Dave J Hogan/Getty Images On April 6, Charli XCX announced her intention to try an experiment. Over the course of the next five weeks, she'd create a brand-new album — including meeting the demands of music videos and promotion — all entirely from scratch while self-isolating. The end result of that period of creativity is…
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YouTube/Katy Perry If you'll recall, Katy Perry is having a baby girl. We first learned this via her music video for "Never Worn White," an ode to her fiancé, Orlando Bloom, which dropped in March — and back then, Perry promised it was going to be a "jam packed summer." She made good on that…
Cory — one of The Challenge's most notorious hotheads — seems to have done something completely unexpected: He's let his temper go, and appears to have achieved genuine peace. Crazy, right? The young dad, who's got a second baby on the way, proved on the latest episode of Total Madness that he's gone from combustible…
Xavi Torrent/Redferns Earlier this year, Jonas Brothers celebrated their continued hot streak — one that began last year with their reformation, comeback, and smash success album Happiness Begins — by releasing new single "What a Man Gotta Do." That was way back in January, but since then, they've also put out a concert experience titled…
New research suggests that people who have access to a private garden and actively make use of it have better health and well-being than those without a garden.Share on PinterestMaking use of a private garden may improve well-being, according to a new study.A study by a team of researchers from the University of Exeter in…
Pinky Baiga slowly pulls back the white scarf that covers her dark hair. Her eyes are cautious, and her anguish is palpable: There are deep gashes across her scalp, ragged pink lines extending from forehead to crown. Two months ago, Pinky was mauled by a sloth bear. The teenager had been gathering firewood with her…
Even as world wars go, the U.S.S. Nevada was a resilient ship: It was the only battleship to get underway during the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, surviving bombs and torpedoes before the burning vessel was beached and later repaired. It trained its guns on German positions at Normandy on D-Day, and went…
Doctors have published a correspondence article warning that untested COVID-19 treatments may do more harm than good.Share on PinterestDoctors warn about the dangers of using untested therapies for COVID-19.A team of doctors has published a correspondence article in the American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology warning that novel approaches to treating COVID-19 may…
Standing in her patient’s living room, Mari Seim was perplexed. The man, in his 60s, had fallen ill with flu-like symptoms more than a week before. His breathing rate had climbed, so his daughter called the Taarnaasen Medical Center, the clinic where Seim works as a general practitioner, just outside Oslo, Norway. With COVID-19 at…
Here is a story, for quarantined times, about extremely tiny organisms that do some of their best work by burping into uncooked dough. In the end, if things go well, there is good bread. If things go poorly, there is bad bread, or a mass of gluck you heave out so you can try again.…
A study in Wuhan, China, detected genetic material of the new coronavirus in airborne suspensions, or aerosols, in hospitals and public spaces. The finding reinforces the importance of thorough sterilization of infection hotspots, good ventilation, and avoidance of crowding.Share on PinterestA preliminary study of data from two hospitals in Wuhan, China, suggests that tiny airborne…
At the end of a dim hallway in Casablanca’s Université Hassan II, I’ve walked into a dusty room containing a remarkable set of fossils—bones that raise foundational questions about Spinosaurus aegyptiacus, one of the weirdest dinosaurs ever discovered. Longer than an adult Tyrannosaurus rex, the 50-foot-long, seven-ton predator had a large sail on its back…
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This story appears in the May 2020 issue of National Geographic magazine. The butterflies just kept coming—at first thousands, then tens or even hundreds of thousands. Their wings were brown on the underside and vivid orange above, so as they flew by, they looked like chips of sunshine. The sight was marvelous, awe-inspiring, and more…