Andres Reisinger, a digital artist based in Barcelona, Spain, designs surreal furniture that moves back and forth between the physical and the digital. “The original works are digital,” Mr. Reisinger said. “But it’s very interesting when some of my digital pieces evolve.” Take, for instance, his Hortensia chair. Mr. Reisinger created the chair covered with…
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Ms. Hyman said the valuation dip did not mean anything. The company needed money to ensure it was prepared for any scenario, she said, pointing out that nobody knew when the pandemic would abate. Of all the changes Rent the Runway made to its business last year, the biggest was the shift from its unlimited…
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Then, in March, Aruba teamed up with JetBlue, which offers about 40 weekly flights from the United States to the island, to debut CommonPass, the world’s first digital vaccine passport. Those with the digital pass may take a virtually supervised at-home PCR test within three days of departure, upload results and cut through immigration lines.…
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She is still not back to her daily three-mile runs with her dog because of shortness of breath. “I’m young, 43, healthy, with no pre-existing conditions, but you often find me now on the couch resting,” Ms. Cohn said. “Don’t people want to know about this?” she asked. “Where do people like me go? What…
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If there were such thing as “easing back into normal life post-pandemic” couture, Brock Collection might have unearthed it. The LA-based luxury women’s brand, known for its breezy designs that blend effortlessness with an edge and make opulence unpretentious, is teaming up with H&M for a new womenswear collection, launching in the U.S. on June…
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Grilling has become a profession and a hobby to many people these days. Researchers are working on new and innovative ways to invent the best grill possible. So far, one has proven to be the best, most convenient, and affordable among many. That is the natural gas grill. For many years now, people have been…
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Are you dreaming of travel? It’s been a long time coming, but we’re slowly being allowed to travel again. Here in the UK, the Rule of Six was introduced for domestic holidays, putting staycations with loved ones back on the agenda. For those seeking travel beyond the British Isles, travel out of the UK is…
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“I recognized early that Cindy was no joke,” Mr. Foreman said. Georgia Brown’s was a hit, particularly with a racial cross-section of Washington’s political class, serving a menu of Southern staples like shrimp perloo and collard greens. It became part of a group of popular Washington restaurants, including Vidalia, Cashion’s Eat Place and Johnny’s Half…
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From ghosts to bats When research on so-called interbrain synchrony emerged in the 2000s, some scientists dismissed it as parapsychology, a trippy field of the 1960s and ’70s that claimed to find evidence of ghosts, the afterlife and other wonders of the paranormal. In 1965, for example, two ophthalmologists published in the prestigious journal Science…
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BOSTON – In a surprising discovery, researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) identified a mechanism that protects the brain from the effects of hypoxia, a potentially lethal deprivation of oxygen. This serendipitous finding, which they report in Nature Communications, could aid in the development of therapies for strokes, as well as brain injury that can…
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