Harris Reed Quits Nina Ricci
British‑American designer Harris Reed announced his departure as creative director of Nina Ricci, ending a three‑and‑a‑half‑year tenure. During his time, Reed introduced an inclusive femininity narrative and launched the Vénus fragrance, revitalising the house’s perfume portfolio. His final runway show for the brand took place in Paris on March 6, after which he will devote his energy to expanding his own label. Nina Ricci, owned by Puig, has not yet named a successor and will pause to chart its next creative chapter.
19 Hard‑Earn
19 inconvenient truths I keep stapled to my desk (I wish I had learned these sooner in my 20s):
Cinema, Meet the Creator Economy
Creator Camp, a digitally native media company, is reshaping film production by converting online creator followings into theatrical audiences. Its debut feature, *Two Sleepy People*, generated 2.5 times its production budget within a week, driven by an organic campaign that...
A New Compilation Celebrates CBGB’s Big Bang
A four‑CD compilation titled *CBGB OMFUG: A New York City Soundtrack 1975‑1986* curates studio tracks from 102 bands that got their start at the iconic Bowery club. The set spotlights the "Big Five"—Patti Smith, Blondie, Talking Heads, the Ramones and...
7 Trends to Know From Paris Fashion Week Fall 2026
Paris Fashion Week Fall 2026 showcased a shift from traditional neck ties to dramatic bows, while funnel‑neck coats emerged as the season’s outerwear staple. Designers revived plaid in vibrant 90s‑inspired hues and introduced oversized facial graphics as the new floral motif....
Crystal Shadowing to Reduce Beam Losses
CERN has upgraded its crystal‑shadowing system in the Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) by installing a refined array of three bent silicon crystals. The technique, first demonstrated in 2021, deflects halo particles away from the electrostatic septum, cutting beam losses by...
Orbiting
Cambridge University Press has released *Elizabeth Bowen in Context*, an edited collection that assembles newly sourced essays, letters, and criticism on the Anglo‑Irish novelist. The volume, edited by Allan Hepburn, brings together contributions that probe Bowen’s engagement with technology, comedy,...
Stop Nighttime Overthinking: Treat Thoughts, Not Emergencies
My latest article is on nighttime overthinking and six evidence-based ways to stop that from happening. The short version: everyone's brain throws up random thoughts at night. Bad sleepers just have a brain that treats them like emergencies.
NASA Disqualifies X-Ray Telescope From Probe Mission Competition
NASA announced that the Advanced X‑Ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS) has been disqualified from the Astrophysics Probe Explorer competition after failing to meet the program’s cost and schedule thresholds. The decision follows a series of internal disruptions at NASA, including a...
Kindergarten Ends Daycare Costs, New Furniture Dreams
As bittersweet as it is for my son to go to kindergarten, I can’t wait to not pay for daycare anymore. Maybe I’ll finally be able to afford a new bed frame and night stands lmao
New Release Review - THE HOME
Mattias Skoglund’s latest horror, The Home, adapts Mats Strandberg’s novel and places terror in a retirement home. The film follows gay son Joel, who returns to clear out his mother’s house after her stroke, only to confront a malevolent spirit...
Lozenge – For Lack of Trying
Leeds‑based shoegaze outfit Lozenge released the single “For Lack of Trying,” delivering a wall of Swervedriver‑style guitar riffs paired with a melodic undercurrent. The track showcases the band’s ability to blend abrasive textures with songcraft, creating an immersive listening experience....
Prescribing Mood-Boosting Probiotics Feels Like Magic
Me, during a patient appointment, going over probiotic strains that are evidence-based for mood/anxiety: "I feel like I'm casting Harry Potter spells right now" 🪄
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Here's How to Get the Most Out of Your National Park Trip, According to Rangers—Plus, The Biggest Mistake Visitors Make
National‑park rangers warn that visitors frequently misjudge the sheer size of parks, leading to unrealistic itineraries and missed attractions. They stress the importance of researching travel distances, allowing flexibility, and having backup plans, especially given limited cell coverage. Rangers also...
