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You don’t need acres of INTRICATELY GATHERED fabric to create a CANOPY. A simple flat length of LINED FABRIC, with a channel for a pole, looks BOLD and APPEALING…

It's yet another cozy Sunday afternoon during quarantine, and Serena Williams is lounging in her newly decorated home office on Zoom with her big sister Venus. It’s just two months after the tennis titans went toe to toe at the Top Seed Open in Kentucky, which was their first time back on the court since the forced hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The world-famous pair, who have played many roles in each other’s lives in the 23 years since their first match against each other—best friends, former teammates, competitors, and longtime roommates—are giggling as they reflect on the five-year journey of collaborating on their greatest joint effort yet: designing Serena’s dream home. After co-owning a Palm Beach Gardens property where the Grand Slam duo lived together on and off since…

As soon as they were inaugurated, U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris started making good on their campaign promises. They reentered the Paris climate accord, renewed U.S. support for the World Health Organization, and ended the Trump administration’s travel bans targeting nationals of select Muslim-majority and African nations. Racial justice was also high on the list of issues that they identified as most pressing and requiring action in their first 100 days. On Jan. 26, Biden rolled out his administration’s first steps to advance racial equity and promote national unity and reconciliation. He issued four executive orders spanning issues that affect multiple racial and ethnic minority groups in the United States, namely Black, Latino, Indigenous, Asian, and Pacific Islander Americans. The first executive order directed the Department of Housing…

A pochi metri in linea d’aria dalle Gallerie dell’Accademia, affacciata sul Canal Grande, c’è una casa che – anche per gli standard di Venezia – è unica. L’aveva voluta la discendente di una famiglia di antiquari, la gallerista e collezionista Loredana Balboni, al piano terra e al primo della palazzina ottocentesca di famiglia. Per ripensare questo spazio e portarlo nella modernità chiama Carlo Scarpa: è il 1964, lui ha già firmato progetti importantissimi come palazzo Abatellis a Palermo, la Gipsoteca Canoviana a Possagno, la Fondazione Querini Stampalia nella sua Venezia. Scarpa entra in questo volume e lo reinventa. Da maestro, seguendo sia la razionalità sia l’emozione. Per proteggere gli interni dall’acqua alta rialza il livello del piano terra e riduce in conseguenza le altezze dei soffitti; ma nel punto centrale della…

Just imagine a Lotus able to fight Porsche without the excuses: a sports car funded by a multi-national and sold globally, at a price that’s in the ballpark, with a significant uplift in quality, room to put stuff, and state-of-the-art rather than off-the-shelf infotainment. Then imagine it still upholding all the Lotus virtues of best-in-class ride and handling, driver engagement and striking design, having been developed and assembled at Hethel. Like England football fans, it’s best to keep expectations in check when dealing with Lotus, but that’s the potential in its new Emira – a sports car developed under Chinese majority owners Geely Holdings, with design like a downsized McLaren, but an ‘under £60k’ price that floats it in mid-spec Porsche Cayman S waters. A Lotus to sell lots, possibly doubling…

| CELEBRATE | Ready to Launch No need to wait for twilight’s last gleaming. Kids will have a blast setting off these DIY confetti poppers whenever you hand them out. Making them is definitely not rocket science. You’ll just need a cardboard box and tubes you’d otherwise recycle—from gift wrap, toilet paper, or paper towels—plus some white paint, blue painters’ tape (for the patriotic stripes), barbecue skewers, red construction paper, and kitchen twine (for the faux fuses). The only thing you might not have on hand is the confetti; these oversize dots and stars are easy to find online and made of biodegradable paper. To let ’em rip, all little ones have to do is hold the rocket in one hand, push the handle up with the other, and … ka-boom! For…

Awkwafina and I are going deep on our love for true crime. “Dateline is, like, king,” she says. We trade favorite episodes and she offers a spot-on armchair analysis of the typical perps. “It’s always the husband and it’s usually some kind of infidelity. And it’s…it’s…stupidity because they never cover their tracks, right? You know what I mean?” Her affection spans the full spectrum of the genre (Forensic Files, The Inventor, even a detour down the true-crime-adjacent Sex Sent Me to the ER rabbit hole), but her sweet spot is scammers, elaborate cover-ups, and scandals like American Greed. The psychological itch it scratches for her, she suspects, is a bit of schadenfreude: “I’m so glad that I’m not this stupid and this greedy.” During a short spell of downtime as COVID-19 sent…

Luxury travel has come of age as people seek out novel experiences and unique destinations. So says Virtuoso CEO Matthew Upchurch, recently in Australia to release the results of the first ever in-depth survey into the travel trends and preferences of high-net-worth individuals, a collaboration between Virtuoso and Hamilton Island resort, qualia. A new definition of luxury The 2015 Australian Luxury Travel Survey reveals that travellers are redefining luxury – modern jet-setters are welleducated entrepreneur types who place a high value on experiencing the world. “In many cases, some of the luxury players may not be super wealthy – they might be a tenured professor or an executive of a company, but they’re spending a disproportionate amount of their disposable income on travel,” Upchurch explains. “In the last 15 years there’s been a…

