NYT Connections hints and answers for Monday, June 16 (game #736)
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From waste to runway: Kenyan designers transform used clothes into art
By AFP Published October 13, 2025 In a dusty alley in the heart of Kenya’s largest open-air market, fashion models strut down a makeshift runway in bold, upcycled outfits made from waste collected at dumpsites and market cast-offs- proof that even trash can dazzle. Models wearing upcycled creations made from discarded garments – AFP Every…
Soaring gold prices bring new headache to Tiffany-owner LVMH
By Reuters Published October 13, 2025 The doubling of gold prices in two years, along with US tariffs and a weaker dollar, have made it harder to defend gross margins for Tiffany owner LVMH and others in the high-end goods industry. Tiffany is known for its modern style fine jewellery “Each of these [factors] alone…
13th October – Threat Intelligence Report
For the latest discoveries in cyber research for the week of 13th October, please download our Threat Intelligence Bulletin. TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES Qilin ransomware group has claimed responsibility for targeting Asahi, Japan’s largest brewing company, that had been hacked on September 29th. The attack resulted in the exfiltration of over 9,300 files totaling 27GB…
‘How a prescription to grow a sunflower helped me fight anorexia’
Malcolm Prior and Jenny KumahBBC News rural affairs team Andy Alcroft/BBC Emily Hough is now using her experiences to help shape nature prescribing schemes For Emily Hough, nature was too often simply something “out there”, a world apart from her, a view from a hospital window. Years spent in and out of specialist mental health…
The century-old ship sail technology finally catching on
Kevin KeaneEnvironment, energy and rural affairs correspondent, BBC Scotland Pathe News The twin Flettner rotor ship Buckau made its maiden voyage into Grangemouth in 1925 It must have been a bizarre sight when a freight ship, equipped with two large rotating towers, made its way under the Forth Bridge a century ago. The experimental sail…
New research reveals how ADHD sparks extraordinary creativity
New research has found that ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) is linked to higher levels of creativity, and that this creative advantage may stem from a stronger tendency for the mind to wander. The findings, presented at the ECNP congress in Amsterdam, mark the first study to explain how ADHD and creativity are connected. Lead…
Decades-old photosynthesis mystery finally solved
Scientists from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have finally solved a long-standing puzzle about the earliest moments of photosynthesis — the vital process through which plants, algae, and certain bacteria capture sunlight to generate oxygen and energy-rich compounds. Their research reveals why the first movements of electrons,…
The Climate Question – Can we build better cities for mental health and the climate?
Available for over a year Today, more than half the world’s population live in cities – and as our numbers swell, so will our cities, especially those around the Pacific Rim, where it’s predicted our largest megacities of 10 million plus will be situated. And herein lies an opportunity: 60% of the buildings needed for…
California’s next big one could be faster and far more destructive
Researchers from the Statewide California Earthquake Center at USC Dornsife are warning that extremely fast and powerful earthquakes could strike California and are calling for tougher building standards and improved fault monitoring. Most residents of the state are accustomed to the idea of earthquakes, but scientists say a particularly dangerous type has been largely ignored:…
Ancient humans in Italy butchered elephants and made tools from their bones
During a warmer stretch of the Middle Pleistocene, early humans living in what is now Italy regularly butchered elephants for both food and usable materials, according to a study published October 8, 2025, in the open-access journal PLOS One by Beniamino Mecozzi of Sapienza University of Rome (Italy) and his research team. Early humans often…
