Posts by Sophie Clearwater
From Fingerprints to Passports: Trust After A.I. Detection
The first response to generative A.I. was to hunt for fingerprints. But as detection tools struggle with false positives and false negatives, societies are returning to an older solution: building trust through authorship, institutions and accountability. Unsplash+ The first major social response to generative A.I. unfolded like a detective story. Schools hunted for software that…
Read MoreWhy Savannah Guthrie Was Absent From Today For 2 Days
Nancy Guthrie’s Health Condition Revealed, Medication Needs for Survival As the search for Nancy continues, authorities emphasized that she needs to take daily medication for her survival, which she is likely without. “This is an 84-year-old lady who suffers from some physical ailments, has some physical challenges, is in need of medication,” Nanos shared at the Feb. 2 press conference, “medication that if…
Read MoreWhat Is a Democratic Socialist?
“What we want to do is extend democracy to our workplace and our housing and society at large, sort of deciding the ways our cities run, our jobs run, our housing runs, as opposed to right now, we think we’re in sort of a dictatorship of capital—the big corporations kind of make the decisions about…
Read MoreKonstantina Krikzoni’s Warriors Find Their Power in Balance
Konstantina Krikzoni, La Chimera, 2026. Photo: Chris Herity, New York Konstantina Krikzoni’s work has always inhabited the liminal yet generative threshold between figuration and abstraction, her characters finding their archetypal and mythological shape in the movement and gesturality of her body, channeled and projected onto the canvas. Both her technique and her subjects deal with…
Read MoreThe FDA Approved a New Sunscreen Ingredient for the First Time in 25 Years—Shop These SPF Deals Now
What Is Bemotrizinol, the FDA’s Newly Approved Sunscreen Ingredient? The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved bemotrizinol, also known as BEMT, for use in over-the-counter sunscreens. It’s the first new sunscreen active ingredient approved in the United States in more than 25 years. Bemotrizinol is a broad-spectrum UV filter that helps protect skin from…
Read MoreLVMH CEO Bernard Arnault Says He Uses A.I. Weekly to Design Products
Bernard Arnault delivers a speech during the opening ceremony at the VivaTech technology startups and innovation fair at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, in Paris on June 17, 2026. JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP via Getty Images LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault built his luxury conglomerate on heritage brands and centuries-old notions of craftsmanship. But…
Read MoreRussia Wants AI Sovereignty. It Has a Chip Problem
“Katerina Vladimirovna,” she said, referring to the pale face, whose credential at the conference was managing director of a small research and development foundation, by her patronymic. “Your answer, please.” “Talent is everything,” replied Vladimir Putin’s younger daughter, whose full name is Katerina Vladimirovna Tikhonova, knowingly or not echoing a 1935 address by Joseph Stalin.…
Read MoreA Vietnam Veteran Collected Fossils for 66 Years. One, Mislabeled ‘Baby Lamprey,’ Made Paleontologists Reconsider How Vertebrates Moved From Water to Land
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The fossil turned out to be a hatchling of a crocodile-like creature, and it suggests, according to a new study, that early animals did not use metamorphosis to evolve to dwell on land Eli Stark-Elster | AAAS Mass Media Fellow June 18, 2026 2:15 p.m. Two fossils of juvenile embolomeres—crocodile-like creatures, illustrated here—suggest that they…
Read MoreIn Full Bloom: The Most Beautiful Hotel Gardens in America
Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but a flourishing hotel garden is one of the hospitality industry’s most enduring and timeless amenities. From fragrant rose gardens to pristine hedge mazes, these curated outdoor elements add a sense of allure to any property, all while encouraging guests to get out of their rooms…
Read MoreYoko Ono Has Outlasted the Scorn, the Caricatures and the Blame
Yoko Ono, Wish Trees for London, 2024. At Tate Modern in 2024. © Yoko Ono. Photo © Oliver Cowling, courtesy of Tate The key collaborator in any artwork is the viewer, a point foundational to Yoko Ono’s practice. We first encounter this notion just outside the door of The Broad in L.A., where “Yoko Ono:…
Read MoreThe 3 Best Words to Say to Someone Whose Sports Team Just Lost
One caveat, and it’s a big one: timing. Don’t zoom out three minutes after the final whistle. In the immediate aftermath, a fan doesn’t need perspective—they sometimes need space, “both psychological and physical,” Wann says. Lead with empathy, let the rawness pass, and only then widen the lens. Reframe too soon, and even the best…
Read MoreHome flipping profits rise for first time in nearly 2 years
Thanks to the double whammy of high home prices and elevated interest rates, house flipping has suffered lately. But the tide might be turning, as a new report shows flipper profit margins are rising for the first time in nearly two years. The typical profit margin for a flipped home hit 25.4% in the first quarter of…
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