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Overindulging can disrupt your GI system and slow down your digestion,” says Susan Albers, a psychologist at the Cleveland Clinic and the author of the new book Hanger Management. “To rev your metabolism and feel fired up, feed your body right. It’s about nourishing yourself mindfully.” That means meals packed with the nutrients you need. Breakfast “You can’t beat some eggs and whole-grain toast to get yourself back on track,” says Keri Gans, R.D.N., a Shape Brain Trust member and the author of The Small Change Diet. Eggs contain vitamin B12, which gives you energy. They’re also rich in cysteine, an amino acid that helps your body produce glutathione, an antioxidant that becomes depleted when you drink alcohol, she says. Healthy whole-grain toast is loaded with filling fiber, keeping you satiated all…

THUNDERSTORMS generated by the intense heat of the bushfires burning in Australia have probably carried as much smoke into the stratosphere as a volcanic eruption. Blazes across the country in the past few weeks have been so powerful they have generated their own weather. They create rising air that carries ash and smoke and results in the formation of thunderclouds called pyrocumulonimbus (pyroCbs) above the fires. Some of these clouds are strong enough and rise high enough to have channelled smoke into the stratosphere – a stable layer of air between 10 and 50 kilometres up where particles can get trapped and persist for half a year or longer. Smoke from the fires has moved eastward in the stratosphere and made a full circuit around the world, according to NASA. There were at…

DID YOU HEAR the one about how aid workers rebuilt homes after a flood—and forgot to include kitchens? How about the entrepreneur whose product was dismissed by funders as too “niche”—but whose femtech company, Chiaro, is now on track for more than $100 million in 2020? Or the female sexual-dysfunction drug that was tested for its interaction with alcohol on 23 men … and only two women? Not finding any of these funny? Maybe that’s because they’re not jokes. From cars that are 71% less safe for women than men (because they’ve been designed using a 50th-percentile male dummy), to voice-recognition technology that is 70% less likely to accurately understand women than men (because many algorithms are trained on 70% male data sets), to medication that doesn’t work when a woman…

What do you do if the restaurant tries to put you at the communal table?—STANDOFFISH SORAYA Introduce yourself to everyone individually, giving your name and a fun fact. Assume the food is also communal and keep asking strangers to “pass the steak.” Stand up and say grace. Tell the waiter your “friend over there” is taking care of the bill. Or, I dunno, deal with it? No one’s inviting you over for an orgy, unless of course, they are. You never know with the communal table. What’s the cutest food to eat on a date? The Olsen twins once said grapes are the ultimate cute food. —ADORABLE ADRIAN Wow, way to quote So Little Time! The following foods are cute enough to eat on a date: • Mandarin oranges• Mickey Mouse pancakes• Chocolate-dipped strawberries purchased…

Dating apps including Grindr, OkCupid and Tinder leak personal information to advertising tech companies in possible violation of European data privacy laws, a Norwegian consumer group said in a report this week. The Norwegian Consumer Council said it found “serious privacy infringements” in its analysis of how shadowy online ad companies track and profile smartphone users. The council, a government-funded nonprofit group, commissioned cybersecurity company Mnemonic to study 10 Android mobile apps. It found that the apps sent user data to at least 135 different third party services involved in advertising or behavioral profiling. “The situation is completely out of control,” the council said, urging European regulators to enforce the continent’s strict General Data Privacy Regulation, or GDPR. It said the majority of the apps did not present users with legally-compliant consent mechanisms. The…

It was business as usual for Harry and Meghan as they made a visit to Canada House in London on Jan. 7 to thank officials for the hospitality extended to them during their recent stay on Vancouver Island, where they celebrated the holidays with their 8-month-old son, Archie. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were in good spirits as they chatted with staff members and posed for press photos during the appearance. Little did the world know the controversial couple was about to drop the biggest bombshell to hit the monarchy in decades. The following day, Harry and Meghan announced their plans to “step back as senior members of the Royal Family” — an unprecedented move that sent shock waves through the palace and beyond. In the statement, the pair…

Kwangho Lee “All of my work comes from the same place—material experimentation,” says Lee. In 2006, for his graduation project at Hongik University, he showcased a series of lights made from draped and woven electrical wire. Soon he was weaving chunky chairs and sofas from PVC and other unconventional cords and applying enameled copper to cabinets and dining tables, using an ancient technique often applied to small bowls and vases en masse. These days he’s investigating 3-D printing and aluminum sand casting. “There’s this innate Korean quality of fastness,” he says, “wanting to learn something fast, show something fast.” A star of Salon 94 Design’s roster, he has harnessed that creative momentum, building a community of local designers in the once-industrial Seongsu-dong neighborhood, where he leases studios to young creatives and…

TO many, the 993 is the epitome of Po r s ch e ’s 911 portfolio: air-cooled, compact and light, with a beautiful, fluid design. The range offered a plethora of high-performance models: Turbo, Turbo S and GT2 (in Street, Clubsport and Evo versions), while the naturally aspirated versions were celebrated with the Carrera RS. Track and race models included the 993 Cup, but much rarer was the 993 RSR: just 45 were made (some sources suggest 30). On first appearance, the RSR looks pure 993 GT2. Those riveted wheelarch extensions, subtle front spoiler and large rear wing are not unlike the hyper 911’s. However, parked next to each other, they are far from identical. The RSR’s racecar foundation is evident up close with split-rim alloys placed snug within the wheelarches…

