Translated by Nazia BIBI KEENOO Published September 16, 2025 Brazilian cosmetics giant Natura has finalized the sale of Avon’s operations in six Central American countries — Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, Honduras, El Salvador, and the Dominican Republic — to Grupo PDC, a regional consumer goods company with a presence in Central America and Peru. The transaction,…
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…
My evidence that we’re onto something is we’ve seen a handful of content deals, and the company that has gotten the best deal by far is Reddit. We know from their public filings that last year they got close to $140 million a year from Google and OpenAI. Hmm. If you compare that with a…
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…
Published September 16, 2025 Cambridge Satchel is known for its collaborations with designer and premium labels but perhaps its latest collab is most fitting given its star product’s origins as a school bag. The company is linking up with Harvard and Columbia Universities in the US, two of the world’s most prestigious Ivy League academic…
Satellite image of the lunar south pole and Schrödinger basin NASA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY The moon might be more hospitable to life than we thought, increasing the risk of future moon missions contaminating the lifeless lunar surface. Space missions must follow policies on “planetary protection” to avoid contaminating other bodies of the solar system with microbes…
What lurks behind the dense, dusty clouds of this galactic neighbor? There lies the star-powered heart of the galaxy Messier 82 (M82), also known as the Cigar Galaxy. Located just 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major (The Great Bear), the Cigar Galaxy is considered a nearby galaxy. As this Hubble Space Telescope…
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.”…
Plant stem cells are crucial for the world’s food supply, animal feed, and fuel production. They lay the foundation for how plants grow. Yet, much about these mysterious building blocks remains unknown. Previous analyses have failed to locate many of the important genes that regulate how these cells function. Now, for the first time, Cold…
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”…
