In the early ‘80s, the singer was already obscuring his Blackness with makeup (prior to remaking his features with plastic surgery).
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Carolina A. Miranda,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Oct. 2026
Daunt’s idea of good bookshops—welcoming, browsable retail spaces that are also singular and carry human fingerprints—became the template for remaking more than six hundred Barnes & Noble stores.
Those assumptions can be quite uncertain when designing an entirely new study.
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Mark Louie F. Ramos,
STAT,
21 Oct. 2026
This year’s homebrew showstopper could see its creator designing a licensed table for one of the industry’s major manufacturers by the following year’s show.
Indeed, Chinese authorities have already begun refashioning the tools of their security state in response.
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Carl Minzner,
Foreign Affairs,
5 Oct. 2026
Kingsoft Cloud is refashioning itself into an artificial intelligence cloud player — a move that should drive its shares higher, according to Morgan Stanley.
With her knack for devising novel solutions to seemingly insoluble problems, no one was better suited for the job.
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Dean Robbins,
Space.com,
18 Oct. 2026
Mungiu may have a less sadistic streak and a more active camera, but the two filmmakers share a particular commitment to narrative indeterminacy, devising intricate yet incomplete crime-story plots that function broadly as sociopolitical allegories.
Bowman’s work is part of a growing trend that’s not just about introducing new dishes to the local food scene; creating a market for invasive species may also bring ecological benefits for the local environment.
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Victoria Malloy,
Time,
21 Oct. 2026
There is no one-size-fits-all approach to working capital, and taking the time to understand the tradeoffs can help businesses choose financing that supports sustainable growth rather than creating additional financial pressure.
Measuring neuronal activity On top of visualizing the brain’s structures and layout, the ability to manipulate electricity has allowed researchers to learn how neurons communicate.
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Kimberlee D'Ardenne,
The Conversation,
5 Oct. 2026
His mind ran the perimeter of the room, visualizing the window, door, walls, and photos.
Swift, who was deeply learned, was envisaging a nightmare world in which reading and writing — the essential foundation of wit and wisdom — are replaced by a flashy simulation of human knowledge.
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Dónal Gill,
The Dial,
8 Sep. 2026
Gufram and Snarkitecture’s Sculpted Mirror In envisaging the Sculpted Mirror for Gufram, Snarkitecture founders designers Alex Mustonen and Daniel Arsham carefully studied the theme of reflective surfaces.
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