You already know that maintaining a healthful diet, avoiding smoking, and getting plenty of exercise help keep your heart strong, but these other easy tips can give your heart-healthy lifestyle a boost. Start a gratitude journal: Tapping into happy, positive emotions has been linked to lower chances of cardiac problems, while feelings of negativity can contribute to heart risks like high blood pressure over time. Each day, write down one thing that you’re grateful for—when you’re feeling down (depression is also linked to greater risk of heart attack or stroke), flip through for an uplifting reminder of all the good things in your life. Plan your meals: If you can’t seem to say no to that cookie or side of fries, try keeping yourself on a healthy eating track by planning out…

ATTENDING the Diplomatic Reception at Buckingham Palace in December, Duchess Kate glowed in an Alexander McQueen velvet floor-length gown. While some fashion experts were quick to note that the royal had a new rock on her right-hand ring finger complementing her Nizam of Hyderabad necklace, those close to the 37-year-old couldn’t deny a more shocking aspect of her appearance: her shrinking figure. Always willowy, the 5-foot-9 Duchess of Cambridge is now so thin that her husband, Prince William, 37, is frantic about her well-being. (NYC-based Dr. Fred Pescatore, who does not treat Kate, estimates she weighs in at just 115 pounds, adding that’s “too thin for her.”) “She’s working herself into the ground and skipping meals an awful lot,” says a source. “As much as he tries not to nag her,…

The 2021 season will see a seismic shift in NASCAR, with all-new regulations moving the cars away from a template that has remained relatively unchanged since the 1970s. The current NASCAR Cup machinery retains many features that have been present for decades, not the least of which are chassis that feature ‘truck arm’ rear suspension, live rear axles and steering boxes rather than racks. The ‘Next Gen’ Cup car will be a radical (by NASCAR standards) departure from the current Gen 6 machines. Tubeframe chassis will be retained, but the fabricated steel suspension set-ups, consisting of A-arms at the front and truck arms and live axle at the rear, will be replaced with machined uprights and double wishbones front and rear. The first prototype chassis were designed by Dallara in conjunction…

The 2010s represented a real change in the world of technology, changing the way we work, live, and communicate. But where are we headed next, and what can we expect to happen in 2020? This week, we take a closer look at innovations that are just around the corner… 2020 IS ALL ABOUT 5G Perhaps one of the biggest changes expected to hit the market in 2020 is 5G technology, promising super-fast download and upload speeds, more stable connections and unlimited possibilities for new apps, software, and hardware. Though the United States, the United Kingdom, and China have already begun to turn on networks in parts of their countries , it won’t be until the end of 2020 when we begin to see widespread adoption of the new tech . Some of the…

There’s a crisp, green geometry to the garden surrounding a 1920s-built house on the Wentworth Estate in Surrey. Tightly trimmed ivy covers the façade, with substantial columns of Asiatic star jasmine (Trachelospermum asiaticum) rising either side of the front door. A parterre of square beds planted with a mixture of evergreens, perennials and grasses floats on the gravelled garden. Flanking the central path that leads to the house, four umbrella-pruned mulberries form a guard of honour. A green and white garden to the rear keeps the woodland characteristics It was very different six years ago when designer Emily Erlam was first asked to reconsider the garden. The house sits on a well-sized plot of land, but all the sunny, useable space is at the front and was being used as a car…

A ROYAL CELEBRATION It’s a boy! On May 6, Duchess Meghan and Prince Harry welcomed their first child, son Archie. Since that day, the world’s watched with joy as the tot’s grown and hit major milestones, like crawling, sprouting two tiny teeth and developing a personality of his own. “He loves to flirt!” shared Meghan, adding that they’ve even given Archie a nickname: Bubba! We can’t wait to see what 2020 has in store for the littlest royal. OTHER NEW ADDITIONS! BENJAMIN FEB. 4 SON OF ANDY COHEN BIRDIE MARCH 19 DAUGHTER OF JESSICA SIMPSON & ERIC JOHNSON PSALM MAY 9 SON OF KIM KARDASHIAN & KANYE WEST GOOD GIRLS GONE BAD No one saw it coming: In April, Fuller House star Lori Loughlin and Desperate Housewives alum Felicity Huffman were among those arrested for their involvement in a nationwide…

Diesel outboards have ghosted the periphery of the marine scene for ages. In fact, the first one built in the U.S. that I know of (the 9.25-hp opposed-piston, two-stroke Amarc 10) debuted way back in the early 60s. But hey, when I recently told my buddies at my marina about sea trialing a sleek new Intrepid 345 Nomad with two, prototype 300-hp Cox diesel outboards on her transom, just about everybody got immediately dazed and confused. “You what?” went the typical response, followed by, “Diesels? Outboards? Really? What kinda horsepower? Lotta smoke? Slow? Fuel economy? Torque?” I shouldn’t have been surprised by all this, I guess. At press time, the 300-hp CXO300 diesel V8 from Great Britain’s Cox Powertrain hadn’t enjoyed a whole heck of a lot of mainstream publicity—and certainly…

kitchen • A bold backsplash. Cement tiles from Villa & Mission Imports with a large-scale, Spanish-influenced design have a spunky yet classic vibe. • A red island. The spicy color plays off the warm tones of the wall tile and energizes the entire space. The counter stools are by Palecek. • Extra-high counters. Tall homeowners deserve tall countertops! These are a customized 38 inches high instead of the standard 36. When Jessica and Kyle Tompane lucked into their dream location for a home—a property in Coronado, CA, next door to their best friends—they set out to build a fantasy house to match. As a designer, Jessica had done her fair share of dreaming. “I had all this pent-up energy, like, I want to use all the pretty things!” she says. “With a brand-new house,…

