Press Enter / Return to begin your search.

This Is What Happened To My Brain When I Spent More Time In Nature

Studies have shown that spending time in nature can lead to less stress and greater creativity. So I put it to the test.

It’s a refrain that kids have heard from their parents for generations: “Go outside and play. It’ll be good for you.” Little did we know as children how valuable that advice was. Science has shown that parental wisdom to be more accurate than we realized. Study after study after study has now shown that there are multiple health benefits to spending time in nature.

Read Full Story

Read More

Cuyana: The Clothing Brand That Plans To Scale By Asking Women To Buy Fewer Things

A pioneer of the “lean closet” movement, Cuyana’s business model is built on quality over quantity.

There’s a little factory the countryside of Northern Italy that has been making leather products for three generations. The family who owns the facility has a close relationship with a nearby tannery, so their workers understand the idiosyncrasies of these particular cowhides: they know exactly how sunlight will darken soft vachetta leather, which sections are best used for belts, and which bits are so thin that they should be discarded. In the United States, craftsmanship of this quality is usually associated with pricey luxury brands like Hermès and Celine, where a leather bag can cost upward of $2,000.

Read Full Story

Read More

Glu Mobile’s Latest Celebrity Game Stars Gordon Ramsay

The celebrity chef praises the game’s authenticity with one key difference: His cursing has been bleeped out.

For the past few weeks, Gordon Ramsay and I have been cooking together. We made pepperoni pizza on the train on my way to a meeting Monday afternoon, a late-night turkey wrap when I couldn’t sleep last Wednesday, and I’ve made more hamburgers in the past 14 days than I’ve possibly put together in my entire lifetime. There’s just one catch to my new culinary achievement: It all happened on my iPad.

Read Full Story

Read More