Lifestyle & Culture
Jess Cartner-Morley on fashion: mermaidcore calls for shimmer and shells – just don’t go overboard
What does a grownup mermaid look like? It starts with the silhouette …
8 easy, cheap, and luxurious beauty upgrades
Fortunately, you can add indulgence to your routine without the price tag of a spa visit or a new cut and color. Try a few of these easy, cheap, and luxurious
Silver linings: Should you cash in your silver jewelry?
The silver spot price is up about 134% over the past year and 359% over the past 10 years. That trend raises the metal value of the silver jewelry you have
Cosmetic surgery: Does it make sense financially?
You can apply this value formula to any purchase, small or large: lipstick, a new car, and, yes, even cosmetic surgery. A cost-per-use analysis becomes
The hidden gotchas of selling gold jewelry
Gold’s price appreciation may be a good catalyst to sell pieces you no longer wear, but there’s a caveat. Selling gold jewelry on impulse can increase the
How to get rid of blemishes: A practical guide for clearer skin
Blemishes show up at the worst time. Like just before a big meeting, a first date, or a photo shoot. One minute your skin looks fine, and then there is a red
Agentic Lovemarks: Why Emotional Brands Matter More When AI Selects
Emotional brand meaning isn't soft—it's your strategy when AI decides the shortlist. How the Agentic Lovemarks framework reframes brand for an agentic world.
In Defense of Softness: Brands, Communication, and the End of Certainty as Authority
Optimization culture is saturating. Sara Emilia Bernát argues that softness—behavioral bandwidth, not aesthetics—is the last whitespace brands haven't claimed.
Meet 'Zero Shadow Day', the bizarre natural optical illusion that occurs twice a year in Hawaii
You're telling me this isn't just bad Photoshop?
This anime-themed game is like Katamari Damacy, Crazy Taxi and Tony Hawk rolled into one, with a mix of 2D anime, pixel art and Dreamcast-era 3D visuals – it shouldn’t work but does
Truck-Kun: Supporting Me from Another World is a lot.
Chaos just fixed one of the biggest problems with Gaussian Splats: you can finally relight them
The V-Ray update that could make Gaussian Splats far more useful for artists
Anycubic's best 3D printer hits its lowest price ever for 15 hours only
I'd hurry if you want to get the Kobra X for a steal.
Halo: Campaign Evolved (PS5) review: the Unreal Engine 5 remake is almost everything fans could hope for
Some technical niggles can't overshadow what made Halo great.
Saman and Sasan Oskouei’s Sculptures Puncture the Weight of Everyday Objects
Artist brothers Saman and Sasan Oskouei are behind The Weight of Less, an ongoing series of pocked wooden sculptures.
The Era of Contradiction Materializes in Genesis Belanger’s Uncanny Sculptures
Known for her uncanny ceramics, Genesis Belanger often teases out the dynamic relationships between discomfort, consumption, and capitalism.
Debra Broz’s Kitschy ‘Superorganisms’ Are Both Familiar and Strange
The Seattle-based artist's quirky sculptures are made from from found figurines, which she cuts and reassembles into hybrids.