TOM Cruise couldn’t stop smiling. Attending the British Fashion Awards in London on Dec. 2, the A-list actor spent much of the evening chatting with stunning Downton Abbey actress Michelle Dockery. Seated side by side, the pair — Tom dressed in a sleek Giorgio Armani tux and bow tie, Michelle wearing a slinky Armani Privé sequin number — talked and giggled over dinner at the Royal Albert Hall. “Whenever Michelle made a joke, Tom would be in stitches,” reveals an insider. “They clearly had a great time together.” If Tom has his way, there’ll be more where that came from. As a source exclusively reveals to Star, the single Top Gun 2 hunk has had his eye on Michelle, 38, for a few months now. After jetting in for the fête,…

IT BEGAN AS SO MANY astrologically ordained things do: a “chance” encounter, as hostess extraordinaire Stephanie Booth Shafran dropped in at her favorite tableware shop, Talmaris, in Paris. There, among the Murano glass goblets and Herend porcelain, was a set of gold-trimmed, Mediterranean-blue china by Milanese ceramicist Costanza Paravicini. On them, an artistic interpretation of the zodiac. “They were so unique and sophisticated, without being fussy,” recalls the Los Angeles–based entertaining expert, whose brilliant new book, You’re Invited: Classic, Elegant Entertaining (Rizzoli), includes the celestial-themed party that her discovery inspired. “I’ve always been captivated by astrology because I believe there’s more to life than meets the eye.” The same might be said of a divinely executed dinner party: A layer of intrigue is a most welcome guest. Booth Shafran hired a…

Who knows the reasons a scient ist may have for choosing the question that will shape his life’s work. Maybe, when pondering life’s great mysteries, he prefers the guidance of physics to that of religion. Maybe he has always dreamed of circling the Earth in the International Space Station, watching the sun rise every 90 minutes over the soapy blue of his home planet. Maybe he accidentally put a fork in a microwave one time. Or maybe it was the microwave thing, but with a grape. The scientist in question, Aaron Slepkov, discovered the old grape-in-the-microwave trick when he was young, in which a sliced grape erupts into a fireball of plasma—an ionized gas that is considered the fourth state of matter and is present in large quantities in, among other…

This should be the best Christmas Brad Pitt has had in years. For the first time since his divorce from Angelina Jolie and their resulting custody battle (which was settled at the end of 2018), Pitt’s cozy celebration will be family only, with no pesky intruders like the monitor who attended last year at Jolie’s insistence. But instead of holiday cheer, the actor’s feeling a cold winter chill — and it’s coming from his children. BAH, HUMBUG It’s not news that Pitt and son Maddox, 18, have a tense relationship. Things haven’t been the same since the infamous 2016 plane incident that led to the end of Brangelina. (A Pitt source told Us at the time that Jolie, 44, and Pitt, 55, got into an argument on a flight from France to…

I used to believe in something I called Cosmic Hints. Big signals from the universe about what I should or shouldn’t do, did or didn’t want. I believed the universe was looking out for me, particularly, and putting symbols and metaphors in my path that helped me see who I was and who I wanted to be. I was forever in search of the Big Why—constantly looking for meaning, making narratives that sewed together the events of my life, the coincidences and conditions and happenstances, into something that was leading somewhere, and meaning something. I believed, strongly and vocally, that Everything Happens for a Reason. Then my brother died, when I was 30 and he was 32. He had something called pseudomyxoma peritonei—a cancerous abdominal tumor. It affects about one person in…

sources for the season’s bounty • Forage from pine, spruce, or cedar trees found in nature.• Repurpose trimmings from your Christmas tree.• Check a local market or nursery for seasonal shrubs.• Salvage castaway cuttings from a tree farm. natural beauty on display • Bundle with twine and hang on a wall or window.• Make into a free-form wreath to adorn a door.• Arrange in a vase for a loosely gathered centerpiece.• Layer on a mantel or windowsill as an accent. PHOTOGRAPHY BY CODY ULRICH PROP STYLING BY ASHLEY MADDOX…

Sleep on it Picture the problem Dreams tap the ocean of information in our subconscious to help us solve problems in the waking world, promises dream researcher Deirdre Barrett, Ph.D. “Just name your specific problem in a short sentence—the briefer the better because dreams stimulate the visual part of our brain while the language center is less active,” she advises. “Once in bed, picture it as a concrete image.” For example, if you were trying to figure out what was causing your back pain, picture what the pain might look like. “If it feels like fire,” Barrett says, “visualize a flame to help prod your dreams to picture—and work on—the problem in your sleep.” Linger in bed In the morning, note whether there’s any trace of a dream and invite it to return. “It’s…

