After two consecutive years of exhausting the hurricane name list, this year is predicted to top those numbers, as 19 named storms are expected this hurricane season, five more than normal. Of the 19 storms predicted for 2022, nine are expected to become hurricanes, and four are expected to become major hurricanes — Category 3 […]
The groundbreaking Ax-1 mission has arrived at its off-Earth destination over the weekend. Space.com reports that the SpaceX Dragon capsule carrying the four Ax-1 mission astronauts docked with the International Space Station (ISS) at 8:29 a.m. EDT (1229 GMT) on April 9, ending an orbital chase that began Friday morning (April 8) with a launch […]
Few sectors were hit as hard by the COVID-19 pandemic as the hospitality industry, with restaurants and bar closures serving as a frontline defense against social mixing. And yet, many of these businesses have struggled to get relief funding. As Food and Wine reports, despite multiple iterations, the SBA’s Paycheck Protection Program proved problematic and controversial. And more recently, […]
Chromat’s Spring 2022 collection, created in collaboration with artist Tourmaline, was billed when it debuted on the September “runway” at Riis Park beach in Queens, New York, a historic gathering place for the LGBTQIA+ community, as a “future-forward bodywear” and “swimwear for girls who don’t tuck, trans femmes, non-binary and trans masc people who pack, intersex people, […]
Who needs a face mask? Dyson has announced its first wearable product that builds the firm’s air purification expertise into a set of Bluetooth noise cancelling headphones aimed at city dwellers wanting to avoid polluted air. It delivers purified air to the mouth and nose while simultaneously tackling noise pollution through its active noise cancelling […]
As consumers continue to feel the crunch at the grocery store checkout, eggs are the latest product predicted to surge in price. Prices are expected to climb amid the seasonal demand during Easter and Passover with the outbreak expected to make prices even more expensive. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant […]
Part of the appeal of Pabst Blue Ribbon is the brand’s underdog story. Practically forgotten by the turn of the millennium, a groundswell of support helped bring the brand back to its current prominence. Among Pabst many innovations over the past few years — including hard coffee, hard seltzer, hard tea, and whiskey (no “hard” […]
It feels like every day we’re seeing the kind of extreme weather events that are being referred to as the “most,” the “worst,” the “hottest,” the “driest,” the “wettest,” flooding, fires, earthquakes, tornadoes… resulting in billions of dollars in damage and lives lost. According to a report released in August of 2021 from the United […]
To coincide with the second season of Bridgerton, Pat McGrath Labs is releasing a second, or “sequel” collection inspired by the hit Netflix series. Described as “A New Rendevous with Romance,” The PatMcGrath x Bridgerton collection includes a Mthrshp: Belle of the Ball eyeshadow palette ($65), a Legendary Wear kohl eyeliner ($28), a Skin Fetish […]
A study published in Nature Climate Change in February found the period from 2000 to 2021 was the driest for the Southwestern United States region in 1,200 years. Last year’s drought severity was “exceptional,” researchers said, and all indications are the extreme conditions will continue through 2022. The human-caused climate crisis has made the megadrought […]