IN MAY, the killing of George Floyd brought a harsh reality to the forefront of conversations worldwide: Racism permeates every aspect of society. And science, as part of society and my own profession, is not immune. Social media movements in 2020 such as #BlackInTheIvory and #BlackBirdersWeek urged the scientific community to take a hard look at the racism that lies within its walls, as revealed by its own community members. Thousands of Black scientists took to Twitter, Facebook and beyond to share personal stories of prejudice, stereotyping and discrimination faced throughout their careers. These experiences have had devastating consequences for their mental health, professional success and, ultimately, willingness to stay in their fields. Racism in science is nothing new. For centuries, science has been a foremost tool used to build, defend…

I grew up in Charleston and Miami and Tampa. My idea of beauty was a giant orange and yellow grass-hopper with pastel wings that I saw when I was a little girl. I chased my cousin Artie around with it! When I moved to New York and became a model, I didn’t know anything about the industry. I got a job modeling for Christian Dior for $50 a week. Once I started working, I made myself an athlete. I uncrossed my eyes. (Dick Avedon used to look up at me from behind his camera and ask, “Are they straight yet?”) I jumped around. I worked hard. But by 1972, there weren’t many of us models left. All the big girls like Veruschka, Twiggy, and Jean Shrimpton had basically split. I wish…

Khao Yai, a two-and-a-half hour drive north-east of Bangkok, was once seen as little more than a gateway to Thailand’s oldest and third-largest national park; a quick rest stop to fuel up on spicy som tam before four-wheel-drive safaris and rainforest treks in an 800-square-mile Eden of rushing rivers and waterfalls, shared with roaming elephants, gibbons and Asian black bears. But now a clutch of resorts is offering a reason to linger. First among them is the InterContinental Khao Yai Resort, where superstar hotel designer Bill Bensley has helped to turn a former swathe of fallow farmland into a manicured jungle of baobabs and gnarled trees dripping with ferns and tillandsia. Railcar-like rooms, spread over a trio of gingerbread-trimmed lakeside guesthouses, nod to the late 19th-century Pak Chong railway station…

Liya Kebede Founder and creative director of Lemlem, model, and actress New York City and Paris In a Lemlem dress, you can’t help but float through summer. Whisper-light and awash in happy, sun-drenched colors, each one is hand-woven on wooden looms by African artisans, following centuries-old traditions. The brand’s founder is Ethiopian model and maternal-health advocate Liya Kebede, who rose to fame in the early aughts as the face of Tom Ford’s Gucci and the first Black spokesmodel for Estée Lauder. On a trip to her hometown of Addis Ababa around that time, she noticed a distressing drop in the demand for traditional garments, and got busy. “Weaving is a craft that has been passed through generations and holds deep cultural significance,” says Kebede, who set her mind to preserving the art,…

MY 8-MONTH-OLD called 911 the other night. I was bathing my two boys, trying to keep their slippery bodies from colliding, when my baby discovered the Apple Watch on my wrist. By the time I noticed he’d activated emergency mode, the screen was too wet to register touch. After I explained to the dispatcher that my infant was pranking them, she gave me a tip: “Next time, use the water lock feature.” It’s such a simple thing—swipe up, tap water droplet—and yet it prevents a fire truck from crashing bedtime. I’m a web developer and podcaster—a digital native. Arguably, I should know all the tech tricks that can ease life with kids. But the 911 incident made me wonder: Are other helpful features, apps, and gadgets hiding in plain sight? After…

Sh—t happens. Sometimes it’s minor, but occasionally it’s very serious—either way, the first few minutes after an injury are usually the most critical. You need to know what to do, remain calm, and be prepared to take action. Although not every emergency requires a trip to the ER, you should always call 911 if you feel it’s necessary. But if that’s not an option and you’re forced to take care of business on your own, here’s what to do if you… Are Bitten by a Snake Your chances of being bitten by a snake are small—unless you’re a young, drunk male. “Approximately 98% of all snakebites occur in men, and 40% of all people bitten had a blood-alcohol level greater than 0.1%,” says Doug Ross, M.D., an emergency physician in Las Vegas.…

For many reasons, running and reading go hand-in-hand. A motivating book gets us pumped for the next race, a favorite novel helps us unwind after a training run, and that engrossing new audiobook keeps us going, mile after mile. Reading can also help us create a better community and understanding of the experiences of BIPOC runners. It’s not just about recognizing how athletes of color might feel because they look different from the typical media portrayal of recreational runners. It’s also about appreciating how the experiences of training, racing, and embracing the sport can be viewed very differently (and very similarly) through the many lenses in the BIPOC community. To start your journey, here are seven memoirs by BIPOC runners. Spirit Run: A 6,000-mile Marathon Through America’s Stolen Land by Noé Álvarez There…

