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How Arturo Obegero, a fashion muse to Harry Styles, continues to break down binaries

How Arturo Obegero became Harry Styles's fashion muse, and what's next for the rising 29-year-old designer who's transcending the binary in sensual ways.

Can the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory maintain its lead in fusion research?

Following the first successful break-even fusion reaction ever conducted in a lab, the LLNL will need to secure additional funding, director Kim Budil says.

There’s nothing sustainable about a fashion week—unless it’s Copenhagen Fashion Week

Under CEO Cecilie Thorsmark, the annual fashion week introduced strict environmental requirements for designers who want to show.

This rocket man is 3D printing the future of space

Tim Ellis, cofounder and CEO of Relativity Space, is competing against SpaceX in the booming space launch business and reinventing manufacturing in the process.

Eddie Izzard played 19 roles in ‘Great Expectations.’ Now she’s doing ‘Hamlet’

Eddie Izzard played 19 roles on stage in 'Great Expectations.' Now she's doing 'Hamlet.'

This Library of Congress scholar-in-residence is working to preserve and showcase Black media

Maya Cade, founder of the Black Film Archive, is working with the Library of Congress as scholar-in-residence to preserve Black film.

She made ‘Thanksgiving’ memorable. Now Larissa FastHorse is turning to ‘Peter Pan’

Playwright Larissa FastHorse made history with 'The Thanksgiving Play.' Now she's revisiting 'Peter Pan.'

This app helps gig workers guarantee their pay

Bryce Bennett, cofounder and CEO of Solo, creates tools such as Pay Guarantee and Smart Schedule to let gig workers decide when they work and what they make.

The secret behind the indie bookstore boom? An indie tech platform

Under CEO Allison Hill, the American Booksellers Association gave independent sellers the bookstore version of Shopify to drive e-commerce sales.

There are many chefs behind ‘The Bear.’ These two at FX have been crucial

How FX co-presidents Gina Balian and Nick Grad make shows like 'The Bear.'

This Comcast exec did the impossible: He created a TV remote that’s actually well designed

How Comcast accessibility VP Tom Wlodkowski designed the Xfinity Large Button Voice Remote, and why 2,000 units are being sold every week.

When a cancer drug trial has a 100% success rate, you want to know who’s behind it. (It’s Luis Diaz Jr.)

Oncologist Luis Diaz Jr., at Memorial Sloan Kettering, achieved a breakthrough in cancer treatment. He focused on tumors with MMR deficiency.

This Pulitzer Prize-winning opera celebrates the life of a Muslim scholar enslaved for half a century

Grammy Award winner Rhiannon Giddens won the Pulitzer for her first opera, 'Omar,' which tells the epic story of a Muslim scholar enslaved for half a century.

The hottest thing about Pleasing nail polish? Harry Styles and his cofounders made it biodegradable

Harry Styles and his Pleasing cofounders Molly Hawkins and Harry Lambert did something exceptionally beautiful: They created the first biodegradable nail polish.

Anderson Cooper talks loss, ambition, and podcasting his way through grief

Anderson Cooper's 'All There Is' podcast gives voice to people dealing with grief after the death of a loved one.

This innovative French designer is the Willy Wonka of wood

French designer Steven Leprizé is the Willy Wonka of wood. It's no wonder brands from Cartier to Hermès to Moto Guzzi are seeking him out.

This architect helped restore a Nigerian village destroyed by Boko Haram

Tosin Oshinowo, founder of architecture firm cmDesign Atelier, helped redesign and rebuild a Nigerian community destroyed by Boko Haram.

This CMO uses her ad dollars to get CBS, ESPN, and others to pay more attention to women’s sports

She got CBS to air the NWSL final on prime time—then gave millions to ESPN, earmarked for women’s sports.

If you’ve been listening to De La Soul lately, you probably have Golnar Khosrowshahi to thank

Golnar Khosrowshahi, CEO of Reservoir Media, made it her mission to make De La Soul's music available to fans.

How dried pineapple and artisanal soy sauce are fueling Taiwanese pride

Yun Hai co-owners Lillian Lin and Lisa Cheng Smith demonstrate through food—including artisanal soy sauce— that Taiwan has its own history and culture.