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Some scents are at risk of vanishing forever. Can AI replicate them?blickwinkel/Alamy Artificial intelligence can whip up the formula to recreate a perfume based on its chemical composition. One day, it could use a lone sample to reproduce rare smells at risk of being lost, such as incense from a culturally specific ritual or the smell of a forest that is changing because of rising temperatures. Idelfonso Nogueira at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and his colleagues profiled two existing fragrances, categorising them by scent family – subjective words such as “spicy” or “musk” commonly used to describe…

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Matt Gallagher, a U.S. Army veteran and author of the novels Youngblood and Empire City, first traveled to Ukraine in February 2022 to train civil volunteers how to defend themselves against Russia’s invasion. He had joined fellow veterans and scribes Adrian Bonenberger and Benjamin Busch, flying “there on our own dime and volition,” he later wrote for Esquire, “because we saw a sovereign democracy under assault and believe that is wrong.” He returned to Ukraine a year later with Benjamin Busch for Esquire to interview foreign fighters—many of them veterans—who had left the safety of their homes and were risking…

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I don’t know about you, but the way my skin fluctuates throughout the month drives me a little crazy. One minute, my complexion is looking glowy and lifted. The next, I’m breaking out and feel like I’m retaining every ounce of water I’m drinking. The cyclical nature of womanhood is one that makes my reproductive and skin health more than a bit confusing. But it’s true—because of the hormonal shifts that are almost constantly occurring, our skin is in anything but a homeostatic state throughout the month.Menstruation, for example, can cause blemishes and even dryness. Ovulation can act like the…

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Jason Morgan is alive, but is he well? As Steve Burton returns to play the character on General Hospital, a first-look image teases a bloody reprise. In the image — shared by People on Friday — Burton’s Jason Morgan hunches behind a dumpster, dressed in black, with blood covering his right hand. Is it his? Someone else’s? General Hospital fans will find out when Burton makes his much-hyped comeback on the ABC soap on Monday, March 4. Steve Burton Makes Bloody Return to ‘General Hospital’ — See the Menacing First Look! (Exclusive) https://t.co/QGf5Pj2SdS — People (@people) March 1, 2024 Burton…

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David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesSuper Micro Computer is joining the S&P 500 following a historic rally in the stock that has pushed the company’s market cap past $50 billion.The shares, up more than 20-fold in the past two years and over 200% just since the start of 2024, climbed another 8% in extended trading on Friday.Super Micro is replacing Whirlpool, according to a press release. Deckers Outdoor is also joining the S&P 500, replacing Zions Bancorporation.Stocks added to the benchmark index often rise in value because funds that track the S&P 500 will add it to their…

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Fotostorm | E+ | Getty Images”Ghosting” isn’t just a dating phenomenon: It has grown more common at the workplace, too. And that unreliable behavior risks reputational harm to employers and job seekers, said career experts.The concept of ghosting — abruptly and unexpectedly ceasing communication with someone (i.e., disappearing) — arose around the mid-2010s as social media and dating apps gained prominence. Merriam-Webster added this new-age definition of “ghost” to the dictionary in 2017.The practice has become common among both job applicants and employers during the hiring process.More from Personal Finance:How to get by without a paycheck after a job lossAmid…

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Lykke Li has released a cover of the famous 1963 song “Ring of Fire.” She recorded her cover with producer Andrew Sarlo for Damsel—the new Netflix movie starring Millie Bobby Brown and directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo. Listen to the new song below; scroll down for a Damsel trailer.June Carter Cash and Merle Kilgore wrote “Ring of Fire,” which was made a hit by Johnny Cash. “I respect her songwriting so much, and you realize just how powerful it is when you can sing her song in any way,” Lykke Li said of June Carter Cash in a press statement.…

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Drake has paid tribute to a mother and daughter who were killed outside his gig in St Louis last month. Laticha Bracero and Alyssa Cordova were hit by a speeding car who had driven through a red light outside the rapper’s show on February 13. Bracero died at the scene while Cordova passed away in hospital. Drake spoke about them at a show on Wednesday (February 28), encouraging his fans to connect with each other. “You never know what somebody else’s reality will be when they walk out of this building,” the rapper told the crowd in Buffalo, New York,…