WHEN OUR FAMILY shares good news or an accomplishment at the dinner table—like the time my daughter, Rosie, told us she sat with a classmate who was eating lunch alone—we pump our arms and cheer: “Hip hip hooray! Hip hip hooray! Hip hip hooray for Rosie!” And even though she’s 12, she still appreciates our enthusiasm. Traditions like ours are the glue that helps hold families together. From a secret handshake to Friday movie night, these rituals boost happiness, strengthen family bonds, and provide kids with a strong sense of identity and security, according to research from Syracuse University. “Parents think they need to do something big to make memories, when the little actions and rituals you do together tend to stick in a child’s mind,” says social psychologist Susan Newman,…

MENTION THE WORD “CORE” in a yoga setting and an array of responses typically follows. Some students will instinctively think of chiseled abdominals. Others will contemplate a dreaded abs exercise. Many will take it as a prompt to cultivate concentration, calm, or even their sense of personal integrity. Although the concept of “core” is common in classes, an explanation of its intended meaning is often missing. What constitutes your core? On a physical level, your core consists of the muscles, tendons, bones, and joints that comprise your shoulders, chest, back, abdominals, hips, and glutes. In order for there to be some measure of stability in your core as you dynamically move through the poses and transitions of your asana practice, certain elements in your body need to remain still while other parts move.…

Starlink is catnip for PCMag readers. Just say the word, and they come a’clicking in the tens of thousands. The satellite ISP’s mystique is a combination of Elon Musk (an unappealingly named men’s cologne) and Americans’ hopeless desperation for better home internet choices. And at this point, it’s getting way out of hand. “SpaceX is aiming to one day deliver 10Gbps internet speeds over its satellite internet system,” our story reads, couching SpaceX’s ambitions in similar terms to my ambition to have ripped abs. Americans are desperate for better connectivity. They’ve given up on regulators, incumbent ISPs, and their own communities to provide them. They’re holding out for a hero (‘til the end of the night). They want Musk to be their streetwise Hercules, but he’s Loki. But not hot. Kind of…

materials FINISHED SIZE: 6×8×5½" Yardages and cutting instructions are based on 42" of usable fabric width. Designer Heidi Staples fussy-cut her assorted print 1½" squares (see “Tips: Fussy Cutting,” page 69) □ 16 —1½" squares assorted red and pink prints (caddy body) □ 56 —1½" squares assorted white prints (caddy body) □ 14 —1½" squares assorted yellow prints (caddy body) □ 12—1½" squares assorted green prints (caddy body) □ 14 —1½" squares assorted navy and blue prints (caddy body) □ 10×12" rectangle beige linen (caddy body) □ 8½" square pink check (pocket) □ 18×21" piece (fat quarter) green floral (caddy lining) □ 20×44" batting □ 7"-long piece 2"-wide leather rectangle (handles) □ 10"-square sew-in heavyweight interfacing □ 10"-square sew-in lightweight interfacing □ Leather sewing machine needle (size 110/18) □ Adhesive basting spray □ Binding clips (optional) CUT FABRICS Cut pieces in the following order. From green floral, cut: □ 1—18×20" rectangle From batting,…

It could have been a scene from a fairytale, in which the beautiful bride marries a handsome aristocrat in the landscaped gardens of his family’s historic ancestral palace. But this real-life love story took place in Madrid’s 18th-century Liria Palace, where last week around 300 guests gathered to witness Carlos Fitz-James Stuart y Solís, Count of Osorno, marry Belén Corsini de Lacalle. While hundreds of onlookers gathered outside to catch a glimpse of Europe’s first high-society wedding in 18 months, the bride arrived at her future husband’s family home dressed in an empire-line georgette silk gown by Cristina Martínez-Pardo Cobián for Navascués. SOMETHING BORROWED Holding her hair in place was a silver and diamond decoration shaped into two interlocking circles to symbolise eternal love, created from a piece belonging to her mother. Following family tradition,…

COLOUR DIRECTION Combining a variety of prints but all in greens and whites ensures this room feels calm and not overwhelming. SUNNY DISPOSITION Pink and yellow is a winning combination for a fresh, summery feel at the breakfast table. Mixing and matching designs creates a cheery gathering of colour and pattern. ARTISTIC INSPIRATION A much-loved piece of art is an ideal starting point for a scheme. Pulling out key tones from the artwork for curtains, upholstery and accessories offers a joyful cocktail of yellows, pinks and browns. BEAUTIFUL BOTANICALS Three diverse patterns – a perky floral, a modern African print and a classic trellis design – have been cleverly layered to work together harmoniously. PATTERN PLAY An exuberant headboard is the focal point here, with diagonal striped curtains complementing the happy scheme.…

Dominating the arid landscape on the edges of the Judaean Desert stands a hill that was once the pinnacle of territory controlled by Herod the Great. Identified in the mid 1800s as the site of the palace-fortress built by the king, Herodium housed a luxurious oasis in the lands southeast of Bethlehem. Even before its identification, historians had a clear vision of what this landmark once looked like, thanks to the Judeo-Roman historian Flavius Josephus. In his History of the Jewish War, written in the late first century a.d., Josephus described it as“a hill, raised by the hand of man, to be the shape of a woman’s breast.” Comprising palaces, forts, gardens, and a theater, the complex has provided rich insights into a king whose rule shaped the early life of Jesus.…

