Style
November 21, 2022

Spectacular Sculptural Facial Hair From the 2022 National Beard and Moustache Championships

Growing and maintaining a beard and mustache is an art that some take very seriously. So seriously, in fact, that there is an annual competition that celebrates epic facial hair. The 2022 Honest Amish National Beard and Moustache Championships has announced the winners of its November 12 competition in Casper, Wyoming. Photographer Greg Anderson was there to document the incredible beards and mustaches that graced the competitive contest.

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Video
November 21, 2022

Discover Why the Retro Vaporwave Aesthetic Is Trending

If you long for the days when RoboCop, TRON, and Escape from New York dominated the big screen or are wondering why the 80s and 90s aesthetic seems to be everywhere these days, we have one word for you—vaporwave. Vaporwave originated as an electronic music genre in the 2010s, when samples of popular 80s and 90s songs and lounge music were used to compose songs.

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Astronomy
November 20, 2022

Remastered Images Celebrate Nasa’s Iconic Apollo Missions From 50 Years Ago

Fifty years after humans last stepped on the Moon, imaging specialist Andy Saunders is celebrating the Apollo missions by enhancing original photos from the beloved NASA program. In his book, Apollo Remastered: The Ultimate Photographic Record, Saunders shares hundreds of newly restored and never before seen images from the NASA archive.

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Architecture
November 19, 2022

Dreamy 32-Story High Rise in Toronto Is Inspired by the Tranquility of Clouds

Canadian-architecture firm Partisans has proposed a new high-rise in Toronto based on the forms of clouds. Both natural clouds and revision clouds take center stage in the design, which is now being reviewed by the city. If approved, the 325-foot-tall residential tower will transform downtown Toronto. Known for its forward-thinking approach to design, Partisans seeks to incorporate the light, tranquil feeling of a cloud into the tower.

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