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Meta is starting to bring the Threads API online, though it will still be some time before it’s widely accessible to developers. The company has begun testing its new developer tools with a handful of companies, Meta engineer Jesse Chen shared in on Threads.According to Chen, whose post was first spotted by TechCrunch, is currently in “beta” but a wider rollout could come “by the end of June.” The initial group of companies testing out the beta version of the API include social media management platforms Sprinklr, Hootsuite, Social News Desk and Sprout Social. Meta is also working with tech…

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The newly launched OnePlus Buds 3 appears as a brand-new product line since OnePlus never launched a Buds 2 truly wireless earphones. Technically, these are closer to the Nord Buds Z2 both in terms of features and in terms of price, so you can say that these buds are the spiritual successors to the Buds Z2. However, their pricing places them just below the premium OnePlus Buds Pro 2 in the OnePlus audio range. OnePlus, with its new Buds 3 truly wireless earphones, claims to deliver premium features at a lower price point. I’ve been using them for a couple…

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Blue Bloods memorialized Treat Williams and his character in the most beautiful way possible. This series is always heart and family-centered without being overtly emotional, and that’s how they honored Lenny Ross on  Blue Bloods Season 14 Episode 3. The episode revolved around Tess; bad behavior. It was only in the final moments that Frank expressed his own grief and sorrow over Lenny’s passing, giving him a beautiful sendoff at the Sunday dinner table, and it was one of the most moving tributes I’ve ever heard. Frank’s grief was understated throughout the hour, which was typical…

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Angela A. Chao hosts The New York City Opera Pre-Gala Celebration at a private residence in New York City on Oct. 21, 2010.Patrick McMullan | Getty ImagesThe death earlier this month of Foremost Group CEO Angela Chao, the sister-in-law of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, is currently under “criminal investigation,” a Texas sheriff’s office said Thursday.Chao, 50, was found dead shortly after midnight on Feb. 11 after being pulled out of a car that had gone into a pond on a private ranch in Johnson City, Texas, about 40 miles from Austin.”This incident was not a typical accident,” the Blanco…

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Now more than ever, literary magazines by and for artists are prioritizing community and spotlighting the work of LGBTQIA+ writers and writers of color. I’m a lesbian writer whose identity is the crux of my work, but for many years I was told in writing workshops that queer love stories aren’t “believable, “realistic,” or even sympathetic. As a result, I’m constantly seeking literary magazines that champion work by those with marginalized identities. I’m a Staff Editor at HerStry, an online literary magazine for non-binary and women-identified writers. Last year, I was a Prose Editor at the Lumiere Review, an online…

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Welcome to the world of fragrances, where a 1.6 oz bottle of scented oils can set you back several hundred dollars–case in point, Tom Ford’s Tobacco Vanille. When he’s not making waves in the fashion industry or directing surprisingly good films, Tom Ford produces some of the most sophisticated fragrances on the market. Tobacco Vanille is no exception—a classy, distinct fragrance intended to make you feel like a million bucks. However, the luxury of this product does not come cheap, and the price tag is likely much higher than most can afford. That being said, there are tons of Tobacco…

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There’s something to be said about the ritual and relief of cocktail hour. One of life’s simple or even profound pleasures is arriving home from work on a Friday evening and fixing yourself a cocktail. The virtues of it being Friday evening go without saying, but the payoff of a well-prepared cocktail’s first sip is a divine moment. The sip itself is one thing—the destination, if you will—but it’s the “well-prepared” part that is the journey, and as we know, the value is nearly always in the journey. The divinity of that first sip does not come from thin air.…

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[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for Fire Country Season 2 Episode 3, “See You Next Apocalypse.”] Sharon’s (Diane Farr) wanted to be in on the action on Fire Country, and she definitely does that in the latest episode, driving, with Jake (Jordan Calloway) and Gabriela (Stephanie Arcila) on top of the truck and 10 civilians in it with her, through a fire. Her personal life heated up, too, with Liam (Jason O’Mara), whom she’d worked alongside while she was away fighting fires, coming to town thinking something could happen between them. Vince (Billy Burke) punched him. Then, the two men had…

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