A chance dip into Chips Channon’s diaries changed my life. My father gave me the book to read and I loved it. There was an entry – December 1943 – that had Chips going into a Bond Street jewellers and spotting a strange creature – ‘a marionette of a woman, or was it a man?’ – dressed in grey flannel trousers, with long, dyed golden hair emerging from under a man’s brown felt hat, and a large masculine overcoat held in place with a wide leather belt. As Channon examined ‘this terrifying apparition’, he recognised her as Gladys, Duchess of Marlborough – ‘once the world’s most beautiful woman … the toast of Paris, the love of Proust, the belle amie of Anatole France.’ He approached her, but she pretended to…

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The 2019–2020 season of the National Football League is treating fans to a once-unlikely match-up: wine and pigskin. More teams than ever have announced official wine partnerships, bringing winter-friendly Cabernets and victory sparklers to stadiums and living rooms. In late October, the NFL itself followed suit, announcing the league’s first official wine. Players across the league are discovering wine and flaunting their bona fides, from Panthers quarterback Cam Newton’s sommelier stylings to Vikings rookie line-backer Cameron Smith, who interned at Melville Winery in Lompoc, Calif., between summer workouts as a student at the University of Southern California. And then there are the veterans. Quarterback-turned–general manager John Elway, quarterback Drew Bledsoe and defensive ace Charles Woodson, as well as former coach Dick Vermeil and late owner Lamar Hunt, who founded the American…

AUSTRALIA’S FIRES THIS SUMMER—UNPRECEDENTED IN the scale of their destruction—are the ferocious but inevitable reality of global warming. A hotter, drier climate means more and longer droughts and more and fiercer fires. So if Australia is on the front line of the climate crisis, why are we not also a world leader in climate action? In most countries, asking people whether they believe in the science of climate change is like asking them whether they believe in gravity. It is a simple matter of physics. The more greenhouse gases are in the atmosphere, the hotter our climate will become. But in Australia, as in the U.S., this issue has been hijacked by a toxic, climate-denying alliance of right-wing politics and media (much of it owned by Rupert Murdoch), as well as vested business…

The dancer ‘New York is a city of opportunities. People come here from all over the world to achieve their dreams and I love the diversity that creates: the sense of constant cultural exchange’ Yannick Lebrun is a modern dancer with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (alvinailey.org). Originally from French Guiana, he moved to New York 15 years ago and lives in Washington Heights. FRIDAY NIGHT When not performing, you’ll often find me in the audience. A favourite venue is the New York City Center (nycitycenter.org), a historic building with a varied season: concert dance, as well as Broadway productions. The Joyce Theater (joyce.org) in Chelsea is another amazing venue – it’s a small stage, with performers and audience so close it gives a real sense of warmth. After, I’d eat at TAO Downtown…

It’s time to compare Apple’s iPhone to the leading Android handsets, and it should be a close race. From the launch of the first folding phone to the rise of 5G, dual screens, waterfall displays, and cameras, cameras, cameras, 2019 has delivered a dizzying array of new features. Apple may have surprised everyone with a price cut to its entry-level handset, but can it stack up to the best Android has to offer? Let’s go through the major specs and find out. THE PHONES Three phones compete against the iPhone 11 this year: Samsung Galaxy S10+: I chose this model because it’s cheaper than the official flagship Note 10+. Also, compared to the S10, it’s only $100 more and equipped with a much bigger battery. Google Pixel 4 XL: The newest Pixel phone has…

If you feel especially weak-willed around a holiday dessert table or a bowl of office candy, don’t beat yourself up. It’s human nature to seek sweet flavors. Scientists theorize that this inborn preference helped attract early humans to nutrient-packed fresh fruit, which supported the long-term health of the species. Unfortunately, modern-day food manufacturers capitalize on our sweet-seeking nature. The processed sugars in soft drinks, candies, cakes, and other treats are calorie-dense and often combined with fat. They overstimulate our pleasure sensors, dulling our taste for fruit’s natural sweetness and keeping us coming back for more junk food. The good news: By steering clear of overly sweet foods, you can resensitize your taste buds to the sublime sweetness of fresh fruit. Here’s how: 1 PURGE THE PROCESSED SWEETS FROM YOU LIFE—OR AT LEAST YOUR…

If you’ve even glanced at a tech blog this year, you’ve surely seen the term 5G. Hailed as the next big advancement in mobility, 5G will be an enormous breakthrough for smartphones and other connected devices, letting us download movies in a blink of an eye, while eliminating frustrating slowdowns once and for all. But just because you can buy a 5G phone right now doesn’t mean you should. Like all new tech, the earliest 5G phones are expensive and underwhelming, with soon-to-be-outdated parts and a vague promise of future-proofing. But all that’s going to change very soon. In 2020, the 5G vision will begin to take shape in a real way, and if you’re interested in getting on board, you’ll want to make sure you upgrade to the right handset at the…

1. TOOMULLA BEACH This shady beachfront camp north of Townsville is a stellar find, perched on the edge of Halifax Bay with estuary fishing on one side and miles of squeaky white sand out the front. It’s spacious, free-range and cooled by towering gum trees, and you’ll love the kids’ playground, barbecue shelters and the dazzling free price-tag. There’s a boat ramp for tinny adventures across to Magnetic Island and offshore reefs on clear, calm days, and at daybreak, everyone heads for the beach to kick off their shoes and tackle the miles and miles of secluded beachcombing and angling. Toomulla is one of five free camping areas located within a 50km stretch north of Townsville and the most picturesque by far, but there are no shops nor cafes close by, so you’ll need…

