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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 05: Meghan, Duchess of Sussex attends the 2024 Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) Gala at L.A. Live Event Deck Top Floor Of The West Lot on October 05, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images)
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A model walks the runway during the Ester Manas Womenswear Fall/Winter 2024-2025 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on February 27, 2024 in Paris, France.
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Skinny is back, says this French label. And its founders are not happy about it
PARIS, FRANCE - SEPTEMBER 25: Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz attend the Balmain Womenswear Spring-Summer 2025 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on September 25, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images for Balmain)
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See what the stars wore to Paris Fashion Week
PARIS, FRANCE - SEPTEMBER 26: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY - For Non-Editorial use please seek approval from Fashion House) (L-R) Diane Kruger, Anna Wintour, Sienna Miller and Juliette Lewis attend the Chloé Womenswear Spring-Summer 2025 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on September 26, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)
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Choi Soon-hwa strikes a pose during rehearsals for Miss Universe Korea, on September 27, 2024.
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HN9D2Y Douglas Ginsburg (far left) and Jeff Tarr (second from left), of Operation Match, the first computer dating service.
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The 1960s computer dating service that changed matchmaking forever

Arts

An artwork was recently discovered in a rubbish bin at the LAM museum in Lisse, where it had been thrown away by a lift technician who mistook it for abandoned litter. The piece, created by French artist Alexandre Lavet, consists of two meticulously hand-painted beer cans.
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A junk dealer found a painting in a basement. Experts say it’s an original Picasso
Los Angeles, CA - August 14: Artist Magdalena Suarez Frimkess, 95, poses for a photo while having her first museum survey exhibition "The Finest Regard", which consists of ceramics, paintings and drawings made by the Venezuela-born artist at LACMA in Los Angeles Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
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Why this mischievous 95-year-old is messing with Mickey Mouse
These hyperreal drawings of trucks look just like photographs – and take up to 500 hours to make
US to return a trove of nearly 300 history-spanning antiquities to India
'Porcelaine Cube' by artist Ai Weiwei is pictured after being destroyed by a man during the opening exhibition, in Bologna, Italy, on September 20, 2024.
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Man smashes Ai Weiwei sculpture at Italy art show opening
Rare Magritte painting could fetch a record $95 million at New York auction
‘I’m amazed I lived to tell the tale’: Award-winning photographer on a life spent in the wild

Architecture

For buildings of this stature, wind load could also put stress on the structure. To battle this, the design of the structure will change every few floors.
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Construction of world’s tallest skyscraper resumes after years-long hiatus
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These buildings would have transformed skylines, but they were never built
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Queen Victoria’s favorite Tuscan villa for sale for more than $55 million
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Awe-inspiring images of the world’s most remarkable tennis courts
Dubai’s Burj Azizi tower to become world’s second tallest building.
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Dubai is home to world’s tallest skyscraper. Now it’s building the second-tallest, too
Sep 5, 2024
Egypt is building a new city, known as the "New Administrative Capital," 30 miles east of Cairo. Construction on the 270-square-mile area began in 2016, and once complete it could hold as many as <a href="https://www.dar.com/work/project/new-administrative-capital" target="_blank" target="_blank">6.5 million residents</a>. The government says its goal is to bring relief to overcrowded Cairo, but critics believe it is diverting resources from other needs.
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Hydrogen-powered skyscraper set for Egypt’s new capital
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See inside Jennifer Garner’s tranquil farmhouse-style home
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The building and construction sector accounts for almost 40% of global emissions. As architects look to lower its carbon footprint, they are increasingly looking to build with mass timber – thick, compressed, multilayered panels of solid wood. Vancouver-based studio Michael Green Architects (MGA) recently released its design for a 55-story tower (shown here in a rendering) in the US city of Milwaukee. Made principally from mass timber and reaching approximately 600 feet (182 meters), the wooden skyscraper would hold the title as the world’s tallest timber tower.
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This city is developing the world’s tallest timber tower, again
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Fashion

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UNITED STATES - JULY 13: DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES - Marcia Cross stars as Bree Van De Kamp in the Walt Disney Television via Getty Images Television Network's "Desperate Housewives." (Photo by Randee St. Nicholas/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images)
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A Gap store in New York, US, on May 27, 2024.
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Designer Hedi Slimane appears onstage during his Spring/Summer 2023 Menswear collection show for fashion house Celine during Men's Fashion Week in Paris, France June 26, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier
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Fashion designer Hedi Slimane leaves LVMH’s Celine
PARIS, FRANCE - SEPTEMBER 27: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY - For Non-Editorial use please seek approval from Fashion House) Gigi Hadid poses backstage prior to the Vetements Womenswear Spring-Summer 2025 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on September 27, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images)
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Look of the Week: Gigi Hadid walks the runway in a packing tape mini dress
Kendall Jenner walking the runway at "Le Defile L' Oreal Paris – Walk Your Worth" as part of the Paris Fashion Week – Womenswear Spring/Summer 2025. On September 23 2024 in Paris, France.//03HAEDRICHJM_JMH.0011/Credit:JM HAEDRICH/SIPA/2409241237 (Photo by JM HAEDRICH/SIPA/Sipa USA)
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Look of the Week: Forget the naked dress, Kendall Jenner makes the case for underwear as outerwear
MILAN, ITALY - SEPTEMBER 21: Madonna is seen departing the Dolce & Gabbana after party on September 21, 2024 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Rachpoot/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)
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Celebrity-packed front rows, a surprise drop-in from Madonna and an ‘anything goes’ attitude: Milan Fashion Week highlights
LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 16: Rihanna arriving at Selfridges for her Fenty Hair launch party on September 16, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Neil Mockford/GC Images)
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Look of the Week: Rihanna’s fluffy bathrobe