Inside the historic St George’s Chapel, the setting for so many joyful royal family moments in recent years, the nave had been stripped of furniture but was bathed in bright sunlight from the windows high overhead. Before the service, chapel organist Luke Bond played JS Bach’s Schmücke dich, O liebe Seele, Adagio Espressivo by Sir William Harris, Salix by Percy Whitlock, Berceuse by Louis Vierne and Rhosymedre by Ralph Vaughan Williams. The last piece was also played at the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales and at the weddings of both Prince William and Prince Harry. Rhosymedre was also played at the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales The pallbearers approached the organ screen and, as the coffin entered the quire, a choir conducted by James Vivian sang The Sentences by William Croft…

AFTER ‘ROCKET LAKE,’ 5 THINGS INTEL MUST DO ON DESKTOP TO GET ITS CPU MAGIC BACK Intel must replicate what Apple has done. The Apple M1 is the first ARM-based system on a chip designed by Apple Inc. as a central processing unit for its line of Macintosh computers. It was inspired by their ARM A14 chip. It is deployed in the MacBook Air, Mac mini, and the MacBook Pro. It is the first personal computer chip built using a 5nm process. Apple claims that it has the world’s fastest CPU core.—Richard Keyes It is past time for Intel to move its chip design to at least 10nm, achieving all of its economies in circuit density and power consumption, especially when TSMC and Samsung are already at 7nm. It boggles the mind…

The journey from Naples to the ruins of Pompeii takes about half an hour on the Circumvesuviana, a train that rattles through a ribbon of land between the base of Mt. Vesuvius, on one side, and the Gulf of Naples, on the other. The area is built up, but when I travelled the route earlier this fall I could catch glimpses of the glittering sea behind apartment buildings. Occasionally, the mountainous coast across the bay came into sight, in the direction of the old Roman port of Misenum—where, in 79 A.D., the naval commander and prolific author Pliny the Elder watched Vesuvius erupt. Pliny, who led a rescue effort by sea, was killed by one of the volcano’s surges of gas and rock; his nephew, Pliny the Younger, provided the…

• Stranded colorwork • Circular yoke • Bottom up • Seamless • 3x3 rib YARN Stone Wool Cormo, distributed by Twig & Horn DIFFICULTY FINISHED SIZE 34¼ (38¼, 42¼, 46¼, 50¼)" bust circumference. Pullover shown measures 38¼"; modeled with 4¾" of positive ease. YARN Stone Wool Cormo (100% Cormo wool; 200 yd [183 m]/3½ oz [100 g]): tobacco 03 (MC), 5 (6, 7, 8, 8) skeins; tobacco 01 (CC1) and scoured white (CC2), 1 skein each. Yarn distributed by Twig & Horn. YARN WEIGHT 4 NEEDLES Sizes 6 (4 mm) and 8 (5 mm): 24" circular (cir) and set of double-pointed (dpn). Size 8 (5 mm): 16" cir. Adjust needle size if necessary to obtain the correct gauge. NOTIONS Markers (m); stitch holders; tapestry needle. A: 35¼ (40½, 45½, 50½, 55½)" B: 31½ (33¾, 38¾, 41¾, 46¾)" C: 34¼ (38¼, 42¼, 46¼, 50¼)" D: 15…

A DAY IN THE LIFE: Taylor, 34, keeps her day pretty precise to make sure everyone in her busy house can be where they need to be on time. She wakes up around 5:30 or 6:00 a.m. before her 10-year-old daughter and younger foster kids wake up. “That’s usually my main goal, just so I can sneak downstairs and make my coffee and not have anybody lurking about for at least 15 to 25 minutes.” (She thrives on coffee.) After the kids are up, fed, and ready to go, she’s out the door by 7:45 a.m. That gives her just enough time to drop the kids offand get to her NAZ Elite practice by 8:30 a.m. “I’ve got pretty hard-set times just so I can try to not be late,” she…

HOME RUNS “These intricately hand-carved and -dyed wooden trays make serving holiday drinks even more elegant.”—style director Tanya Graff SMALL VICTORIES “Art supplies are my go-to gift for kids. These colorful pastels from a century-old company will be hits with my daughters.”—creative director Abbey Kuster-Prokell KITCHEN ALL-STARS “These will make my mom’s legendary pizzelle cookies the high point of the dessert table.”—art director James Maikowski“This has become my favorite pan for nearly every cooking task. I especially love that it can go straight from stove top to table!”—senior food editor Lauryn Tyrell STYLE SCORES “My fashion-loving 23-year-old niece in Chicago will look so polished in this, and it will keep her toasty-warm all winter.”—executive editor Jennie Tung SLAM DUNKS COURTESY OF MANUFACTURERS (1, 2, 4–7, 10). COURTESY OF MANUFACTURERS (2–6, 8–10, 12). PETER ARDITO (13); COURTESY OF MANUFACTURERS (1–4,…

