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How a Small Winter Flower Has Attracted Droves of Admirers—and Offers a Symbol of Resilience
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The snowdrop, or Galanthus, blooms when the world is still frozen. Gardeners enamored with the plant gather each year in Pennsylvania to celebrate its subtleties and endurance Source link
Read MoreFlying Car Billionaire Brett Adcock Launches Startup to Build Personal A.I.
Adcock’s new lab Hark aims to turn multimodal A.I. plus custom hardware into a “personal A.I.” that understands users and anticipates their needs. Diane Rose Brett Adcock has built and sold companies in robotics, security and air taxis, and now he wants to reinvent how people use A.I. His latest venture, Hark, is a new…
Read MoreEdinburgh’s Most Noteworthy Luxury Hotels
Edinburgh hasn’t always boasted an abundance of luxury hotels, but over the past few decades, the Scottish city has built up a collection of discerning, historic accommodations. The city, a one-hour flight (or four-and-a-half-hour train) from London, is especially popular with American travelers (it’s a mere seven-hour direct flight from New York City), who often…
Read MoreAt the Outsider Art Fair, Artists at the Margins Become the Market Stars
Just before the exit, one arrives at London-based Gallery of Everything, which has built a reputation across major international fairs for discovering and repositioning visionary figures—from Madge Gill at Frieze Masters to Afro-Caribbean Surrealist painter Hector Hyppolite at Art Basel Paris. At the Outsider Art Fair, the gallery presents a full booth dedicated to Sam…
Read MoreA Night in Berlin: Inside the “Creative Cacophony” of Hamburger Bahnhof’s Landmark Inaugural Gala
Christine Würfel Stauss. Photo: Polina Vinogradova Last year, Observer spoke with Hamburger Bahnhof co-directors Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath about the museum’s evolution and their shared curatorial vision. “If there is one principle, it is this: the museum must be restless enough to remain alive to its moment and committed enough to nurture lasting resonance…
Read MoreBarak Zilberberg on Building Durable Growth, Leading Through Uncertainty, and Defining Legacy at Scale
In an era defined by rapid change and relentless competition, Barak Zilberberg, President and CEO of Zilberberg Worldwide, Zilberberg International, and the Zilberberg Foundation, has built his leadership philosophy around one central idea: durability over immediacy. His journey reflects a series of deliberate decisions that prioritize long-term scalability, disciplined execution, and the courage to act…
Read MoreAlien Life Could Look Nothing Like What We Expect. Here's How Microbes Beyond Earth Might Live Without Liquid Water
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Like the lead character of “Project Hail Mary,” some scientists are proposing ways that life might exist beyond a star’s “habitable zone,” often considered the gold standard of potential livability Source link
Read MoreBeneath the Art Market’s Recovery, a Structural Reset Is Underway
The 2026 Art Basel and UBS Art Market Report finds the global art market grew to $59.6B in 2025, driven by top auction results as galleries restructure. Courtesy Frieze, photo: Casey Kelbaugh / CKA Starting in the second half of 2025, sentiment in what had been a tepid, tentative art market began to improve. Between…
Read MoreShould More Art Fairs Become For-Profit, Invitation-Only Cultural Policy Platforms?
Art Basel Qatar ignited an industry-wide debate when it positioned itself as a potential alternative to the long-critiqued and increasingly strained traditional art fair model. Courtesy Art Basel Something Art Basel Qatar certainly succeeded in doing was sparking a much-needed industry-wide reflection—one that continues to ripple weeks after its inaugural edition. At the center of…
Read MoreThese Sea Slugs Can 'Eat' Sunlight—but They're No Astrophage. Here's How the 'Project Hail Mary' Antagonist Has a Real-Life Analogue in Earth's Oceans
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By snatching chloroplasts from algae, animals called sacoglossans produce their own energy through photosynthesis Source link
Read MoreY Combinator CEO Garry Tan Says A.I. Is Changing Who Gets Into YC
Garry Tan said Y Combinator’s applicant process is being transformed by A.I. Photo by Hutton Supacic/SXSW Conference & Festivals via Getty Images When Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan launched his first startup in the 2000s, he worked such long hours that he took anti-narcoleptic medication just to stay awake. Today, he no longer needs pills…
Read MoreThe Best Red Carpet Fashion From the 2026 Oscars
Jessie Buckley. Getty Images And just like that, awards season is nearly at an end. It’s time for the 98th annual Academy Awards, an evening celebrating the year’s best and brightest in the film industry. It’s always a glamorous, unforgettable evening, as Hollywood A-listers flock to the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles to fête the…
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