Design

Japanese toymaker MegaHouse has unveiled a miniature Rubik’s Cube.
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This is the world’s smallest Rubik’s Cube. And it actually works
Yang Liwei, deputy chief designer of China's manned space program, stands beside China's moon-landing spacesuit during the opening ceremony of the 3rd Space Suit Technology Forum on September 28, 2024 in Chongqing, China.
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China’s astronauts are aiming to land on the moon by 2030. They now have a new spacesuit to do it
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Republicans are red and Democrats blue. But it wasn’t always that way
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The VW Beetle evokes memories of years gone by, but in Mexico it’s still part of the present
 +POOL Rendering at Pier 35. Designed by Family New York & Playlab, Inc. Image by Luxigon, 2021.
+ POOL rendering at Pier 35. Designed by Family New York & Playlab, Inc. Image by Luxigon
New York City is one step closer to getting its long-awaited floating East River pool
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How this ‘off-putting’ color shaded the internet and beyond

Beauty

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Losing my sight as a child took away my self confidence. Makeup gave me it back
Krystyna Pyszková (C) and 7 contestants at the Miss World Grand Finale on March 9, 2024 Mumbai, India.
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Woman challenges rules banning mothers from Miss America and Miss World pageants
D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards held at Peacock Theater on September 15, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images)
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D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai’s bold Emmys statement highlights missing and murdered Indigenous women
ELMONT, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 11: Chappell Roan attends the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards at UBS Arena on September 11, 2024 in Elmont, New York. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)
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‘It’s not meant to look classically beautiful’: Chappell Roan’s makeup artist breaks down her VMAs look
Chidimma Adetshina, the winner of the Miss Universe Nigeria 2024, reacts during the Miss Universe Nigeria 2024 held at the Eko Hotel Convention Centre on August 31, 2024.
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Beauty queen at center of South Africa xenophobia spat crowned Miss Universe Nigeria
Pamela Anderson walking on the red carpet at the 2024 Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala celebrating the opening of the exhibition titled Sleeping Beauties Reawakening Fashion held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, NY on May 6, 2024. (Photo by Anthony Behar/Sipa USA)
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Thin eyebrows are back, but should they be?
NEWARK, NEW JERSEY - AUGUST 28: Dove Camerson attends the 2022 MTV VMAs at Prudential Center on August 28, 2022 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for MTV/Paramount Global)<br /><br /><br />NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 06: Cardi B attends The 2024 Met Gala Celebrating "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 06, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/MG24/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)<br /><br /><br />LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 15: Florence Pugh attends the World Premiere of "Dune: Part Two" in London's Leicester Square on February 15, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Samir Hussein/WireImage)
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The creatives pushing nail art to sculptural new lengths
Elizabeth Banks as “Hope Goldman” in the thriller, SKINCARE, an IFC Films release.
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A celebrity facialist’s murder-for-hire case was worthy of a Hollywood thriller. Now it is one

Luxury

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Huge diamond necklace worn at two British coronations goes on sale
Vicken Yegparian, vice president of numismatics, Stack's Bowers Galleries, holds a golden coin once belonging to the collection of Danish king, Frederik VII, now part of L. E. Bruun's collection, in Zealand, Denmark, May 7, 2024.
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A tycoon collector forbade anyone from selling his coins for 100 years. A century on, the first set just fetched $16.5M
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A forgotten gemstone that reigned during the Victorian era comes back into focus
Part of an 1787 copy of the U.S. Constitution is shown at Brunk Auctions in Asheville, North Carolina, on September 5, 2024.
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Long-lost copy of the US Constitution, found in North Carolina filing cabinet, heads to auction
Musician and producer Pharrell Williams and K-pop star G-Dragon.
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Pharrell’s Joopiter puts on sale of K-pop star G-Dragon’s prized possessions
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Iconic Babe Ruth jersey sells for record $24 million
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Photography

Wall running is part of the training regimen of young practitioners learning martial arts at a training institute in China. This photo, provided courtesy of Magnum Photos, was taken at Shaolin Academy, Henan Province, China in 2004.
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