WHY THE 28 DAY TRANSFORMATION DIET? You may feel like you’ve tried it all, but the 28 Day Transformation Diet takes a different approach to others. Combining the latest research in weight loss, gut health and intermittent fasting, and the impact of stress, sleep, exercise, hydration and more, you’ll take a total body approach to weight loss that is backed by science and proven to get results. You’ll master the art of putting together a well-balanced, healthy meal, understand what helps to control your appetite, manage your blood sugar levels, build momentum with exercise, begin to sleep better, help balance your hormones and find the energy to lead your best life. THE MEAL PLAN No food groups have been eliminated, and each recipe uses foods that are readily available in most supermarkets to…

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Simple Shaker-inspired style gives this bench a timeless look. Basic spindle turnings form the frame, and you can easily weave the comfortable seat yourself. To turn the back legs (A), your lathe must accommodate a workpiece about 42" long. Many midi lathes with a bed extension fill the bill. Otherwise, round the legs with a round-over bit and table-mounted router, then add separately turned finials. Or, make the legs (and long spindles) from ready-made dowel rods. Click here to learn how to make dowels, or visit woodmagazine.com/makedowels. Note: Hole depths shown on Drawings 1 and 2 are after turning; drill about 3/16" deeper into the blanks. Begin With the Legs 1 Cut 1½"-square stock for the back and front legs (A, B), allowing an inch or so extra length at the top end [Materials List,…

To most people, Diane von Furstenberg is a fashion icon—the creator of a famous wrap dress, who built her namesake company into one of the most recognizable in the world. But von Furstenberg does not see herself this simply. She believes she’s a constant work in progress, having moved through multiple phases of her career and, even at the age of 72, happily on to the next. The transition hasn’t been without its bumps: She announced a handpicked successor for her company in 2016, but he resigned a year later. (She then picked another.) While she’s still involved in the business, she’s also thrown herself into new work—dedicating herself to a wide range of philanthropic causes, serving as chair of the Council of Fashion Designers of America, and more. After…

NOT LONG AFTER I REACH THE DESERT I REALISE IT IS trying to kill me. The land has been baked hard by an unrelenting sun. The wind whips the alkaline dust into angry dervishes. The playa seems to stretch out to infinity. It is too hot and too dry here for life to ever feel welcome. This is Nevada’s Black Rock Desert, 1,000 square miles of absolutely nothing. It is so flat and so empty that you might come here if you were trying to set a land speed record, or launch a rocket into space. What kind of maniacs would look at this alien void and decide to throw a party? We arrive in convoy. It is the last week of August and hundreds of buses and RVs and U-Haul…

COMMERCIAL AVIATION makes up the bulk of Boeing’s revenues. Military-minded top brass of its large defence arm would be excused for seeing that business as a case study in tactical and strategic failure. After two crashes of its 737 MAX airliners, which killed 346 people and were linked to a defective flight-software system, the bestselling model was grounded around the world in March. Yet Boeing continued to make the plane even though it could no longer deliver new ones to customers. Now it is in retreat. On December 16th, with around 800 new and used flightless jets lying idle, the firm decided to halt production in January until the MAX is permitted back in the air. The upheaval may at last force a rethink at Boeing—and at Airbus, its European…

THE MANI Round and pastel THE DRUNK Homebody Your version of lit on a Friday night: downing “nice” red on the rocks in a glass that says “you can’t sip with us” while filling your ASOS cart with $600 worth of stuff you won’t buy, Pinter-esting engagement rings, and scanning Venmo for tea. THE MANI Press-on French tips THE DRUNK Impulsive You start at a dive bar, meet a dude whose friend has bottle service at da clurb, rally the troops and Uber to the VIP room, blow your paycheck on top-shelf tequila shots, then dip 20 minutes later for an impromptu D appointment. THE MANI Accent nail THE DRUNK Nostalgic You video an excruciatingly long Instagram Story of your friends dancing to Taylor Swift’s “22” before asking your high school BFF (for the tenth time) if she…

When my father moved our family from Oaxaca to Los Angeles in 1994, he told us we would only be there for a year. I was 9 years old then, excited to learn a new language and enamored with the America I saw on TV shows like Saved by the Bell and Full House. I said goodbye to my school friends and the neighborhood kids, telling them I’d be back soon, not realizing that one year would become 25 in the blink of an eye. Our life in Oaxaca had been simple. My dad traveled from town to town, selling his mezcal. My mom cooked, cleaned, sewed, and tended to me and my three siblings. We spent weekends and holidays at my maternal grandmother’s house in San Pablo Villa de Mitla,…

It all started with a picture. In April 2007 Monique Klinkenbergh stumbled across the image that would upend her life. Its composition—triangles and diamonds in concentric circles etched into a cornfield—evoked a profound visceral response. The former magazine editor was struck by the design, the integrity of the mathematics between the shapes. “I have a background in fine art and also have this rational mind thinking, ‘How is this possible?’ It was 13-fold geometry, very difficult to construct on paper,” she says. “Try to divide a cake into 13 perfect pieces. You can’t.” She knew then she’d have to explore this phenomenon. And she headed off to England’s Wiltshire county, the epicenter of crop circles. It’s probably no coincidence that Wiltshire also houses Stonehenge and several other prehistoric circular monuments believed to…

