features production‑spec components while...
Rowing, Strength and All Round Athleticism
Ironwarrior25 logged a high‑intensity rowing and clean‑and‑jerk session on March 11, completing a 50‑calorie row, 30 reps at 40 kg, a 40‑calorie row, 20 reps, a 30‑calorie row, and 10 reps at 50 kg in 18 minutes. The athlete recorded a 1:51.7...
Hawkeye Bio Granted U.S Patent for Graphene Biosensor Platform
Hawkeye Bio announced that the USPTO granted U.S. Patent No. 12,461,102 for its pristine graphene‑based biosensor platform. The patent covers a technology that uses functionalized graphene particles and optical reporters to detect protease biomarkers with high sensitivity. The company is focusing...
Isn’t It Time We Had a Back-Up Plan ‘Just in Case’ Things Do Go Catastrophically Wrong?….
A new report argues that climate and ecological crises demand a pragmatic "Plan B" rather than endless debate. It labels discussions such as degrowth as unwinnable, urging focus on adaptive strategies that work across political divides. The authors propose concrete community...
Andromeda’s Knotty Arms
Astronomy Magazine unveiled a composite image of the Andromeda Galaxy’s spiral arms, assembled from 400 hours of total exposure using narrow‑band Hα, SII and OIII filters. The 215.6‑hour Hα exposure maps ionized hydrogen, while 46.6‑hour SII and 132.8‑hour OIII exposures...
Plans Set Out for New Veteran Support Centre Network
The UK government announced a new network of VALOUR Recognised Centres (VRCs) to provide in‑person support for veterans across the country. The initiative follows a parliamentary question answered by Defence Minister Louise Sandher‑Jones and includes a development funding round that...
PRISM BioLab and Receptor.AI Partner to Develop a Drug Discovery Platform
PRISM BioLab has teamed with Receptor.AI to build an AI‑driven, physics‑guided platform for discovering orally available small molecules that target intracellular protein‑protein interactions, membrane proteins, and complex receptor systems. The collaboration fuses PRISM’s PepMetics technology—3‑dimensional scaffolds that mimic α‑helix and...
40 Years Since Prof. Susan McKenna-Lawlor Made Contact with a Comet – Guest Post by Emma Whelan
On 14 March 1986 the ESA Giotto spacecraft passed within 600 km of Halley’s comet, delivering the first close‑up images and in‑situ measurements of a comet nucleus. Irish astrophysicist Prof. Susan McKenna‑Lawlor served as Principal Investigator for the Energetic Particle Analyser (EPONA),...
Allison Janae Hamilton’s Atmospheric ‘Venus of Ossabaw’ Film Commission
Allison Janae Hamilton’s debut narrative film, Venus of Ossabaw, premiered on March 13 as a commission for Telfair Museums’ “Off the Coast of Paradise” exhibition. Backed by VIA Art Fund, the project was shot on‑site on Georgia’s remote Ossabaw Island, blending intensive...
Looking for Brutal Feedback: Are These the Real Pain Points in Training/Nutrition Apps?
MuscleBvll has rolled out a suite of updates aimed at improving workout personalization and user experience. The app now supports percentage‑based training programs, automatically adjusts reps, sets and rest based on selected goals such as hypertrophy, and lets users customize...
Northern Winter Beat 2026, Aalborg, Denmark, February 5-7, 2026
From February 5‑7, 2026, Northern Winter Beat transformed Aalborg’s historic centre into a multi‑venue music festival, staging performances in medieval churches, museums, and community hubs. The program blended ambient soundscapes, avant‑folk, and hard‑rock, featuring artists such as Mats Erlandsson, Jim Ghedi, Motorpsycho, Hedvig Mollestad Trio, and...
Best Family Hotels in Rhodes According to Mumsnet Users
Mumsnet parents have ranked Rhodes’ top family‑friendly hotels, highlighting options from all‑inclusive resorts to budget‑friendly properties. The guide lists Atlantica Holiday Village as the overall winner, TUI BLUE Sensatori Atlantica Dreams as the best all‑inclusive, and Cyprotel Hotel as the top...
With ‘Love Is the Final Word,’ Leonard Baby Pauses a Moment of Emotional Gravity
Leonard Baby, a 29‑year‑old New York artist, is presenting his painting “Love Is the Final Word” in the solo exhibition Resting Babyface at Villa Carlotta, Los Angeles, curated by Half Gallery. The work, a dry‑brush watercolor on panel that resembles...
Ama Dablam: 65 Years Since Its First Ascent
Today marks the 65th anniversary of Ama Dablam’s first successful ascent. The 6,814‑metre peak in Nepal’s Khumbu region, famed for its elegant “mother’s pendant” shape, was finally summited on March 13 1961 by a multinational team of New Zealand, British and American climbers....
