Glistening

By ESA/Hubble June 27, 2023The globular cluster NGC 6544, located over 8000 light-years away from Earth and containing tens of thousands of stars, was captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. The cluster resides in the Sagittarius constellation near the vast Lagoon Nebula, a region teeming with newborn stars and hidden intricate structures revealed by previous infrared observations. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, W. Lewin, F. R. Ferraro<span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt"…

There’s often a whiff of joss sticks surrounding the music of Los Angeles-based composer Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith. In the past she has made an LP of drones for yoga and meditation, a new age album that was premiered on the Calm app, and she’s even written a pocketbook called Listening (complete with cards featuring “listening exercises”).But Smith is also a leading figure in modular synthesis. She studied composition and sound engineering at Berklee College of Music, falling under the spell of Steve Reich, and later acquired…

Photo by Tristan Fewings/Getty Images for Paramount Pictures Top Gun: Maverick is still soaring to new heights in theaters worldwide, and audiences can’t get enough. More than three decades since Top Gun hit theaters in 1986, a fresh new storyline began captivating audiences, and the new recruits were easy to root for — and fawn over. Both Top Gun and Top Gun: Maverick have iconic beach scenes, and while the sport they’re playing is different, the appeal is very similar. Toned bodies, glistening skin, and a…

The siren call of the “beach read” finally reached Jennifer Weiner, who long considered the term dismissive of writing associated with women. “After years and years of, ‘This is sexist,’ I was like, ‘You know what? If I can’t beat them, join them,’ ” said Ms. Weiner, whose new book out this spring, “The Summer Place,” is set on Cape Cod in Massachusetts. The siren call of the “beach read” finally reached Jennifer Weiner, who long considered the term dismissive of writing associated with women. “After years and years…