Posts by Sophie Clearwater
Tiny Sunglasses Are Out—Oversized Frames Are Summer’s Biggest Trend
Oversized sunglasses rose to popularity in the 1960s and ’70s when fashion icons like Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Audrey Hepburn were photographed in them. In the mid aughts, huge sunnies became staples for stars like Nicole Richie and Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen. Today, you’ll find similar silhouettes, including round shapes reminiscent of a 1970s…
Read MoreJensen Huang Turns to Japan’s Robots for Nvidia’s Next Growth Engine
Jensen Huang says Japan can combine its manufacturing prowess with Nvidia’s chips and software to lead the emerging physical A.I. economy. Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images Nvidia built its empire on chips powering generative A.I., and that engine is still surging. The company posted a record $81.6 billion in quarterly revenue, up 85 percent year over year.…
Read More10 Foods That Food Safety Experts Never Eat
Undercooked hamburgers A medium-rare steak and a medium-rare burger may look similar, but Griffin says they’re completely different from a food-safety perspective. With a steak, bacteria generally stay on the surface, where cooking kills them. Grind that same meat into a hamburger, though, and any bacteria get mixed throughout the patty. “You’re gonna take whatever…
Read MoreThe Robots Cometh
Spectators typically leave a UFC fight with ringing ears and a sheepish resolve to get back to the gym. Wang Xingxing went straight to his laboratory. “I thought I could make a bigger robot for boxing competitions,” says Wang, the founder and CEO of Hangzhou-based humanoid-robotics firm Unitree. “Then I thought, Why not do an…
Read MoreObserver’s 2026 August Art Fair Calendar
The August art fair calendar is surprisingly busy this year. Courtesy Foundation arteba Are you ready to be both shocked and dismayed? Summer is almost halfway over. August in the art world often feels like a long, hot, slightly grim slog toward Frieze Seoul and the Armory Show—not to mention the wave of early-autumn art…
Read MoreHow Ricky Lauren Turned Hamptons Ease Into an American Style Code
As the family story goes, Ricky Ann Loew-Beer was reciting Chaucer from the passenger seat of a green Morgan on their first date when Ralph Lauren decided she was beguiling, beautiful and worth chasing. In 1964, she was an English student at Hunter College, earning extra money behind the desk of an ophthalmologist’s office. He…
Read MoreCole Hauser spills on ‘Dutton Ranch’ filming ‘challenges’ without Taylor Sheridan on set
Cole Hauser pulled back the curtain on the “challenges” of filming “Dutton Ranch” without Taylor Sheridan on set. “Everything had changed,” the actor, who plays Rip Wheeler, told FilmInside over the weekend of the “Yellowstone” spinoff’s creator working as the executive producer instead of being in the writers’ room. “Not having Taylor there … the…
Read MoreU.S. Reaches Landmark Nuclear Deal With Saudi Arabia
What’s in the deal? On Wednesday, the Energy Department announced that Wright and Abdulaziz signed a peaceful nuclear cooperation agreement, known as a “123 agreement”, and a bilateral safeguards agreement. The 123 agreement, the department claims, “provides great access for American companies in the Saudi nuclear energy program, benefiting American industry, workers, and supply chains…
Read MoreInterior Designer Nate Berkus on the 5 Home Pieces Worth Buying
Nate Berkus is firmly anti-trend, and instead of piling on new decor, he’s focused on editing, refining, and investing in pieces that actually last. The interior design icon has clued us in to the home pieces you’ll use for the rest of your life, including a quality sofa, candlestick holders, a gilded mirror, and the…
Read MoreDebate Moment Captures Democrats’ Troy Jackson Jitters
He kept wandering before finding his way back to something closer to the topic at hand: oversight. “As far as something like this, prescription drugs. I mean, I live around the border. I see people in New Brunswick that are going with healthcare, they’re going with prescription drugs, the same drugs that we have, and…
Read MoreWhy the Knicks’ greatest threat is the NBA’s enforced parity
It used to be the norm. Now it would be the outlier. We are in the midst of the NBA’s era of parity. The league, through the current collective bargaining agreement, has implemented rules that make it increasingly difficult for teams to repeat as champions and to build dynasties. The past eight seasons have had…
Read MoreWhy The World Still Can’t Agree About Alcohol
To be sure, attitudes towards alcohol vary also. In France, its value is largely gastronomic. Certain foods call for certain drinks, and children are sometimes given small amounts of wine at dinner. In Japan, it’s part of office culture. Employees go out for after-work parties (nomikai) to bond with their superiors. The Finns famously have…
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