Arts

Is Threads really a 'Twitter killer'? Here's what we know so far

5:48pm July 06, 2023

by Emily Olson

Meta's new app, Threads, may be the latest in a long-string of Twitter's competitors, but it appears to have an edge in the game thanks to its ties to Instagram. Over 30 million users have joined.

A corpse flower blooms at the Belgian National Botanic Gardens in 2020.

Arts
Science

Unspeakably stinky and unpredictable: two corpse flowers are blooming in the U.S.

5:36pm July 06, 2023

by Manuela López Restrepo

The Titan Arum has become a rockstar in the plant world for its unpredictable displays, and more notoriously, its putrid stench of rotting flesh.

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The Zuckerberg-Musk rivalry continues with the launch of Meta's 'Twitter killer' app

4:55pm July 06, 2023

by Bobby Allyn

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter owner Elon Musk have long had a rivalry. That's now been put on vivid display with Zuckerberg taking aim at Twitter by launching the new social media app Threads.

Louis Armstrong's dazzling archive has a new home — his

4:29pm July 06, 2023

by Nate Chinen

Across the street from the jazz icon's home in Queens, a site of pilgrimage for fans from around the world, sits the new Louis Armstrong Center, which brings his 60,000-item archive back to the block.

Books
Arts

You don't need a grill to grill, advises award-winning cookbook author

4:29pm July 06, 2023

by Neda Ulaby

James Whetlor, author of The DIY BBQ Cookbook, explains how to reject BBQ maximalism and build your own tandoori oven out of flowerpots, and grill on the holes of cinderblocks.

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Sphere is a new $2.3 billion entertainment venue in Las Vegas that boasts the world's largest LED screen and what is said to be the largest spherical structure on the planet.

Las Vegas just unveiled its new $2.3 billion spherical entertainment venue

4:28pm July 06, 2023

by Ayana Archie

The giant spherical structure displays a variety of animations, such as eyeballs, planets and fireworks. It is being billed as the world's largest spherical structure and the largest LED screen.

Books
Arts

A complex immigrant family story lies beneath the breezy veneer of 'Sunshine Nails'

3:22pm July 06, 2023

by Ilana Masad

Mai Nguyen's debut novel centers on the family of Tuyet and Xuan Tran, Vietnamese refugees who settle in Toronto. It simmers with questions about work, class and generational divides.

Arts
Books

The creator of luxury brand Brother Vellies is fighting for justice in fashion

11:05am July 06, 2023

Shoes and accessories designed by Aurora James sell for hundreds, even thousands, of dollars. In Wildflower, James details how hard it was to get here and the imbalanced economics of high fashion.

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The instant anthem 'No Scrubs' still resonates today

4:55pm July 05, 2023

by Sidney Madden

The 1999 song "No Scrubs" was catchy and fun — and it made its mark for calling out lazy loser guys who hit on women. It became an anthem for women across the country.

English singer-songwriters George Michael (1963 - 2016) and Andrew Ridgeley of pop duo Wham! at the Ivor Novello Awards, UK, 14th March 1985.

A new documentary on the band Wham! shows the 'temporal nature of youth'

4:06pm July 05, 2023

The pop duo Wham! was only around for four years, but its songs have lasted decades. Chris Smith's Netflix documentary tells its history from the viewpoints of George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley.

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