If it’s summer and I’m within a 30-minute drive of Outlet Beach, a little slip of sand and pines on Maine’s Sabbathday Lake, I’m making the detour. Not for the swimming, though it’s pleasant enough, but for the ice cream. In 2013, chef Krista Kern Desjarlais was at the height of her career. The awards for her Portland, Maine, restaurant, Bresca, were piling up, and there were requests to appear on television, entreaties to open more restaurants, and a packed reservation book. But for the veteran chef, there was something more important: her then-2-year-old daughter, Cortland, who was no longer content to hang out in the restaurant kitchen while her mom cooked. “I had worked my whole life to have those opportunities, but none of them were worth spending less time…

□ My Fridge Lives up to Its Cooling Potential The refrigerator should be full but not stuffed and the coils free of dust. Avoid storing piping hot food. And though the savings are nominal, it can’t hurt to obey Dad’s edict: Don’t stand too long with the door open. □ I Clean Safely It’s wise to check labels on cleaning products for what the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency calls signal words. Danger indicates the most harmful formulas, followed by warning and caution. To learn about its Safer Choice seal, see epa.gov/saferchoice. For other terminology, go to ewg.org/guides and click on Label Decoder. MORE THAN 1,600 GALLONS OF WATER THAT’S THE WASTE A FAUCET LEAKING ONE DRIP PER SECOND CAN CAUSE IN ONE YEAR. SOURCE: ENERGY STAR □ I PLAN MEALS THAT CONSERVE COOKING ENERGY Batch cooking, one-pot…

CHEESEBURGER SOUP PREP 25 minutes SLOW COOK 10 to 11 hours (low) or 5 to 5½ hours (high) 1 lb. ground beef½ cup chopped onion2 cloves garlic, minced2 cups cubed, peeled russet potatoes½ cup coarsely shredded carrot¼ cup ketchup2 Tbsp. yellow mustard1 Tbsp. finely chopped fresh serrano chile peppers (tip, p. 46)¼ tsp. salt¼ tsp. black pepper2 14.5-oz. cans beef broth1 10.75-oz. can condensed cheddar cheese soup½ cup shredded or thinly sliced cheddar cheese (2 oz.)Dill pickle slices or spears (optional) 1. In a large skillet cook ground beef, onion, and garlic over medium-high until meat is browned. Drain off fat. 2. In a 4- to 5-qt. slow cooker combine meat mixture and next seven ingredients (through black pepper). Stir in broth and condensed soup. 3. Cover and cook on low 10 to 11 hours or…

When I wake up in the morning, I ask myself a question: What am I feeling today? It is less about a physical location or where I’m going and more oriented to an emotional location. And, from there, I dress. I live in New York City—the place where my girl Loop the Loop, an early-1900s sex worker, would walk around in full glamor all the time. I like people-watching in my city. I love that I see people who are different every day and people don’t bat an eyelid. It gives me permission to wear what I want and not fear being seen as some sort of freak. Or, rather, in New York, we’re comfortable with freaks—and that’s a good thing. I was raised in Texas, home to countless amazing communities, subcultures, artists,…

QUICK PICKLES 101 I love project cooking, but most days I’m all about speed. Quick pickling fits that bill: With a basic formula and a few ingredients, you can transform fresh produce into a flavorful topper for tacos, eggs, Bloody Marys—you name it. Plus, you can use up extra peppers (or okra or beans) and extend their life. Win-win! —MELISSA KNIFIC Basic Brine You want a ratio of equal parts vinegar and water, which is easy to remember! From there, try experimenting with different vinegars (distilled, rice, apple cider, and white wine all yield favorable results) and spices (whole work best, such as peppercorns, coriander, cloves, and mustard seeds) for various flavor profiles. Smashed garlic cloves and fresh herbs add another dimension. You can pickle just about any fruit or veggie—and if you’re in…

My mum’s a great cook. I grew up eating bucketloads of South Indian and Sri Lankan food. My main memory is mutton curry with white rice, dhal and maybe some cabbage or spinach. I’m vegan now, but back then I ate a lot of meat and that dish was the thing we’d always get excited about. In Sri Lankan food, you also have ‘short eats’ (small snacks) — vade and stufflike that. Dosa, too. She used to make all that. I recently learnt to cook Sri Lankan food. My mum gave me — for the first time ever — the full recipe for her vegetable curry. We went over for lunch and my mum and I made all the Sri Lankan stuffourselves. She was over the moon. She’d been waiting years…

