Korean drama is having a moment. From Squid Game to Letterboxd’s highest-rated 2025 miniseries When Life Gives You Tangerines, there are millions of eyes locked in. Blackpink band member Jisoo has been embarking on solo projects recently, releasing her first solo album in 2023 and starring in multiple TV shows and films. However, Netflix’s Boyfriend on Demand is…
In a perfect household, every appliance would run with zero waste. In reality, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reports that space heating and air conditioning alone account for 52% of an average home’s energy consumption. Add phantom loads, inefficient appliances, and old habits, and significant energy—and money—slips away unnoticed. The good news: homeowners who create…
Welcome to Money Diaries where we are tackling the ever-present taboo that is money. We’re asking real people how they spend their hard-earned money during a seven-day period — and we’re tracking every last dollar. This week: a self-employed clinical mental health therapist who makes $50,000 per year and spends some of it on a…
If you’re like me, you’re probably sick and tired of bundling up in winter layers. Don’t lose hope though, my friends. We’ve made it through the harshest days of the season and sunshine is just around the corner. In other words: Now is the perfect time to invest in transitional outerwear pieces. Whether it’s coveted…
“March comes in like a lion, out like a lamb” might have been about the weather forecast, but it could just as easily describe what’s happening in fragrance right now. With the official start of spring nigh (March 20, for those counting down the last grey days of winter), it seems we’re shelving the heavy, cloying gourmands for scents that skew…
Growing up, Eileen Ivette spent her summers flying to Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca, a Pacific coastal seaport city in Colombia where her family is from. Like her, much of the town is Afro-Colombian, and her tío, the “family historian,” filled the months between school semesters with lessons about the community — their history, culture, and…
I always knew I wanted to be a mom. Over the course of my career, I also learned how much I genuinely enjoy working. What I didn’t fully understand was how exhausting it would feel to want both — deeply — at the same time. In one year, I got married, moved from New York…
What’s felt like an endless winter is finally easing — at least on Instagram’s coolest manicurists’ feeds. As we step into March, it seems the brooding colors and intricate argyle patterns that dominated the colder months are slowly but surely giving way to lighter shades and dainty nail art, all in the name of spring. With the new season calling for a refresh, here are 16 of the…
The U.S. electric grid loses roughly 5% of all electricity generated just moving it from power plants to homes and businesses. Multiply that inefficiency across aging infrastructure worldwide, and you start to see why clean energy generation alone won’t solve the climate crisis. These seven innovations are making smarter ways to store and deliver power….
Smoke doesn’t check borders. You learn that fast on a fireline, watching a fire run uphill in 40-mph winds. What most people don’t usually consider is that the same conditions driving that fire may also be creating dangerous wildfire conditions hundreds or even thousands of miles away at the same time. According to a recent…