Photon Bridge and CPFC Partner to Validate Path to Scalable Multi-Wavelength Light Engines
Photon Bridge of Eindhoven announced a strategic partnership with the Canadian Photonics Fabrication Centre (CPFC) to use CPFC’s InP laser foundry for its heterogeneous photonics platform. The collaboration validates the manufacturability of multi‑wavelength external laser sources, targeting 8, 16 and...
Photos From the Floor of Rio’s Transmasc Ballroom Scene
Photographer Roma Joana captures Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival through the lens of the city’s emerging trans‑masculine ballroom scene. The images, featured in Dazed, reveal vibrant costumes, sweat‑soaked bodies and a dialogue about colour, heat and gender expression. A trans‑masc health...
How to Get by without a Music Director
The Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) in Geneva dismissed music director Jonathan Nott last season and chose not to name an immediate successor. Instead, the orchestra will operate under a "conductor in residence" model for the next two years,...
Talk Less, Execute More: Let Results Speak
Nobody tells you this: There's an inverse relationship between talk and execution. The people who constantly talk about their plans rarely execute them. Learn to work without validation. Stop telling people what you're going to do. Just go do it....
Band to Debut Quantum Guitar at Wacken’s Wasteland Stage
We'll be playing at Wacken Open Air this year, on the wasteland stage, also VIP-premiering quantum guitar for the press. https://t.co/qcK6o3mKJS https://t.co/78O11MGCQ9
Ignore the Romance, and Reminders Of Him Actually Has Something to Say About Motherhood
Reminders Of Him, the latest Colleen Hoover adaptation, arrives in theaters on March 13, 2026, marketed as a romance but centering on a mother’s struggle after prison. Maika Monroe plays Kenna Rowan, a newly released inmate seeking to reconnect with...
Canal Boat Contemporary: London’s Floating Art Gallery
Have you heard about Canal Boat Contemporary? Read more about this unusual gallery via @Londonist >> https://t.co/MWurUcAh4d #UrbanPalette #LondonArtCritic https://t.co/PTqDSqV43e
New York’s Independent Fair Reveals 76 Exhibitors for First Edition at Pier 36
New York’s Independent art fair returns for its 17th edition, moving from Spring Studios to the larger Pier 36 venue. The fair will host 76 exhibitors, with nearly half presenting for the first time and a third offering solo debut shows...
Parkinson's Disease May Reduce Enjoyment of Pleasant Smells
Scientists have found that people with Parkinson’s disease experience reduced enjoyment of pleasant odors such as lemon, indicating the world literally smells different for them. Loss of olfactory function affects 75‑90% of patients and often precedes motor symptoms by years,...
Review – Bleeding Hearts #2: The Other Side
Bleeding Hearts #2, written by Deniz Camp and illustrated by Stipan Morian, earns a 9.5/10 rating for its daring narrative pivot. The issue abandons the series’ initial focus on zombie society and instead follows a pregnant mother fighting to protect...
Playing Sound Waves to Cells Decreases Laryngeal Cancer Aggressiveness
An international team led by the Turku Bioscience Centre discovered that applying sound‑wave vibration to vocal‑fold cancer cells restores cellular movement and markedly reduces tumor aggressiveness. The mechanical stimulation lowered levels of the oncogenic protein YAP, both in cultured cells...
This Brutal Moon by Bethany Jacobs
"This Brutal Moon" concludes Bethany Jacobs' Kindom Trilogy, a multi‑planetary space‑opera that follows the Jeveni laborers' revolt against a corrupt tripartite Kindom. The narrative centers on characters like Chono and Six, whose personal moral choices drive the political intrigue. Jacobs...