Materials Finished Quilt: 661/8×795/8" Finished Block: 9½" square Yardages and cutting instructions are based on 42" of usable fabric width. □ 13 to 16—1/4-yard pieces assorted light and dark batiks in yellow, orange, and pink (blocks, setting triangles, outer border)□ 17 to 20—1/4-yard pieces assorted light and dark batiks in turquoise, green, and purple (blocks, setting triangles, outer border)□ ½ yard black-and-white medium stripe (inner border)□ 5/8 yard black-and-white narrow stripe (binding)□ 40—10" squares muslin or lightweight paper (foundations)□ 5 yards backing fabric□ 75×88" batting Cut Fabrics Cut pieces in the following order. Before cutting, organize assorted batiks into four groups: • Group A—light yellow, orange, and pink batiks• Group B—dark yellow, orange, and pink batiks• Group C—light turquoise, green, and purple batiks• Group D—dark turquoise, green and purple batiks From one batik each in groups A and D,…

Looking at the mammogram image, with its spiderweb of faint gray lines showing dense breast tissue, you wouldn’t suspect anything was amiss. No human radiologist would hesitate to give this Massachusetts General Hospital patient a clean bill of health. But the Mirai artificial-intelligence system, created at MIT, thinks differently. When it scanned the mammogram, it flagged the patient as high risk for getting breast cancer in the next five years. Ultimately, the machine’s hunch proved correct: The patient indeed developed breast cancer, just four years after the image was taken. Since about 90 percent of people who develop breast cancer don’t have a known genetic mutation, the disease’s emergence can be highly unpredictable. Regina Barzilay, an MIT computer scientist now working on Mirai, was blindsided when she got her own breast…

IN THIS SECTION Bubbly Breathing Libidinous Bees Visions of a ‘Kilonova’ Channel Islands Park ILLUM INATING THE MYSTERIES—AND WONDERS—ALL AROUND US EVERY DAY NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC | VOL. 243 NO. 6 NIKOLE HANNAH-JONES grew up in Waterloo, Iowa, where most of her family still lives. As an 11-year-old she wrote a letter to the editor of her local newspaper about a presidential primary. In 2017 she received a MacArthur Foundation fellowship, known as the “genius grant,” for her work on educational inequality. Close ties to her community contributed to a thirst to share deeper knowledge of the American past and present, which place the enslavement of Africans at the center of the American story. To commemorate the 400th anniversary of the beginning of slavery in what would become the United States, Hannah-Jones created an extensive project…

‘It was an honour to see her, let alone speak to her. The highlight of my career’ Resplendent in a military-style, brick-red cashmere coat, the Queen cut an elegant figure making her first solo engagement since the death of the Duke of Edinburgh. But as she arrived at Portsmouth Naval Base to visit the flagship she named in 2014, the monarch was paying a tender tribute to her husband by teaming her outfit with the striking ruby, diamond and gold Scarab brooch he gave her in 1966. Smiling brightly, Her Majesty stepped on board HMS Queen Elizabeth as the crew prepared for the huge aircraft carrier’s maiden operational voyage – a seven-month deployment to the Far East. She was greeted by Captain Angus Essenhigh and Commodore Steve Moorhouse, commander of the UK Carrier Strike…

Prima di fake news, sorveglianza di massa, dittatura dei like e profilazione selvaggia, la retorica che circolava sulla rete era tutta sotto il segno di un ottimismo quasi insolente. Per i tecnoutopisti californiani, internet ci avrebbe portato per mano in un mondo nuovo, radicalmente libero. Ora si sa che non è andata proprio così. Ma esplorando le piattaforme delle community di cryptoarte si percepisce subito una vibrazione familiare. È l’eco dell’entusiasmo e delle speranze che un tempo si associavano a internet in quanto tale, e che qui si riferiscono, più prosaicamente, a un suo strumento: l’NFT. Il “Non-Fungible Token” è una tecnologia in grado di trasformare jpg, video o anche semplici tweet in entità digitali uniche, verificate, tracciabili. Tutto questo grazie all’utilizzo del blockchain, una sorta di registro digitale cronologico non…

PRINCEGEORGE’S BIRTHDAY Ensure many happy returns with practical shorts and playful dresses Prince George’s eighth-birthday party is sure to be a lively affair, so classic but comfortable attire is called for. Smart stripy shorts worn with loafers and a crisp white shirt are de rigueur for any little prince, while their sisters will enchant in pastel-coloured party frocks and Mary-Janes. Presents should aim to please the parents too – eschew garish electronics and opt for a set of stylish Liberty skittles or a Tiffany teddy bear. LYDIA SLATER THE DUCHESS OF SUSSEX’S BABYSHOWER Welcome the newborn in cosseting pinks Dressing up for arguably the most exclusive event of 2021 – Serena Williams co-hosted the last one – demands serious thought. Dior’s blush-pink gown is both exquisitely elegant and a graceful nod to the baby-to-be’s gender.…

Almost all the models we tested clean well, are easy to load, and come in a stainless finish. They also use far less water and energy than washing by hand. The picks here are excellent overall performers, and most have a timed-start feature, a heavy-duty or pots and pans cycle, and self-cleaning filters. The ratings rank models by overall performance. $ BOSCH ASCENTA SHX3AR75UC Cycle Time: 95 min. Water Usage: 4 gal. $630 88 The combination of superior performance and features that more commonly appear on pricier washers makes this model a great value. It scores very well for washing, drying, and quiet operation, and its 95-minute cycle for a normal wash is one of the shortest of any washer that CR tests. bosch-home.com BOSCH 300 DLX SERIES SHS863WD5N Cycle Time: 150 min. Water Usage: 4 gal. $770 84 This midpriced model earns a…