There aren’t quite as many smart screens available to buy as there are smart speakers (the speakers had quite a head start, after all), but the selection of devices with displays is growing all the time – and we’ve chosen four of the very best for you to pick from here, depending on what your requirements are. What you need to decide first is whether you prefer making friends and chatting regularly with Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant (or perhaps which one you already know best); after that, you can choose a screen size, which also directly relates to the price you’ll have to pay too. THE ALL-ROUNDER GOOGLE NEST HUB This is the smaller Nest Hub from Google, so it’s cheaper and fits in a tighter space – and it doesn’t come with…

THE DISCOVERY OF a Philistine cemetery at Ashkelon, Israel, has provided researchers with human remains to study local ancestry. Uncovered at the site were a well-preserved human skull (above), the remains of a 10th-century B.C. Philistine (below left), and a small vessel (below right) that was found near the nose. Ancient bones from southern Israel have confirmed the European origins of the Philistines of the Bible. A genetic study of remains from sites near Ashkelon also strengthens the view that the Israelites’ troublesome neighbors—whose best known representatives in the Bible include the giant Goliath and the seductress Delilah—settled in modern-day Israel around 1200 B.C. The Leon Levy Expedition to Ashkelon joined with the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History to analyze DNA from 10 sets of human remains. The results,…

Major central banks have joined together to explore whether they should issue digital currencies as the use of cash declines and more people turn to electronic forms of paying. The study group is made up of the European Central Bank, the Bank of Japan, the Bank of Canada, the Bank of England, the Swedish Riksbank and the Swiss National Bank. They said in a statement Tuesday that they will assess the potential case for digital currencies in their home jurisdictions. The Swedish central bank has already studied the issue for several years and has commissioned a pilot project as the use of cash declines in that country. No decision has been made. Existing cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin are not suited for paying for things because they can fluctuate sharply in value. Facebook has…

The caviar party was one of the first big ones,” says Laurent Buttazzoni, sitting on a vintage Eero Saarinen Womb chair in his art-filled apartment in Paris’s Marais district. “It was for Marc Newson — we have the same birthday. A Russian client brought us five kilograms of caviar. I did the set on a huge square table all in orange and green, which were the colours that Marc was using at the time. It was very simple because we had no money, but it became really beautiful. We cut all the placemats out of shiny paper. That was a great party.” It’s a drenchingly hot day in summertime Paris, but here in the cool shade of this invigoratingly decorated apartment, Buttazzoni, an architect and interior designer, and his partner Robert…

IT’S BETWEEN AN CHORAGE AND THE VAST frozen farmland around Palmer that the sheer immensity of Alaska hits us. The Glenn Highway, running north-east from the city, curves around the icy, glacier-fed waterway of the Knik Arm before entering the wide delta of Eklutna Flats, backed by mountains as white as fine china. The railroad runs parallel to us, crossing the Matanuska River on a steel bridge so dwarfed by its surroundings it could be an old Hornby model. I already know the facts: more than twice as big as Texas, the Last Frontier state has more coastline than the rest of the US coastal states put together, as well as the tallest peak in North America, plus active volcanoes and glaciers and three million lakes. But statistics can’t prepare…

We believe that if you’re going to go for print, go big or go home – an ethos that seems very much in keeping with British heritage brand Cole & Son. Founded in Islington in 1875, then a hub of hand-block printing companies, Cole & Son has survived while other firms have not, standing the test of time by being pioneers in its field. It was one of the first companies in Europe to embrace screen printing, establishing a studio in 1949. This enabled the brand to meet the appetite for bold and bonkers wallpaper designs during the midcentury modern period, many of which are regarded as classics today. Indeed, the Cole & Son archive of wallpapers is a brilliant reflection of the nation’s changing tastes over the centuries. In which…

There is an Indian Panchatantra—an ancient fable—that tells the story of the tigers and the trees, who must learn to help one another in order to thrive in nature. When Nikita Mehta and her brother Akash were growing up in London, their grandmother would pay frequent visits from India, regaling them with these folktales while she massaged their scalps with oils. “She told us her own versions,” says Nikita, 28—and she came up with her own formulas as well, combining ingredients such as circulation-boosting castor oil, anti-inflammatory ashwagandha, and antiseptic turmeric into a coconut-oil base that lent their hair a healthy luster. “It was a moment of peace,” recalls Nikita, who was in need of similar respite a few years ago when her hair started falling out from stress. “I went…

The Crescent Dunes solar plant looks like something out of a sci-fi movie. Ten thousand mirrors form a spiral almost 2 miles wide that winds around a skyscraper rising above the desert between Las Vegas and Reno. The operation, a kind of thermal/solar power plant, soaks up enough heat from the sun’s rays to spin steam turbines and store energy in the form of molten salt. In 2011 the $1 billion project was to be the biggest solar plant of its kind, and it looked like the future of renewable power. Citigroup Inc. and other financiers invested $140 million with its developer, SolarReserve Inc. Steven Chu, the U.S. Department of Energy secretary at the time, offered the company government loan guarantees, and Harry Reid, then the Senate majority leader and senior…

