Selfridges in major link with Disney for Christmas

Published September 16, 2025 Selfridges on Tuesday revealed a major link-up with Disney that will launch on 6 November in time for the festive season. The two companies said it’s an “unprecedented festive collaboration to excite and enchant visitors from around the world”. Selfridges Called ‘A Most Magical Christmas’, it’s “inspired by timeless Disney stories…

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Initio Parfums Privés puts neuroscience at the heart of its customer journey

Translated by Nazia BIBI KEENOO Published September 16, 2025 The French niche fragrance house Initio Parfums Privés unveils its latest innovation: Feel Lab Experience, an experiment that combines perfumery, neuroscience, and artificial intelligence. Visual: Initio Parfums Privés – DR Developed in partnership with Feel’Tech by Micropole, BrainCo, and the Harvard Innovation Lab, this experience invites…

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A volcano erased an island’s plants. Their DNA revealed how life starts over

Scientists from Tokyo Metropolitan University have determined the genetic lineage of a now extinct plant population from Nishinoshima, a volcanic island whose frequent eruptions periodically “reset” the vegetation. While they traced the lineage to a nearby island, they discovered distinct genetic quirks due to the rarity of seeds making it there, including a “founder’s effect.”…

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Strange ‘leopard spots’ in a Mars rock could be the strongest hint of life yet

After a year’s worth of scientific scrutiny, the ‘Sapphire Canyon’ rock sample remains the mission’s best candidate for containing signs of ancient microbial life processes. A sample collected by NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover from an ancient dry riverbed in Jezero Crater could preserve evidence of ancient microbial life. Taken from a rock named “Cheyava Falls”…

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