My Mother’s Best Advice: Wear Bold, Bright Colours
Arifa Akbar recounts her mother’s lifelong advice to wear bold, bright colours, revealing how the practice evolved from teenage resistance to a deliberate mood‑boosting habit. The piece illustrates how colour choices serve as a daily self‑awareness tool, influencing emotional states...
Scalable Quantum Batteries Can Charge Faster than Their Classical Counterparts
Researchers from Shenzhen International Quantum Academy and Spain's CSIC have built a superconducting‑qubit quantum battery that charges faster than a comparable classical device under equal energy constraints. The experiment, published in Physical Review Letters, demonstrates a quantum charging advantage using...
The 4:30 Am Grind: How a Cotton-Field Startup Turned Into an Artisan Pizza Empire
Joe Carlucci transformed a COVID-era pizza food truck into Valentina’s Pizzeria & Wine Bar, now a 196‑seat, full‑service restaurant in Alabama. Starting with a 1,500‑sq‑ft space and 12 employees, the operation has grown to over 50 staff and a curated...
“If You Keep Your Mind Too Open, Your Brain Falls Out”: Interview with Theoretical Ecologist Chuliang Song
Song and Levine (2025) introduce a "covariance criteria" that ties the covariance of gain and loss processes to observed population abundance, providing a model‑structure test for ecological time‑series. Borrowed from queueing theory and later used in biophysics, the method works...
The Early Mine a Gritty, Post-Rock Ambient Vibe
The Early’s new album *I Want to Be Ready* translates choreographer Danielle Goldman’s improvisation philosophy into a gritty, post‑rock ambient experience. Guitar, synth, drums and electronics intertwine across sprawling tracks, from the feedback‑laden opener “The Laughing Earth” to the 13‑minute...
The Fort Strength Training Wearable Tracks Your Sets (2026)
Fort, a new wearable from former Tesla engineers, launches with hands‑free weight‑lifting tracking and full strength‑training analytics. Priced at $289 with the first year of an $80 subscription included, it ships later this year after a beta phase. The device...
Universe’s Brightest Stellar Explosions May Be Powered by Highly Magnetic Neutron Stars
Astronomers have identified a new superluminous supernova, SN 2024afav, whose light curve exhibits a series of periodic, “chirping” brightness bumps. Detailed analysis shows the timing of these bumps fits a model where a highly magnetized neutron star, or magnetar, is surrounded...
A Genetic Trick Helps This All-Female Fish Species Escape Evolutionary Doom
The Amazon molly, an all‑female fish that reproduces via sperm‑triggered parthenogenesis, has persisted for at least 100,000 years—far beyond the 10,000‑year limit predicted by Muller’s ratchet. A new Nature study used long‑read sequencing to compare its genome with those of...
Blood Cancer Has Not Abated the Verbose, Sardonic, and Unpredictable Will Self’s Rage with the Literary World
British novelist Will Self, 63, is battling secondary myelofibrosis, a blood cancer. He is halfway through his 64th year while completing a new work titled "The Quantity Theory of Morality," positioned as a sequel to his 1991 debut. The book...
Elaine Scarry Says Pain Unmakes Language. Jan Steyn, Begs to Differ — or at Least Keeps Translating and Typing
The essay intertwines a personal bout of gout with the craft of literary translation, illustrating how chronic pain shapes the translator’s voice. It surveys gout’s medical profile—affecting 1‑2% of adults, driven largely by genetics, and disproportionately impacting men, post‑menopausal women,...
In Bangladesh, the Art of Tangail Sari Weaving Hangs by a Thread
Tangail’s hand‑woven saris, famed for fine motifs, were added to UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list in December. Despite the accolade, the craft faces a steep decline: loom numbers have halved, wages hover around $6 per sari, and many workshops have...
Resisting Mining Book Club: “Mining, Displacement, and Matriliny in Meghalaya: Gendered Transitions” With Bitopi Dutta
London Mining Network’s third Resisting Mining Book Club of 2026 will feature Bitopi Dutta discussing her 2023 Routledge India title, *Mining, Displacement, and Matriliny in Meghalaya: Gendered Transitions*. The book examines how development‑induced displacement from mining reshapes gender relations in...