It’s the finer details that really make a holiday, so staying in a villa in the grounds of a top hotel is the perfect way to make the most of the resort’s services and amenities, while enjoying complete privacy. Imagine dining in a choice of excellent restaurants or having a soothing spa treatment, before retiring to your villa with its own pool and direct access to the beach. This wonderfully relaxing experience is just what Maxx Royal offers, with two resorts situated either side of Antalya on Turkey’s idyllic Mediterranean coast. The beautifully designed villas at Maxx Royal’s Kemer Resort are ideal for families or groups of friends, who crave a day at the pool or beach as much as a cultural escape. Designed with its natural surroundings in mind, the…

THIS HOLIDAY SEASON, consider the less fortunate, such as all the world-class female gymnasts who had the lousy luck to be born around the same time as Simone Biles. Many of them could have won gold medals if they had just come along a decade earlier or later. Instead, they’re all battling for second place. This has been true since at least 2016, when Aly Raisman, after winning silver in the Olympic all-around competition, joked that she felt she had won. But this year, Biles, 22, is doing more than just dominating her sport, she’s transforming it. At the world championships in Stuttgart, Germany in October, she won five gold medals—in the team competition, the individual all-around, the vault, the balance beam and the floor exercise. That gave her 25 world championship…

QUILT Finished size: 71¼×81⅞" MATERIALS Yardages and cutting instructions are based on 42" of usable fabric width. ❏ 1¾ yards each white and gray prints (A units)❏ 18×21" piece (fat quarter) each chartreuse and fuchsia prints (B and D units)❏ 2⅛ yards navy print (B–E units)❏ 1¾ yards light blue print (C units)❏ ½ yard red print (E units)❏ ⅔ yard teal print (binding)❏ 5 yards backing fabric❏ 80×90" batting FABRICS are from the Decostitch Elements and Icon Elements collections by Art Gallery Fabrics (artgalleryfabrics.com). CUT FABRICS Cut pieces in the following order. From each white and gray print, cut: 15—12" squares From each chartreuse and fuchsia print, cut: 1—12" square From navy print, cut: 17—12" squares From light blue print, cut: 13—12" squares From red print, cut: 2—12" squares From teal print, cut: 8—2½×42" binding strips ASSEMBLE UNITS Measurements include ¼" seam allowances. Sew…

Compact in scale and light of touch are descriptions that do not readily spring to mind when discussing current residential building in the prestigious suburb of Forrest, Canberra. Where not heritage protected, older style “Canberra cottages” are often knocked down and replaced with much larger residences that, arguably, more accurately reflect the client’s lifestyle aspirations and bigger budgets. But sometimes, clients’ and architects’ paths intersect to produce subtle yet exciting interventions to modest original bungalows. And occasionally, such work receives recognition and acclaim. This is the case with Empire House, a project comprising finely detailed alterations and additions to a Canberra cottage. The project’s quiet success was recognized with the 2019 Canberra Medallion, the highest award from the Australian Institute of Architects’ Australian Capital Territory chapter. The owners of Empire House, Paul…

living room You don’t have to stop at one color statement in a room—just pair up pieces purposefully. A sofa by Moss Studio upholstered in lemon-lime Schumacher fabric plays off splashes of yellow in the abstract art by Michael von Helms. The rest of the furniture is muted, including a custom black-and-white settee and a coffee table from Crate & Barrel with low-key rugs. decorating with oodles of colors is all about balance. Just ask Stephanie Freeman, who squeezed as much turquoise, fuchsia, and chartreuse into her Houston, TX, house as she could get past her husband, Brian Tison, and designer Meg Lonergan. “Some homeowners need to be pushed out of their comfort zone—I needed to be reined in,” says Stephanie. Her passion for color dates back to her teen years, when…

RELATIVELY SPEAKING, it’s a good time to be an American woman…who likes a good time. Compared with past generations, we engage in a wider range of sexual acts; we take more initiative; we receive more oral sex; we put a greater premium on the quality of sex within a marriage. But while many will say they’re having the most empowered intercourse of their lives, experts estimate that roughly one-quarter to one-half of American women experience a sexual concern, including low desire, diminished arousal, difficulty reaching orgasm, and pain. This is especially striking in comparison with men: Women tend to report less satisfaction with their most recent sexual encounter, as well as with sex throughout their lifetime. Journalist Katherine Rowland, whose background is in medical anthropology, devoted five years to researching…

1 Arequipa, Peru The preserved colonial architecture of “the White City”—so called for its gleaming structures made from sillar, a volcanic rock—earned the historic center of Arequipa UNESCO World Heritage status in 2000. But a dearth of upmarket lodgings has kept this Peruvian destination off most travelers’ radar. Now, the town finally has accommodations befitting the local history: August saw the opening of Cirqa (cirqa.pe; doubles from $420), originally built in 1540—the year Arequipa was founded—as an inn for guests of the Church of San Agustín next door. The property marries elements of the existing structure (high vaulted ceilings, bare stone walls) with contemporary flourishes, such as wrought-iron-framed windows and a plunge pool. Further steeped in history is the cuisine at La Nueva Palomino (fb.com/lanuevapalomino; entrées $6–$20), where a female-led staff…

