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Saturday, July 25, 2026

A man and woman walking along a street while looking at a map, Lisbon, Portugal

Women buying street food at a market in Asia

Crowds of tourists exploring the seafood night market in Keelung, Taiwan

Tourists walking through the street while checking a map, Lisbon, Portugal

Women looking at and buying street food from a vendor in Asia

The curious traveler’s survival guide

Street food, local customs, and the scams every traveler should know about

Mere aesthetics is the past. Architectural priorities now merge durability, sustainability, and design

Architecture & Design

How material selection shapes architectural finishes

The next generation's design for durability

Scientists analyzing microscopic specimens alongside digital biological models, representing the future of precision medicine

Science & Technology

Transcriptomics and AI are improving drug discovery

How AI-powered tools are improving drug design, testing, and patient outcomes

A tense newsroom scene captures the climate of fear and pressure surrounding independent journalism in Pakistan, where surveillance, intimidation, and institutional power increasingly shape what can be reported—and what must remain unsaid

Economy & Politics

Pakistan’s fragmented press and narrative control

Political influence, media complicity, and disunity eroding press freedom

On the Street

Toasting with friends, a practice that never seems to get old

Commensality: why we love eating with others

How social eating connects us across time, cultures, and technology

Jorge Luis Rojas ("Rojitas") and Jesus Alemany at La Reunion concert, Lulaworld 2015. Photo credit: Catalina Maria Johnson

Lula Music and Arts Centre

Latinos set Toronto dancing to the beats of the world

The garden of the world has no limits

It is all designed

Monument to Amir Timur: Kashkadarya region, Shahrisabz, Uzbekistan

Shahrisabz: the green city of Timur’s legacy

A timeless journey through ancient empires, sacred heritage, and living traditions in Central Asia

The Adventus of Vespasian. Compressed charcoal on paper, 140 x 290 cm, 2019

An interview to Kepa Garraza

Propaganda, the role of the media in changing reality

A social or an asocial network?

Teach Your Children Well

Full of empty calories but bereft of intellectual insights?

Architecture & Design

Rotterdam Centraal station is the main railway hub of Rotterdam, serving an average of 100,000 passengers each day. The current station building, located at Stationsplein, was officially inaugurated on 13 March 2014 by Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands

Rotterdam: Europe’s city of the future

Architecture, industry, and innovation in the Netherlands’ most modern metropolis

The Grand Theatre of Rabat set within expansive green spaces, reflecting Morocco’s commitment to creativity and sustainability

The vision behind the Grand Theatre of Rabat

How the Grand Theatre of Rabat in Morocco celebrates creativity, national pride, and cultural openness

Art

Installation view from the “Art of Manga” exhibition at the de Young Museum in San Francisco, featuring works from Hirohiko Araki’s JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure series. The exhibition showcases hundreds of original drawings and large-scale installations by major Japanese manga artists from the 1970s to the present, including Eiichiro Oda (One Piece), Junji Ito, and Tite Kubo (Bleach). Araki’s featured artwork includes life-sized characters and their Stands, designed to align with viewers’ eye levels for an immersive experience, highlighting manga as a recognized art form in a museum setting. Photo: © İdil Burkutoğlu

Hirohiko Araki and color without rules

Rethinking identity, composition, and expression in "JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure"

Entangled roots and floating forms, solo exhibition, 2026. Courtesy of the artist

Yilin Rebecca Sun on Vessel

The artist and curator reflects on clay, collaboration, and the connections that shape our shared future

Culture

As rumors of UFO file releases, the mysterious aliens.gov domain, and cryptic White House responses spark speculation, questions about government disclosure are once again moving into the mainstream.

Government prepares for alien disclosure?