SHOP OWNERS Barbara and Sam Gillespie ESTABLISHED 2012 SIZE 4,300 square feet MORE INFO? cherrytreequilts.ca Nestled in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia, Summerland gets more days of springtime sunshine than any other place in Canada. It has long been a major producer of stone fruit and apples, and these days it’s making a splash with its vineyards and wine, too. “It’s beautiful here,” says Barbara Gillespie, co-owner with her husband, Sam, of Cherry Tree Quilts. “You don’t realize how beautiful until you leave for a while and come back.” Barbara was raised in Summerland but spent over 20 years in Ottawa, Ontario, where Sam worked as an electrical engineer. They moved to Summerland, a community of 11,600, in 2012 after Sam retired. Almost immediately, they opened Cherry Tree Quilts. “Things just fell into place to open a quilt…

ON A TRIP to the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh in February 2017, Sana Javeri Kadri, right out of college and working in marketing at Bi-Rite, San Francisco’s beloved specialty-grocery chain, was introduced to a turmeric so flavorful and nuanced, it changed the direction of her life. That might sound dramatic, but given the dusty old spices she was familiar with, this golden, glowing powder, packed with zesty, floral notes, was nothing short of a revelation. The man behind the bounty was a third-generation farmer, Prabhu Kasaraneni, who had planted heirloom turmeric using ancient, self-taught farming methods among fields of marigolds, bananas, and black rice. Within days, Javeri Kadri decided to put an income-tax return toward purchasing roughly seven hundred pounds of turmeric from him, promising to return to India…

Handbag designer Tyler Ellis is the daughter of American fashion icon Perry Ellis and television writer and producer Barbara Gallagher, and much like her late father, she has a taste for what might best be described as modern classics—a deftly calibrated mix of simple, timeless lines and contemporary panache. The style applies not only to her own luxury creations—a staple of Hollywood’s endless red-carpet parade—but also to the chic, breezy Brentwood home she shares with her husband, investor Benjamin Shriner. Seduced by the property’s French-inflected, classical-meets-Deco architecture and its abundant Italian cypresses, the two purchased the house five years ago and called upon its original architect, William Hefner, and Ellis’s longtime interior designers, the Los Angeles–based AD100 firm The Archers, to reinvent the place to reflect the young couple’s taste…

For Oscar-winning costume designer Catherine Martin, creating the looks for the new biopic Elvis came down to sexuality, the swerve of a hip, and a little bit of shake, rattle and roll. She says of working with director Baz Luhrmann, her husband and longtime collaborator: “Baz wanted to make sure contemporary audiences could connect to the rebel nature of Elvis Presley [played by Austin Butler] and both his innate sexuality and the sexuality of his movement connected with his body underneath his clothes. We needed to be sensitive to both the historical veracity and the meaning for the clothes that Elvis wore.” Those clothes were often, she notes, “highly controversial.” The Warner Bros. film, due out June 24, is a tale of three decades in the King of Rock and Roll’s…

Город Москва Тип жилья Квартира в сталинском доме Двухкомнатную сталинку на Фрунзенской набережной взрослые дети купили для своей мамы, чтобы она могла как можно чаще видеть шестерых внуков, но при этом имела возможность отдохнуть от них. “Естественно, была задача сделать максимальное количество мест хранения”, – рассказывает Снежана Цуцаева. Хозяйка квартиры – большая модница, у нее солидный гардероб, поэтому предполагалось много встроенных шкафов, которые нужно было разместить так, чтобы не сделать небольшую квартиру тесной. ПЛАНИРОВКА Старую планировку Снежана откорректировала минимально – объединила кухню с гостиной и ванную комнату с туалетом (когда в квартире живет один человек, это логично). На снимках кухни видна загадочная дверь рядом с окном. Для тех, кто бывал в московских сталинках, ничего таинственного в ней нет, это черный ход, который ведет или на лестницу, или, как в данном случае, в другую квартиру.…

IDRIS: Self-care quickly became “us-care” when we were in lockdown [during the pandemic]. We realized that only when you’re really good with yourself, are you good with someone else. We’re a partnership, and skin care is something we can share. We are both on the same page about feeling good externally and it helps us approach our day. SABRINA: It’s become such an educational process for me to talk about skin care with my partner who, you know, only used Vaseline until very recently [laughs]. When we created the S’able Labs [Editor’s note: That’s Elba’s spelled backwards!] products [launching on July 12], we wanted it to be something we could use together. IDRIS: It’s not man or woman. It’s just human. We are both humans. SABRINA: Idris will use the [S’able Labs Black…