To all those naysayers who have insisted for the past decade-plus that craft beer was just having a moment, I think it’s safe to say that the “moment” is here to stay. Indeed, what we have is an enduring movement. The breadth of offerings has certainly expanded since the scene took hold in the early aughts, and quality beer is an established staple in any true beverage-lover’s arsenal. Cross-drinking is also the new normal, as people have awakened to the joys of high-quality pours across category types. There’s far too much beauty to behold in the drinks world to remain exclusive to just one libation. And so, in the quest to find the best of the best across all major categories, here we are once more, ready and willing to help you sort…

1. The Leftovers HBO Two percent of the world’s population vanished for no reason. What now? Justin Theroux, Carrie Coon (above), and friends struggled to make sense of the senseless in a drama that could leave you sobbing in one scene and laughing hysterically in the next. No show this decade aimed higher or hit harder. 2. Parks and Recreation NBC A sincere, and sincerely ridiculous, ode to civil service, friendship, and breakfast foods, the Amy Poehler comedy was rounding into Hall of Fame form as the decade began. It captured Obama-era optimism to a T with an all-star cast (Chris Pratt, Nick Offerman, Aubrey Plaza, Adam Scott, Aziz Ansari). 3. Breaking Bad AMC Where its network counterpart Mad Men arrived fully formed and aired many of its best episodes in the late 2000s, nearly…

The email seems to offer a solution to a problem you weren’t sure you had but that you’d heard of: Spy Wiper has found a long list of malware, spyware, and other threats on your computer, but if you call the toll-free phone number, a technician—who has kindly asked for remote access to your computer— will walk you through the steps needed to disinfect your machine You might think you’re too smart to be swindled by this or other scams. But not everyone is so fortunate. Microsoft estimates that this and similar tech scams (which in fact either upload malware to your computer, charge hundreds of dollars to remove nonexistent or planted bugs, or exploit the access you’ve provided to steal your identity or financial information) net their perpetrators $1.5 billion…

It’s no secret the planet is going through massive shifts, and so, it seems, are we. According to the research platform Our World in Data, anxiety is more prevalent than ever before. As a result, our psyches need to find nourishment, calm and replenishment to combat the effects of the stressors we face every day—think of finding that balance as an act of self-preservation. Here, we offer up 11 ways to do it. 1. Prioritize self-care In this chillier season, make some time for hot baths with Epsom salts, reading a book, cooking your favourite soup and getting more rest. The better you feel after these small comforts, the more balanced your life will be. 2. Practice yoga and meditation We’re bombarded with a continuous flow of news and information and we need a…

What role does art play in the home? It plays no role unless you assign it one: to memorialise a face or a place, to semaphore success, to offset tax or a damask-covered couch, to console for the endless pressure to acquire, to politicise, to exhilarate, to amuse, to agitate, to reflect, to ruminate, to beautify… Or to serve as a reminder of that over-hyped exhibition where the pinot flowed, the bravura peaked, all reason departed and you purchased a caustically titled bucket and mop and became the patron saint of conceptualism. That is, until a catalogue entry made the work’s intent clear: to clean all idiot art out of contemporary culture. Ah, the gravity of levity when the joke is on you. But hey, Marcel Duchamp changed the entire discourse…

Over the past few years, imitation meat—created in a lab from plant proteins, but with a texture and juiciness that mimics animal-derived meat—has taken us light-years beyond the days of cardboard-like veggie burgers. Today there are meatless burgers, wings, and sausages that look and taste as much like meat as you can get without harming a cow, chicken, or pig. Their impact on the planet is considerably gentler than that of raising livestock, and concern about the climate may be a factor in the growing sales of meat substitutes (up to $150 million in 2018) as experts warn that our current food systems are unsustainable. And a lot of people love the taste: “I haven’t eaten meat in years, but I recently had an Impossible Burger in a restaurant, and it…

HOW GINGER REVITALIZES Fights colds and flu A ginger-spiked drink can help shore up your immune defenses within three hours, report experts from the American Medical Association. Credit goes to potent antiviral compounds that double the production of the proteins lining the lungs, making breathing easier and helping to quickly eliminate viruses. Nixes GI upset Compounds in ginger can help ease indigestion and prevent stomach upset. So say Taiwanese researchers, who found that ginger triggers muscle contractions to speed the passage of food through the GI tract, preventing post-meal bloat and nausea. The payoff: Study subjects who took ginger capsules digested their food 30% faster than those who were given a placebo, reducing the likelihood of stomach woes. Eases aches and pains Enjoying just 1 tsp. of ginger daily relieves chronic aches and stiffness in 63%…

When McLaren targeted a return to Formula 1 domination with Honda ahead of the revival of its famous partnership in 2015, it would have been inconceivable that the Japanese manufacturer would have to wait until 2019 to taste victory again. Oh, and it would be with Red Bull, not McLaren. Honda’s path to redemption, first by rebuilding its respectability in 2018 with Toro Rosso and then by returning to winning ways this year, is an expensive feel-good story. Its underestimation of the complexities of the V6 turbo-hybrid engine era and its incompetencies compared to rivals were brutally exposed in three dismal seasons with McLaren, and it became hard not to sympathise with Honda. After all, it was not the brash half of that relationship. Yet through fiery failures, an insult about a…