The aliens.gov mystery and a White House “Stay Tuned”

A woman in a hoodie standing on a footbridge in Amsterdam, Netherlands

The distance between us

Observing the unspoken divisions and shared bonds in the Filipino diaspora of the Netherlands

Economy & Politics

The implementation of segregation policies during the Jim Crow era limited Black businesses to their own communities, but it did not restrict their growth

Black entrepreneurs on the rise

History, barriers, and growth that shape their legacy

Young professional facing anxiety and pressure during a formal job interview in a modern office setting

The post-covid generation and job anxiety

How Gen-Z is struggling with instability, self-doubt, and workplace pressure after the pandemic

Entertainment

Geralt of Rivia, a mutated monster hunter, struggles to find his place in a world where people often prove more wicked than beasts

The return of the monster boyfriend

Why romance returns to vampires, assassins, and stitched men—and what our desire for danger reveals

The Batsheva Dance Company (Hebrew: להקת בת שבע) is a renowned dance company based in Tel Aviv, Israel

The relationship between dance and politics

Bodies, boundaries, and belonging in the choreography of power

Fashion

Donatella Versace in an intricately embellished ensemble, symbolizing the luxury and theatrical elegance of the Versace house

Donatella Versace: the woman who turned glamour into power

How a fearless creative mind reshaped luxury fashion for a new era

Woman repairing a pair of jeans using traditional visible mending techniques

The repair economy and fashion's next chapter

How care, craftsmanship, and new regulations are reshaping the future of consumption

Feature

Horseshoe crabs resting together against the evening tide, representing inseparable bonds shaped by love

A moving story about relationships, choices, and the hope that it is never too late to return home

A path splitting the forest, giving the traveler the opportunity or the weight of a decision

She is my daughter

Crossing: searching amidst the war

Food & Wine

A woman holding a slice of pizza while working at her computer at home

Girl dinner, but make it class-conscious

On survival meals, 9-to-5 fatigue, and why meal-prepping doesn’t have to cost your will to live

Whey and plant-based protein sources displayed together, highlighting differences in composition, texture, and nutritional origin in a natural, realistic setting

Whey protein versus plant-based protein

A scientific comparison of protein quality, digestibility, and muscle outcomes

Science & Technology

New hope for pancreatic cancer: researchers identify CAPG, a promising biomarker that could transform early detection and future treatment strategies

A potential new diagnostic tool in pancreatic cancer

A research group has confirmed that a protein used by pancreatic cancer cells can serve as a diagnostic marker and therapeutic target

An American astronaut working outside the International Space Station, highlighting the exterior structure and the presence of ISS astronauts in orbit

Samantha Harvey’s "Orbital and the Anthropocene sublime"

A study of cosmic distance, human hubris, and the ethical tensions at the heart of Anthropocene consciousness

Sport

A clear view of AT&T Stadium, representing the benchmark for fan experience among 2026 FIFA World Cup venues

Top 10 World Cup venues for fan experience

Review-based rankings reveal which stadiums delight supporters and which face criticism

A young footballer silhouetted against the evening sky with a ball at their feet, representing dreams that reach far beyond the horizon

A 12-year-old's road to the World Cup

Your roadmap from wherever you are right now to the Saudi Arabia 2034 Football World Cup

Travel

World' largest trident(Tirshul) located at Dharapani, Pandweshor Mahadev Temple, Dang Nepal

Finding stillness in Dharapani

A slow journey through village life in Dang, Nepal

A sweeping view of Almora’s ridgelines, where layers of mountains fade softly into the Himalayan horizon

In the lap of the Kumaon Himalayas

A journey through Almora, sacred peaks, and timeless villages in search of yoga, stillness, and spiritual renewal

Wellness

Two women share an emotional reunion in a café, laughing together

A chance encounter in Berlin

Ulrike’s calm acceptance of illness challenged my fears of loss and reminded me how to live fully

The silhouette of a woman practicing yoga on a rocky beach at sunrise evokes a sense of peace, balance, and deep relaxation

Five principles for inner stability

The timeless wisdom of the Niyamas in a world driven by speed, comparison, and control