🌿The Garden Minute: Jekyll's Lost Colours, Hever's New Daffodil & Gardeners' World Is Back
Gardeners' World returns to BBC Two, marking a high‑profile revival of televised horticulture. The episode highlights the re‑launch of Jekyll’s Lost Colours, a historic rose cultivar, and introduces Hever Castle’s new daffodil variety. Spring planting momentum is accelerating as gardeners...
Noah Kahan Considers the Weight of Fame on Reflective Single ‘Porch Light’
Noah Kahan released the reflective single “Porch Light,” the second track from his upcoming album The Great Divide, due April 24 on Mercury Records. The song was co‑written with acclaimed producer Aaron Dessner and recorded at Long Pond Studio in...
Video: "Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen" - Official Trailer - Netflix
Netflix unveiled the trailer for its upcoming horror limited series *Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen*, debuting on Friday the 13th. The show, created by Haley Z. Boston and executive‑produced by Stranger Things’ Duffer brothers, follows a bride‑to‑be and...
Video: Hot Out the Oven - Hulu's "Pizza Movie" Trailer & Key Art
Hulu unveiled the trailer and key art for its new comedy‑psychedelic film “Pizza Movie” at SXSW on March 13, 2026. The movie, starring Gaten Matarazzo, Sean Giambrone and a supporting ensemble, follows two college roommates whose pizza run spirals into a hallucinogenic night after an...
Loft Conversion Guide: How to Add Space & Value to Your Home with a Loft Extension
A loft conversion can add about 30% more living space and increase a UK home’s market value by more than 20%, making it a popular extension option. The guide outlines key considerations such as headroom requirements, roof pitch, and whether...
A New Wave of Defiance: The Turkish Film-Makers Standing up to Autocracy
Turkish directors İlker Çatak and Emin Alper captured the Berlinale’s top honors with *Yellow Letters* (Golden Bear) and *Salvation* (Silver Bear), films that directly confront President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s autocratic rule. Both movies are co‑produced by the indie company Liman and echo the...
TTG Conversations: Five Questions with Ben George, Hilton
Hilton’s 2026 Trends Report reveals that 50 percent of families in the Asia‑Pacific region are taking holidays with three or more generations, signaling a surge in multi‑generational travel. The report also highlights a notable rise in skip‑generation trips, where grandparents travel...
Sleeping Separately in Japan: This Surprising Habit Actually Strengthens Couples
Japanese couples increasingly choose separate sleeping spaces to protect sleep quality, especially in bustling cities like Tokyo where work hours and commuting create mismatched schedules. The practice also aligns with traditional family routines, where children often share a futon with...
Master P
In this free‑form episode, the hosts riff on the challenges of modern parenting, especially the struggle to get enough sleep amid busy schedules, bedtime battles, and juggling kids' activities. They share personal anecdotes about surprise parties, "yes days," and the...
The Sky Today on Friday, March 13: Look Into the Eyes of the Owl
The Owl Nebula (M97) in Ursa Major lies 2.3° southeast of the Pointer Star Merak and appears as a faint, 10th‑magnitude planetary nebula about three arcminutes across. Visible in small telescopes, it reveals more detail—including its characteristic “eyes”—with 6‑inch apertures or...
Louis Stewart – ‘Joyce Notes’
Louis Stewart’s 1982 jazz suite "Joyce Notes," commissioned for James Joyce’s centenary, finally sees its first official release after 44 years. The six‑part work intertwines readings of Ulysses passages by actor Eamon Morrissey with Stewart’s bebop‑inflected guitar and an Irish‑American octet....
When a Box Is No Longer a Castle: Restoring Wonder in a Screen-Filled World
The piece notes that preschoolers now ask, “What is it supposed to be?” when presented with a plain cardboard box, signaling a loss of spontaneous imagination caused by pervasive screen exposure. It argues that highly structured, digital‑heavy environments replace open‑ended...
How to De-Age the Oscars with Amelia Dimoldenberg
In this bonus episode of The Town, host Matt Bellany talks with Amelia Dimoldenberg, the official social‑media ambassador and red‑carpet correspondent for the Oscars, about how the Academy is trying to make the ceremony relevant to Gen Z and younger...
WWW Editors Could Write a Book on Oscars Beauty—5 Ways We'd Personally Glam Our Favorite 2026 Noms
Beauty editors at WWW imagined signature makeup looks for five 2026 Oscar nominees, pairing each star with themed palettes ranging from Jessie Buckley's English rose to Teyana Taylor's chrome eyes. The piece highlights specific product suggestions, such as deep red...
Jack Harlow Releases Fourth Studio Album 'Monica'
Jack Harlow’s fourth studio album, Monica, drops via Atlantic Records, marking his first major release since relocating to New York City. The record was written and recorded over the past year at the historic Electric Lady Studios. Harlow’s catalog now...
Wealth Evolves: From Security to Agency and Meaning
At a certain point, wealth changes its role. Early on, money is about security. Then freedom. Then optionality. But eventually another question appears. Not “How much more can I accumulate?” But “What is this capital actually for?” Because capital without direction becomes accumulation for its own sake. The...
