Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge, 36, impressed in the sartorial stakes today as she attended a service at Westminster Abbey. The service was to celebrate the centenary of the Royal Air Force, founded in 1918. To mark the occasion, Kate put her best fashion foot forward, wearing a gorgeous pale blue dress coat. With cooler […]
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Queen Letizia glows in 50 shades of blue to meet Ukrainian President in Madrid
Queen Letizia of Spain, 45, is regarded as one of the most beautiful and stylish royals around. Stepping out today she the president of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, 52, and his wife, Maryna Poroshenko, stunning in a blue t-shirt, midi skirt ensemble. Along with her husband King Felipe VI, 50, Letizia welcomed the Ukrainian first couple to […]
Jellyfish-inspired e-skin glows when it’s in ‘pain’
Artificial skin stands to have a variety uses, with potential applications in everything from robots to prosthetics. And in recent years, researchers have been able to instill sensory perception, like touch and pressure, into artificial skin. However, while those sorts of senses will be incredibly important in engineered skin, they’ve so far been rather limited. […]
Scientists created cotton that naturally glows in the dark without using genetic engineering
Filipe Natalio, et. al. Today’s new “smart” materials range in purpose — a new polymer resin self-heals holes in space habitats, and carbon nanotube yarn can generate electricity — but they all depend on superficial coatings that turn old substances into novel tools. That’s a problem because the more they are used, the less functional they’ll become because of […]
‘GLOW’s’ Britney Young on the Paradoxes of Pro Wrestling and the Constrictions of Hollywood Tropes
GLOW‘s first season was an unremittingly fun piece of period meta-television that somehow didn’t feel forced. It had a keen understanding of how pro wrestling is not only a performance, but also one with narratives that reflect society’s generalizations about body type, ethnicity, and gender at any given period. And it showed its central characters […]
Human Racer: Corvette C7.R Art Car Glows Up for the 24 Hours of Le Mans
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Human Racer: Corvette C7.R Art Car Glows Up for the 24 Hours of Le Mans
– As the 24 Hours of Le Mans approaches, race teams rolled out their vehicles for official testing this past weekend. In the LMGTE Am class, Aston Martin Racing took the top spot with its Vantage, but the second-place finisher was stealing some of the Aston’s shine for a different reason. Larbre Competition, which finished […]