For millennia, humans have used units of measurement based on aspects of the human body. Familiar examples include the fathom (arm span) and the qubit (forearm length). Our guest in this episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast is the Finnish social scientist Roope Kaaronen, who has studied the development and use of body-based units in 186 cultures around the world. While many traditional units have been superseded by international standards, Kaaronen tells Physics World’s Margaret Harris that some body-based units are alive and well today, and they can sometimes be more useful than their modern counterparts. Useful units include…
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In this articleTPRCPRIFollow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNTA man rides a bicycle past a Gianni Versace store in Beijing, China.Nelson Ching | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesTapestry, the fashion conglomerate behind Coach and Kate Spade, will acquire competitor Capri Holdings in a $8.5 billion deal announced on Thursday. The deal will create an American fashion giant that — while still not quite as large as its European competitors — will be better positioned to compete in the luxury market. It brings together six fashion brands: Tapestry’s Coach, Kate Spade and Stuart Weitzman and Capri’s Versace, Jimmy Choo and Michael Kors. Together, the company will…
Deadline has confirmed that Warner Bros’ billion-dollar grossing Barbie won’t be getting a release in Kuwait, and it’s skating on thin ice in Lebanon. While local censorship authorities in Kuwait have deemed the Margot Robbie-Ryan Gosling pic as going against the grain of their values; Lebanon, which is typically liberal when it comes to LGBTQ+ content, feels the pic “promote homosexuality and sexual transformation” and “contradicts values of faith and morality.” This is according to Lebanon Culture Minister Mohammad Mortada in a Reuters piece. Mortada is reportedly backed by the powerful Shi’ite armed group Hezbollah, whose head Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah…
WASHINGTON — The startup Scout Space in partnership with the Stanford University Space Rendezvous Laboratory won a $1.5 million contract to help the U.S. Space to characterize spacecraft and debris objects, the company said Aug. 10. Scout, founded in 2019, is developing technologies for on-orbit navigation and tracking. It won a Phase 2 Small Business Technology Transfer contract that requires companies to team up with academic or nonprofit institutions. The Space Force’s technology arm, SpaceWERX, awarded the contract as part of a project known as Orbital Prime that seeks to develop technologies for debris removal and in-space services. Scout and…
iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max models were launched last year with the Apple A16 Bionic chip under the hood. The Cupertino company is largely speculated to equip this year’s iPhone 15 Pro models with its new chipset — Apple A17 Bionic— as an improvement on its predecessor. A new leak now sheds more light on Apple’s next flagship chipset. The A17 Bionic SoC is said to bring notable GPU improvements over the old chip. It could also embrace the 3nm processor technology by Apple supplier Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC). The A17 chip could feature a maximum clock…
A researcher works inside a superconducting quantum computing laboratory at Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences (BAQIS) on February 26, 2021 in Beijing, China.VCG | Visual China Group | Getty ImagesWASHINGTON — President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Wednesday aimed at regulating new U.S. investments and expertise that supports Chinese development of sensitive technologies.The new measure, which is expected to be implemented next year, targets investment in semiconductors and microelectronics, quantum computing and certain artificial intelligence capabilities.Biden warned in the executive order that certain American investments may contribute to “the development of sensitive technologies and products in countries that develop…
NewsTaylor Swift Announces New Re-Recorded Album 1989 (Taylor’s Version)“The 5 From The Vault tracks are so insane,” she says. “I can’t believe they were ever left behind.”By Nina Corcoran and Jazz MonroeAugust 10, 2023FacebookTwitterTaylor Swift, August 2015 (Christopher Polk/TAS/Getty Images for TAS)FacebookTwitterTaylor Swift has announced the re-recorded Taylor’s Version of her 2014 album 1989. It’s out October 27. Swift tweeted, “Surprise!! 1989 (Taylor’s Version) is on its way to you!” She said the album changed her life “in countless ways and added, “To be perfectly honest, this is my most FAVORITE re-record I’ve ever done because the 5 From The…
A view of clouds over Manhattan skyline in New York, United States on August 08, 2023. (Photo by Fatih Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)Anadolu Agency | Anadolu Agency | Getty ImagesRents in Manhattan hit a new high in July, as higher interest rates and low supply continued to drive up prices.The average monthly rent in July was $5,588, up 9% over last year and marking a new record. Median rent, at $4,400 per month, also hit a new record, along with price per square foot of $84.74, according to a report from Miller Samuel and Douglas Elliman. It was the…
Where were you when you first heard about Ganni? Many fashion lovers—myself included—discovered the Scandinavian brand thanks to other cool girls wearing it, in an “I saw Cady Heron wearing army pants and flip-flops, so I bought army pants and flip-flops” kind of way, as one told me. The bright and playful yet sophisticated designs are both on trend and allow for myriad ways to express one’s personal style. Originally founded in 2000 by Frans Truelsen, the brand was taken over in 2009 by husband and wife duo Ditte and Nicolaj Reffstrup, serving as the creative director and CEO of…