Let Us Gather in a Flourishing Way @ Buffalo AKG Art Museum
The Buffalo AKG Art Museum launches *Let Us Gather in a Flourishing Way*, a six‑month installation featuring 58 contemporary Latinx artists. The exhibition, curated by Andrea Alvarez, groups works into seven thematic clusters that explore history, identity, land, community, and...
Quantum Method Processes Problems in Parallel, Cutting Solution Time by 20%
Researchers at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology introduced multi‑tasking quantum annealing (MTQA), a method that runs multiple combinatorial optimisation problems simultaneously on a single quantum annealer. By embedding distinct problem graphs into separate regions and using idle qubits, MTQA...
Precision Measurement Now Underpins Industrial Technology Development
Researchers at Japan's AIST and NMIJ have released a strategic review outlining how precision metrology will become the backbone of quantum‑technology industrialisation. By establishing traceable electrical standards linked to fundamental SI constants, the framework aims to enable automated, large‑scale verification...
Shift to Abundance: Mindset Determines Life's Plenty
If you think there's not enough; not enough opportunities, money, favor; you'll live like there's not enough. But God is a God of abundance. The waters TEEM with life The sky is FULL of birds It's time to shift your mind & only see abundance. The Life...
Northern Europe's Winter Power Gap Calls for Nuclear
This is a mistake. Northern Europe is one of the hardest places on earth to power with renewables. German winter is long and dark. And as we electrify heat, the greatest electricity demand will be in winter. Nuclear should be...
Superconductivity’s Key Ingredient Now Easily Calculated by Computers
Researchers at Aalto University and collaborators have introduced a computational framework that calculates the superfluid weight of a material using only non‑self‑consistent Kohn‑Sham bands from standard DFT. The approach reduces the computational cost by orders of magnitude, turning a former...
Entangled Light Boosts Sensing of Material Stress Beyond Known Limits
Researchers at Bar‑Ilan University have demonstrated a hyper‑entangled SU(1, 1) interferometer that pushes birefringence sensing 3–15 dB beyond the classical shot‑noise limit. The scheme couples two nonlinear interferometers with squeezed light, allowing phase‑shift detection using ordinary photon detectors. This approach simplifies quantum‑enhanced...
FOX Sports, Imagine Documentaries & Delirio Films Announce "Summer of '94" Premiering May 23 on FOX
FOX Sports, Imagine Documentaries and Delirio Films announced the documentary feature “Summer of ’94,” which will debut on FOX on May 23, 2026, after a world premiere at SXSW on March 14. The film chronicles the U.S. Men’s National Team’s...
Accurate Quantum Sensing Now Accounts for Real-World Limitations
Researchers at Palacký University introduced a framework that evaluates quantum‑sensing performance using the full inference dataset rather than relying solely on Quantum Fisher Information. The method explicitly incorporates finite resources, prior knowledge, and estimator construction, revealing that NOON states and...
Binary Optimisation Networks Unlock Efficient Permutation Calculations
Researchers introduced a sparse QUBO formulation for permutation problems that leverages oblivious compare‑exchange networks, cutting the variable count from quadratic to O(n log₂ n). The new encoding supports unbiased sampling of permutations as well as algebraic operations such as multiplication and inversion....
Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe | Seagram Building
In this episode of Who Arted, host Kyle Wood explores the life and work of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, tracing his early apprenticeship, Bauhaus leadership, and emigration to Chicago where he shaped the International Style. Wood highlights Mies’s philosophy...
Light’s Subtle Shifts Measured with Unprecedented Precision
Researchers Mikhail and Sergey Podoshvedov have demonstrated ultra‑precise optical phase estimation that reaches sub‑Heisenberg precision without relying on mode entanglement. By engineering continuous‑variable probe states from squeezed‑vacuum light and a single beam splitter, they achieve quantum Fisher information far beyond...
Sandals Royal Curaçao Invites Guests to Experience “Vacation Goals”
Sandals Royal Curaçao is rolling out a limited‑time "Vacation Goals: Curaçao Edition" program to ride the wave of the island’s historic World Cup qualification. The initiative runs from early June through July 19, 2026 and blends on‑resort match screenings, themed...
Magnetic Fields Stabilise Insulating States in Twisted Semiconductors
Researchers at the University of Kentucky introduced a novel “center‑of‑charge” basis to model moiré flat‑band physics in twisted bilayer semiconductors under magnetic fields. By treating the minibands as paired Landau levels with opposite Chern numbers, they identified a sharp loss...
Personal System 個人システム
Brazilian electronic musician Felipe Bortoloti, now based in Porto, has expanded his Personal System 個人システム project with three new releases: Distant Paradise (2025), Transcoastal Night Drive (2024) and Soundtrack for Laundry Dreams (2023). Each album fuses vaporwave, easy‑listening and hip‑hop...