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Gloria Pia Malandra

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Esteban Cabeza de Baca, Taos lightning (detail), 2025. Courtesy of David B. Smith Gallery

25 Jul — 15 Aug 2026 at the David B. Smith in Denver, United States

Lambda members and allies perform a skit based on
the popular TV quiz show, Hollywood Squares, at the
2002 Lambda Network at Kodak's Annual Education
Event with Management (detail). Courtesy of George Eastman Museum

Picturing equality: the Lambda Network at Kodak

27 Jul — 8 Nov 2026 at the George Eastman Museum in Rochester, United States

Mike Saijo, Trees of Redondo beach 2 (detail), 2026. Courtesy of bG Gallery

The great escape

28 Jul — 10 Aug 2026 at the bG Gallery in Santa Monica, United States

Jivan Lee, Quartzite. Morning (detail), 2026. Courtesy of LewAllen Galleries

31 Jul — 12 Sep 2026 at the LewAllen Galleries in Santa Fe, United States

Rohit Varekar, Floting house, 2026. Courtesy of Sakshi Gallery

Sites of passage

31 Jul — 22 Aug 2026 at the Sakshi Gallery in Mumbai, India

Farah Billah, The table, with friends (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Ogden Museum of Southern Art

Louisiana contemporary

1 Aug 2026 — 14 Feb 2027 at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans, United States

Gwen John, Girl with a blue scarf (detail), c.1923. Courtesy of National Galleries Scotland

Gwen John: strange beauties

1 Aug 2026 — 4 Jan 2027 at the National Galleries of Scotland in Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Lance Myers, Breathless and on again (detail). Courtesy of Wally Workman Gallery

As we unmagic the self

1 Aug — 6 Sep 2026 at the Wally Workman Gallery in Austin, United States

Ines Katamso, Hyphaeahpyh 5 (detail), 2026. Courtesy of the artist and Sullivan+Strumpf

The places we carry

6 — 30 Aug 2026 at Sullivan+Strumpf in Sydney, Australia

W. Max Thomason, Do you ever feel everything you have could disappear in an instant (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Pulse Visual Arts

Falling away from prime

7 Aug — 27 Sep 2026 at Pulse Visual Art in Denver, United States

Sharon Booma, The oil of gladness (detail), 2026. Courtesy of LewAllen Galleries

The unsaid thought

7 Aug — 5 Sep 2026 at the LewAllen Galleries in Santa Fe, United States

Catherine Opie, Flipper, Tanya, Chloe & Harriet, San Francisco, 1995 © Catherine Opie. Courtesy of the artist, Regen Projects, Los Angeles, Lehmann Maupin, New York, Hong Kong, London, and Seoul, and Thomas Dane Ga

8 Aug — 1 Nov 2026 at the National Galleries of Scotland in Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Lara Merrett, Ripple (detail), 2025. Courtesy of the artist and Sullivan+Strumpf

20 Aug — 12 Sep 2026 at Sullivan+Strumpf in Sydney, Australia

Gregory Hodge, Overgrowth (detail), 2026. Courtesy of the artist and Sullivan+Strumpf

27 Aug — 26 Sep 2026 at Sullivan+Strumpf in Sydney, Australia

Billy Schenck, Gratuitous violence (detail). Courtesy of JoAnne Artman Gallery

Technicolor west

1 Sep — 31 Oct 2026 at the JoAnne Artman Gallery in Laguna Beach, United States

Ali Cherri, still from The sentinel (detail), 2026. Courtesy the artist and
Almine Rech Gallery

5 Sep 2026 — 4 Jan 2027 at WIELS in Brussels, Belgium

Ellen Bradshaw, Spring fever, 10th Ave and 25th Sta (detail). Courtesy of Pleiades Gallery

Every street has a story

8 Sep — 3 Oct 2026 at the Pleiades Gallery in New York, United States

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