Discarded crisp bags, ketchup bottles and Tupperware containers speed along conveyer belts at a massive high-tech sorting plant dubbed “Site Zero”, which Sweden hopes will revolutionise its plastic recycling. Infrared lights, lasers, cameras and even artificial intelligence are used to…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Here she comes round again, the horse goddess. When Beyoncé released “Renaissance,” in the summer of 2022—a paean to house music and disco, and to the Black queer people who invented…
Image Credit: Circa Resorts The 2024 Major League Baseball kicked off with Hall Of Fame pitcher Greg Maddux at Circa Resorts in Las Vegas. Maddux was accompanied by retired professional catcher Cody Clark and former MLB first baseman Frank Thomas,…
View gallery Image Credit: Getty It seemed like the whole world loved Barbie when it came out last year, but Shakira‘s sons aren’t big fans. The 47-year-old “Waka Waka” artist revealed in a new interview that Sasha and Milan —…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story For the cover of the April 8, 2024, issue, Pascal Campion, an artist who often discusses his interest in light, set out to capture a feeling that sometimes seizes New Yorkers…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this storyYou’re reading the Food Scene newsletter, Helen Rosner’s guide to what, where, and how to eat. Sign up to receive it in your in-box. I’m not sure what “healthy” really means, when…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story My husband’s parents had invited a revered pastor—or moksanim, in Korean—to participate in our wedding. “He’s known for his benedictions,” my husband said. I didn’t know someone could specialize in benedictions,…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Mark Darrell’s life began to unravel on a Tuesday morning in September, 2004, in Anbar Province. A marine staff sergeant, a steady, seventeen-year veteran with only a week to go in…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The prize of Alena Kate Pettitt’s childhood Barbie collection, the item that she still searches for fruitlessly on eBay, was a dining table. Press a button, and—magic!—a turkey dinner swung around…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Alex Barasch Culture editor You’re reading the Goings On newsletter, a guide to what we’re watching, listening to, and doing this week. Sign up to receive it in your in-box. If…