Telesat Expands Canadian Landing Station Footprint for Lightspeed
Telesat announced new Canadian landing‑station sites in Estevan and Shaunavon, Saskatchewan, and Papineauville, Quebec, expanding its ground footprint ahead of Lightspeed pathfinder launches in December. The company aims to operate 24 landing stations worldwide by the start of global services...
Three Michelin Starred Indian Food Is Coming to London with a New Mayfair Restaurant
Three‑Michelin‑starred Indian restaurant Trèsind is set to open in Mayfair, London, bringing a modernist take on Indian cuisine to the capital. The venue will launch with tasting‑only menus priced around £170 per guest, featuring avant‑garde dishes such as A5 wagyu...
Capricor Shares Rise as FDA Sets August Decision Date for Rejected Duchenne Therapy
Capricor Therapeutics announced that the FDA has scheduled an August 22 decision on its investigational Duchenne muscular dystrophy cell therapy, deramiocel, after lifting a prior complete response letter. The biotech resubmitted an enhanced package that includes robust Phase III HOPE‑3 data showing...
Springtime Chicken Soup With Herbed Matzo Balls For Passover Recipe
Springtime Chicken Soup with Herbed Matzo Balls reimagines the classic Passover staple by adding asparagus, snow peas, lemon zest, and fresh herbs. The recipe walks readers through a from‑scratch broth, chilled matzo‑ball mixture, and a layered vegetable finish, delivering eight...
Harry Styles - Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally.
Harry Styles released his fourth solo album, Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally., aiming for a dance‑floor vibe. The record leans heavily on indie‑rock references and synth‑driven production but often feels derivative and under‑cooked. While tracks like “Ready, Steady, Go!” and...
Starlings' Murmurations: Nature's Mesmerizing Watercolor Dance
Starlings and the magic of murmurations – a magical watercolor serenade to one of Earth's greatest wonders https://t.co/qqcfc5Lvnb
Recommend a Romantic Boutique Hotel in the Oltrarno Area
A couple planning a ten‑day September honeymoon in Florence asked for a romantic boutique hotel in the Oltrarno district under $400 per night. Community members recommended three properties owned by the same couple—AdAstra, Oltrarno Splendid, and Soprarno Suites—highlighting private gardens,...
Everything I've Done So Far to Build My Nonfiction Proposal
Author Jami Attenberg announces a one‑hour Zoom workshop on May 9 to guide writers through nonfiction proposal development, with flexible Q&A. She will also appear at the New Orleans Book Festival on March 14 to discuss the pros and cons of publishing on...
It's Never Too Late to Repair Father‑Daughter Bonds
“Repair is always possible.” It’s never too late to strengthen your relationship with your daughter. Hear more: https://t.co/CztUU1cKHZ #FatherDaughter
71‑Year‑Old Accordionist
Street musician Alexander (no last name given), 71, plays the accordion on Nikolskaya Street in central Moscow, Russia March 10, 2026. REUTERS/Ramil Sitdikov https://t.co/4YhuICQdDR
Monty Don Warns Gardeners This 'Impossible' Spring Weed that Looks Like Lawn Must Be Burnt, Not Composted
Monty Don warns that couch grass (Elytrigia repens) is an "impossible" spring weed that emerges before most plants and spreads rapidly via rhizomes. Its early growth can smother perennials, shrubs and hedges within a single season. Don advises gardeners to...
Garden Compost Bins Stay Clean and Fly-Free if You Add This Simple Supermarket Item as UK Temperatures Rise This Spring
As UK spring temperatures rise above 10 °C, garden compost bins often become soggy, smelly hotspots that attract flies, maggots and rats. The excess moisture at the bin’s base, combined with exposed food waste, creates ideal breeding grounds for pests. Sustainable‑living...