Jennifer Macalady is a microbiologist exploring Italy's water-filled Frasassi Caves. The conditions in these caves might be similar to the conditions that the first life on Earth began — lightless and dark. Macalady hopes that the microbes she's discovering might hold the secrets to the origin of life, without the ability to harvest energy from the sun.
Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson has gone from crushing skulls on Game of Thrones to crushing chicken sandwiches for KFC. After leaving his hometown in Kentucky to train in Iceland, The Mountain becomes the Double Colonel after pulling 700-ish pounds of crispy poultry.
A bottle opener is one of the simplest tools imaginable — until you let Adam Savage and Laura Kampf design and build one. Laura stopped by Adam's shop to build an excellent bottle opener that both works great and is needlessly complicated. Watch more of Laura's projects on her YouTube channel here.
Kenneth Cole's latest men's sandal collection is proof that summer footwear can be both polished and practical. The lineup pairs premium leather uppers with cushioned insoles and flexible arch support, creating sandals built for everything from weekend errands to vacation getaways. Styles like the Worly and Willy offer classic thong silhouettes with elevated finishes, while the Wassen introduces a modern two-tone look and the Wooper delivers a refined leather slide that works just as well with linen trousers as it does with shorts. Comfortable enough for all-day wear and versatile enough for nearly any warm-weather outfit, these are the kind of sandals that earn a permanent place in your summer rotation.
The return to routine deserves a wardrobe that can keep pace. Nike's Back to School Collection is built for wherever the season takes you. The Nike Par ADV Golf Jacket delivers weather-ready protection from the first tee to rainy commutes, while the Nike Club Wool Varsity Jacket brings timeless athletic style into cooler evenings. Heading beyond the pavement, the ACG "Misery Ridge" GORE-TEX Jacket is ready for changing mountain conditions. Complete the look with vintage icons like the Air Jordan 4 Retro or lace up the Nike Alphafly 3 when it's time to chase your next personal best. Whether you're heading back to campus, back to the office, or simply back into your routine, Nike's latest collection is built for the season ahead.
Along with bizarre visuals and lots of heavy breathing, the first Suspiria teaser also features an original Thom Yorke score. The Radiohead frontman's music sets the mood for Luca Guadagnino's creepy remake of the 1977 film. Starring Dakota Johnson, Tilda Swinton, Mia Goth, Jessica Harper and Chloe Grace Moretz, the Amazon Studios release is scheduled for October 26, 2018, in New York and Los Angeles November 2nd.
From boiling rivers to expansive lava fields, Iceland is a geothermal wonderland. Its volcanic landscapes will have even the most seasoned adventure in awe. That's exactly what happened to explorer and geothermal scientist Andres Ruzo when he visited the geysers, glaciers, and volcanoes of the Nordic island.
Stranger Things has an 80s Stephen King-cum-teen horror flick that makes the show stand out in addition to its writing and performances. The show is a love letter to the Duffer brothers childhood, and it had to be perfect. Go behind the camera to see how the cinematography of Stranger Things comes together to give the show its classic look.
On March 18, 1990, two men stole $500 million worth of art in just over 81 minutes — and they still haven't been captured and the art has never been found. So how did the biggest heist in history go down? Real Life Lore tells the tale of an almost impossible robbery that remains unsolved.
Minecraft Dungeons II takes the block-building phenomenon into a new action-RPG adventure, expanding the dungeon-crawling formula with a fresh campaign, deeper combat, and more ways to play together. Players can explore sprawling, procedurally generated environments, battle familiar Minecraft mobs and formidable new enemies, and build out their characters with customizable gear and abilities. Designed for solo players and co-op crews alike, it blends the accessible creativity of Minecraft with fast-paced action, exploration, and loot-driven progression for a new way to experience the Overworld.
The Sunday reset shouldn't stop at the desk, and CleanMyMac makes it easy to extend the ritual to the device that runs the rest of your week. Built around eight cleanup and optimization modules, the Mac utility can clear forgotten downloads, duplicate screenshots, outdated caches, old files, and unused applications, while also checking for malware, managing background processes, and freeing up storage and memory. Smart Care provides the simplest entry point, scanning across the system and surfacing what needs attention in a few clicks, while deeper tools let you fine-tune performance and protection. It's less a tech chore than a recurring digital reset, leaving your Mac cleaner, lighter, and ready for Monday.
The Bauhaus movement was characterized by clean lines and minimalist schemes. Its aesthetic has influenced modern architecture as well as other avenues of design. Fashion powerhouses like Yves Saint Laurent and Alexander Wang have used the approach in their collections while icons like David Bowie and Lady Gaga created entire personas from its modernist principals. Although these are a more avant-garde approach, German-native Anne Gorke describes how she uses Bauhaus to inspire her pieces in a more subtle way.
The films of the Coen brothers are, even at their most lighthearted, a struggle between good and evil, filled with characters making decisions that lead up to epic consequences. It's a harsh and unforgiving world, and someone will die — that's a given. Screen Prism looks at 17 things that make the Coen brothers two of the best directors in film.