The pandemic has effectively ended many of our usual beauty routines, from blowouts to facials to manicures. And while we don’t have anywhere to go to show off our style just yet, we have been impressed by the number of clever options the beauty industry has come up with […]
Today, as Kamala Harris was inaugurated as the country’s first female, Black, and South Asian Vice President, she used her global platform to highlight emerging Black designers. Fashion may seem like a frivolous concern at this critical juncture in American history, but clothes have important symbolic power, a fact […]
Now that we’re on the other side of mid-January, how are those health resolutions doing? If you’ve given up, you’re not alone . Almost half of us quit our resolutions by the one-month mark, according to Statistic Brain . But here’s some good news: There are several simple tasks […]
In May, when the pandemic was solidly in what would be its first peak in cities around the United States, office electricity consumption dropped by nearly 25%—a predictable dip as many companies closed their doors and turned off the lights. Energy-sucking office equipment and lighting systems were switched either […]
A senior physician in charge of the U.K.’s National Health Service anti-disinformation campaign has said that language and cultural barriers could be causing people from ethnic minorities to reject the COVID-19 vaccine. Dr. Harpreet Sood told the BBC it was “ a big concern ” and officials were working […]
Major internet platforms could do a lot more to create healthy social media by adopting measures to keep people safe and encourage users to see one another as human, according to new research that surveys their most dedicated users. The researchers, who are part of a project called Civic […]
So you can’t afford an iconic Herman Miller Eames lounge chair . The good news is you can treat yourself to the esteemed mid-century modern furniture company’s new face masks for a good cause. Herman Miller has launched a limited-edition face mask called “ Design for Freedom ” in […]
The last four years have been devastating for environmental regulation. The Trump administration dismantled the Clean Power Plan, opened Arctic wilderness for drilling, and, as part of a spree of rollbacks in his last days in office, shrank the protected habitat of the northern spotted owl. Those are just […]
I hear a movie theater. A Coke commercial. An Ed Sheeran song. A theme from Avatar . But I’m not listening to any of those things. It’s actually the new sonic identity for the Virgin Hyperloop. The Hyperloop is, as everyone affiliated with the Hyperloop likes to mention, the […]
Used clothes, it turns out, are worth a lot of money. Poshmark, which had a hotly-anticipated IPO last week, ended its first day of trading with a valuation of $7.4 billion. It’s a sign that the secondhand market is booming and that investors see continued potential for growth. But […]