What did Nancy do? Not even she knew on Nancy Drew Season 4 Episode 11. All she could remember was flame, which coincided with a charred body at the morgue and Ace being strangely connected to a ghost. What the heck is going on? Why would Nancy go to the fountain of the sin eater? What did one brief conversation with Ace make her so desperate to forget? Whatever it was, the guilt of it is tearing Nancy up inside, and she won’t let it go until she knows the truth. Of course, she won’t. She’s Nancy Drew. If there’s a…
If you’re short, it’s only natural that you might want shoes that make you taller. But you should be inconspicuous about it. You need a shoe that’s subtle and not super obvious so you don’t look like you’re walking on stilts.Fortunately, the chunky–soled thing is very much in for every style of shoes, from sneakers and sandals to boots and loafers, so dressing for height won’t make you stick out. In fact, it’s right on trend. There is a fine line, however, between working the chunky look into your pre-existing wardrobe and finding the tallest, trendiest shoes possible for extra…
It’s the year 2014, and the sounds of “Dark Horse” by Katy Perry echo through your room as you slip on your skinny jeans, inspirational tee shirt, and pink blazer. After a quick spritz of your Viva La Juicy perfume, you reach for your Michael Kors handbag and grab your new Etsy coffee tumbler smiling at the phrase looking back at you, “Girlboss.” It’s a model of femininity, power, and privilege wrapped in a millennial pink bow—the Girlboss culture dominated the 2010s and was praised by women for years. It’s been almost a decade since the word was first used,…
Pictured here are residential buildings developed by Country Garden Holdings Co. in Baoding, Hebei province, China, on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023.Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesBEIJING — Two years after Evergrande’s debt troubles, worries about China’s real estate sector are coming to the forefront again.Country Garden, one of the largest non-state-owned developers by sales, has reportedly missed two coupon payments on dollar bonds that were due Sunday. Citing the firm, Reuters said the bonds in question are notes due in February 2026 and August 2030.Country Garden did not immediately respond to CNBC’s request for comment on the reports.Meanwhile, Dalian…
The Will Rogers Picture Pioneers Foundation is holding a screening of Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back on Aug. 30, 7PM at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood to raise funds for its charity. The non-profit provides support to a multitude of national health and social service programs, as well as financial assistance to members of the motion picture community in times of need. A special appearance will be made by the 501st Legion, an international costuming organization comprised of and operated by Star Wars fans that are committed to supporting communities, moviegoers and charitable causes nationwide. “We’re incredibly grateful to…
by Regina Avalos, August 4, 2023(Photo: NBC) Stanley Hudson from The Office isn’t getting a spin-off after all. In 2020, actor Leslie David Baker started a Kickstarter campaign for the spin-off series and raised $336,451 from 1,640 donations. Baker played Stanley Hudson, the grumpy and disgruntled paper salesman, on all nine seasons of the NBC comedy series. The series, titled Uncle Stan, was to revolve around Stanley as he comes out of retirement and travels from Florida to Los Angeles to help his nephew save a fledgling motorcycle/flower shop business. COVID-19 and the current strikes have stalled the project, so…
TAMPA, Fla. — Small satellite operator Lynk Global has started initial direct-to-device services in a small part of the Cook Islands in its second commercial launch with a local telco. Phones on mobile operator Vodafone Cook Islands’ network can now periodically send and receive text messages via Lynk’s satellites around Manuae, an uninhabited island in the Pacific Ocean popular with tourists. Dan Dooley, Lynk’s chief commercial officer, said Aug. 9 that its service covers the stretch of water from Arutanga, the country’s most populated island, to Manuae where there is no terrestrial wireless infrastructure. With just three satellites currently in…
Vivo Pad Air has been officially introduced in China by the company’s vice president Jia Jingdong on Weibo. The tablet has been announced to arrive in three colour options. The device’s specifications and other details have also been confirmed. It weighs only 530 grams and packs an 8,500mAh battery with 44W fast charging support. The latest offering from the Chinese manufacturer will be powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 870 SoC. It will sport an 11.5-inch display with a 2.8K resolution and a 144Hz refresh rate.Vivo’s vice president Jia Jingdong has shared a note on his Weibo handle as he announced the…
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the economy at Arcosa, a wind tower manufacturing facility, in Belen, New Mexico, August 9, 2023.Jonathan Ernst | ReutersPresident Joe Biden visited a former Solo cup factory that has been renovated into a wind tower plant in Belen, New Mexico on Wednesday, where he hailed his green energy economic plan at a groundbreaking for the new facility.”For the longest time we’ve been told to give up on American manufacturing — that it can’t happen again,” Biden said. “I’ve never believed that. As I’ve said: America used to lead the world in manufacturing. We’re…