We’re used to seeing Anita Rani climbing a mountain, soaking up the great outdoors and being at one with nature, but the Countryfile presenter also has a passion for a very different location – the set of period drama Downton Abbey.“I’d say yes to a cameo role in a heartbeat,” she tells us, celebrating her dream presenting gig as co-host of Downton Abbey: The Official Podcast. “I’ve definitely dropped massive hints.” The podcasts see 44-year-old Anita interviewing cast members including Michelle Dockery (Lady Mary), Hugh Bonneville (the Earl of Grantham) and Elizabeth McGovern (the Countess), as well as going behind the scenes of new film Downton Abbey: A New Era. STRIKING BEAUTY “I was starstruck by all of them. I think Elizabeth is quite possibly one of the most beautiful women I’ve ever…

Ku‘ulani Muise was raised on the Hawaiian island of Moloka‘i, as part of a hunting family. When the invasive, rapidly multiplying axis deer population began to threaten the state’s island ecosystems, she wanted to find a responsible solution. In 2020, she founded Maui Nui with her husband, Jake, to help restore balance on Maui with a field-to-table operation that harvests venison for local consumption. They now provide meat to local food banks and upscale restaurants, combating overpopulation in the deer community and providing food to the human one. We talked to Muise about her creative, life-changing idea. Growing up in Hawai‘i, what was your relationship to the land and to axis deer? On our island of Moloka‘i, ina family of subsistence hunters, venison was always on the table. I grew up with…

Until about two years ago, 9-year-old Tyler Blatzheim’s diet consisted mostly of milk, applesauce, crustless PB&J, and crackers. “His pediatrician kept telling me not to worry because Tyler was otherwise healthy—even his weight and height were fine,” recalls his mom, Jocelyn, of Gambrills, Maryland. “The doctor said he would grow out of being picky.” But that didn’t happen. By the time he turned 7, his pickiness escalated to the point where he started gagging when he tried a new food, even if it was a chocolate chip or a bite of mac ’n’ cheese. Birthday parties and family get-togethers were nerve-racking. “He wouldn’t eat the pizza or even the treats at his friends’ parties,” she says. “When we’d go for ice cream as a family, he would just ask for…

EVERY YEAR, Kevin Sharkey devotes pretty much an entire December weekend to decorating the 14-foot tree that grazes the ceiling of his sleek New York City apartment overlooking the Hudson River. “You’d think it would take longer because the tree is so tall, but it actually goes by pretty quickly,” he says. Moreover, he enjoys every minute of it, and his efforts are fueled by the excitement of good times—and good friends—to come. There’s a thoughtful method to his yuletide madness, too. He stores his ornaments in bins organized by type, then arranges similar ones in groups before hanging them. “It’s a great exercise of all my styling muscles and instincts,” he says. “I want it to look like it’s encrusted in baubles.” And to that end, he goes for…

materials FINISHED QUILT: 56½" square FINISHED BLOCK: 4/8" Yardages and cutting instructions are based on 42" of usable fabric width. Fabrics are from the Sincerely Yours collection by Sherri & Chelsi for Moda Fabrics (modafabrics.com). □ 36 matched pairs assorted red, purple, and pink print 5" charm squares or 1½ yards total (blocks) □ 1⅝ yards white tone-on-tone (blocks, border) □ 1¼ yards white floral (setting rectangles) □ ½ yard orchid print (binding) □ 3⅝ yards backing fabric □ 65"-square batting TO ORDER A KIT of fabrics for quilt top and binding for $74.99, plus local sales tax, ppd. in U.S. contact https://www.etsy.com/shop/SherriQuilts. I had this design saved in a sketchbook, awaiting the right fabric collection. When the collection became available in charm squares, I went right to work!Sherri McConnell, DESIGNER CUT FABRICS Cut pieces in the following order. From assorted red, purple, and pink…

FOR MORE THAN TWO decades, experts have prophesied that stem cells will someday revolutionize medicine. While adult stem cells have long been used to treat a handful of blood and immune disorders, the excitement has centered on two more versatile varieties: embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), both of which can be transformed into any cell type in the body. Google “the promise of stem cells,” and you’ll get at least 200,000 hits, involving ailments ranging from diabetes to neurodegenerative disorders. So far, however, no one has managed to translate that potential into a practical therapy. In 2020, a string of breakthroughs suggested that the revolution may finally be near. The most dramatic news came in May, when the New England Journal of Medicine published the first case…

Look anywhere and you’ll find music. Without a single exception, every culture produces some form of it; like language, it’s a universal trait in our species, and over the millennia it has bloomed into a diverse and stunning global symphony. Yet music’s origin remains one of the great secrets of human history. The oldest known instruments are 42,000-year-old bone flutes discovered in caves in Germany. Vocal music surely predates these, but the problem, according to University of Amsterdam musicologist Henkjan Honing, “is that music doesn’t fossilize and our brains don’t fossilize.” With little hard evidence, scientists still debate what evolutionary purpose music serves. And because its purpose is obscure enough to warrant debate, some skeptics question whether it serves any purpose at all. Charles Darwin thought it did. In music, he found…