Most people know that regular exercise is good for your health. New research shows it may make you smarter, too. Neuroscientists at OHSU in Portland, Oregon, working with mice, have discovered that a short burst of exercise directly boosts the function of a gene that increases connections between neurons in the hippocampus, the region of…
The University of Dundee’s Drug Discovery Unit (DDU) has announced a multi-million-pound partnership with Korea-based Bukwang Pharmaceutical Company in a bid to develop a new drug treatment for Parkinson’s disease. Parkinson’s disease is the second most common neurological disorder, after Alzheimer’s disease, affecting around two people in every 1000 across the population. There are around…
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Paris Couture Week is where designers (and Celine Dion) get wild. Iris Van Herpen brought her signature futurism to a stunned crowd, Giambattista Valli’s gargantuan evening wear is bound to be seen on a red carpet, and Christian Dior brought down the house. Literally. There was a model wearing a house down the runway. Click…
Take Marcus Samuelsson along with you into the kitchen or even on the subway. The chef and restaurateur, who is based in Harlem, has a new audio cookbook that incorporates the neighborhood and his flagship restaurant, Red Rooster Harlem, with stops in your home kitchen to whip up some peanut-bacon pork chops, fish in banana…
There is no such thing as “too extra” when Haute Couture season rolls around each year, so when Dior’s held its autumn/winter 2019 Dior Couture show, the brand brought its House of Dior to life—literally. Set against a floral backdrop at 30 Avenue Montaigne, the luxury house’s design atelier in Paris, the show opened with…
Forget all of those summer bags you just bought (just for a moment!), because this Ruffino Prosecco Six-Pack purse is the only one you need to sip through the warm weather. The bubbly brand partnered with Stickbaby, a Brooklyn-based clothing and accessories label. The result? An adorable handbag filled with prosecco! What could be better?…
What was “brain food” for Leonardo da Vinci? You may not learn his favorite snack, but you will be treated to a discussion of the culinary customs of his day in a talk at the 92nd Street Y by Dr. Joseph Forte, the chairman of the art history department of Sarah Lawrence College, and Francine…
Jacques Torres, the chocolatier and pastry chef, has kept his ice creams as a New York thing. Now he has finally decided to share it with the rest of the country. Pints of luxurious vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, salted caramel and mocha can be ordered, starting Monday, for nationwide shipping. The ice creams are made in…
Some picnic-worthy accouterments have just been introduced by familiar grocery store brands. After growing salad greens for over 20 years, Satur Farms, in Cutchogue, N.Y., has introduced vinaigrette-style dressings created by Eberhard Müller, an owner and a chef. Each of four varieties (spicy Asian, citrus, honey-balsamic and white truffle) comes in one-ounce single-portion packets, six…