Posts by Sophie Clearwater
Frailty Is More Than Just Weakness. Here’s What to Know
And it’s projected to become more prevalent in the near future, says Dr. Kenneth Rockwood, a professor of medicine at Dalhousie University in Canada who developed one of the scales for diagnosing frailty. “It’s the demographic imperative,” he says. “In 2021 the leading edge of the baby boom generation turned 75 years old, and 75…
Read MoreTrump’s South Korea Shift Tests a Key U.S. Alliance
Pyongyang has also aggressively expanded its global military footprint following its June 2024 comprehensive strategic partnership with Moscow, dispatching more than 14,000 North Korean troops, artillery ammunition, and ballistic missiles to support Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine. (Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned that Kim is preparing to deploy 30,000 more.) Trump’s criticism of South…
Read MoreA Daring Antonello da Messina Heist Raises New Questions About Museum Security
A lightning-fast theft at MuMe in Messina targeted rare works by Antonello da Messina on the night of Ferragosto. Museo Regionale Accascina Messina, via Reuters The media attention generated by the Italian government’s acquisition in February of a rare Ecce Homo and Saint Jerome in Penitence panel by Renaissance master Antonello da Messina may have…
Read MoreHayden Panettiere Shared Heartbreaking Guilt Over Brother Jansen’s Death Months Before Her Own
Hayden Panettiere wished she could have been her brother’s hero. Two months before the Heroes star died on Aug. 16 at 36, she shared a vulnerable glimpse into her grief following her brother Jansen Panettiere‘s unexpected death. “It just evolves,” she said during an exclusive interview with E! News in May, “and especially with a sibling and being the older sibling, you’re just…
Read MoreThe College Value Proposition Is Changing in the Age of A.I.
Employers still value A.I. fluency, but their biggest concerns about new graduates point to a more fundamental shortage: human judgment. Unsplash+ Here’s something every parent writing a tuition check this month should consider: in a survey of 1,000 U.S. hiring managers published July 2026, 48 percent said they’d rather invest in A.I. tools than hire—and…
Read MoreWhat Hayden Panettiere Said About Relationship With Daughter Kaya Before the Actress’ Death
Hayden Panettiere Shared Heartbreaking Final Instagram Post Weeks Before Death at 36 Hayden Panettiere had high hopes for her daughter Kaya’s future. Just months before the Heroes alum’s tragic death at age 36, she detailed what she wanted for her and ex Wladimir Klitschko’s daughter in the future. “I started getting calls from my 11-year-old…
Read MoreHow Jeff Hiller found humanity in the ‘Pluribus’ hive mind — and earned his second Emmy nomination
When Jeff Hiller was nominated for his first Emmy in 2025, he was at home in New York City talking to his sister on the phone. He wasn’t watching the announcements live, nor did he answer when his agent first called to share the exciting news. Curious to learn if he’d booked a show he…
Read MoreThe Other Side of Paradise: How Pakistan Crushed Protests in Kashmir
The trouble with military hegemony The dominant role of Pakistan’s military further constrains political space. Pakistan is governed by a hybrid regime in which civilian governments function within boundaries imposed by the military, which continues to exert tutelary control over national security, foreign policy, and even political competition. Pakistan-administered Kashmir reflects a concentrated version of…
Read MoreHayden Panettiere’s Family Speaks Out After Her Tragic Death
Hayden Panettiere Shared Heartbreaking Final Instagram Post Weeks Before Death at 36 Hayden Panettiere’s loved ones are remembering her legacy after her heartbreaking death. After the Heroes alum died Aug. 16 at the age of 36, her father Skip Panettiere spoke out about their loss. “It is with profound sadness that we share the tragic passing of our beloved Hayden,” he told People in…
Read MoreThe People Building a Way to Slow Down the AI Race
Amodo Design engineer Carl Heimann stands before a rack of Nvidia chips at an Amodo facility in Sheffield, England. —Courtesy of Tom Milton—Amodo In the corner of a nondescript office in Sheffield, a city in the north of England, a compact server full of Nvidia chips is whirring away. It’s a microcosm of the huge…
Read MoreWhy Collectors Gift Significant Artworks to University Art Museums
George Abrams donated the majority of his collection of Dutch drawings (about 350) to Harvard Art Museums, building on an earlier gift and making the institution’s Dutch drawings collection one of the most comprehensive in any U.S. museum. Photo by Lane Turner/The Boston Globe via Getty Images (Editor’s note: This article was originally published in…
Read MoreWhat to Say to Someone Blasting Their Phone in Public
—Photo-Illustration by TIME (Source Image: twomeows/Getty Images) There’s something uniquely irritating about being forced to listen to whatever a stranger has decided to watch on their phone. Suddenly, the airport gate has a soundtrack—and it’s a tinny succession of TikToks, action scenes, and FaceTime chatter that no one else signed up for. As Sammie Walker…
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