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Carol Causieestko is transformed by make-up artists on “Fast-Forward: Look Into Your Future.”<br>PBS

Seeing yourself, decades in the future

Imagine your body 30 years in the future. What will stop working? What will hurt? Will you still be able to throw a ball or lift a child or salsa dance? Will you still look like yourself? Will you feel like yourself?

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The World Happiness Report is out, with a surprising picture of global resilience
Colette Komm celebrates her second pandemic birthday in Central Park on March 13 with friends and a coronavirus piñata. She calls her last birthday, when she turned 38, “the birthday that was lost to history.”<br>Colette Komm Colette Komm celebrates her second pandemic birthday in Central Park on March 13 with friends and a coronavirus piñata. She calls her last birthday, when she turned 38, “the birthday that was lost to history.”<br>Colette Komm
Despite COVID, birthdays still worth celebrating
Neil, Susan, Jonathan and Hilary Krieger pose together in Boston in 2018.<br>Family photo
Neil, Susan, Jonathan and Hilary Krieger pose together in Boston in 2018.<br>Family photo

Their dad died of COVID. Now they're trying to get his clever, made-up word into the dictionary.

In the early aughts, Hilary Krieger was sitting in her parents' Boston home, when her friend accidentally squirted himself with an orange slice. "I said, 'Oh, the orange just orbisculated,' " she recalls. "And he said, 'It did what?' "

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra uses Ted, a mannequin head outfitted with binaural microphones and hi-def cameras, which "hears" and then transmits live-sounding immersive audio and video. Ted was developed by composer Anna Clyne and her Grammy-winning engineer husband Jody Elff. <br>Sarah Smarch/The Washington Post
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra uses Ted, a mannequin head outfitted with binaural microphones and hi-def cameras, which "hears" and then transmits live-sounding immersive audio and video. Ted was developed by composer Anna Clyne and her Grammy-winning engineer husband Jody Elff. <br>Sarah Smarch/The Washington Post

How a mannequin head could revolutionize the way orchestras and audiences come together

I look up and behold the ornately ornamented ceiling of Detroit's Orchestra Hall, a place I've never actually been. I look down and my legs have vanished, replaced by a single black pole terminating into a tripod. I look all around and find every other seat in the hall empty, though I'm told that at least 10 of us are in attendance. And onstage in front of me, I see the 19 socially distanced members of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra tuning their instruments in complete silence - that is, until I pop in my ear buds.

Each durable square has a "splat" that looks like a splash of paint. The tiles are connected wirelessly to a tablet or similar device where they are programmed.<br>Unruly Splats
Each durable square has a "splat" that looks like a splash of paint. The tiles are connected wirelessly to a tablet or similar device where they are programmed.<br>Unruly Splats

New tool demystifies coding for students as Hawaii legislators push computer science to younger grades

The square mats, called Unruly Splats, might seem like pure fun, but they introduce children to computer coding at a basic level.

Jon Jachimowicz, an assistant professor of business administration in the organizational behavior unit at Harvard Business School, says commuting provides "a temporal and spatial separation between all the different roles we play."<br>Stars and Stripes
Jon Jachimowicz, an assistant professor of business administration in the organizational behavior unit at Harvard Business School, says commuting provides "a temporal and spatial separation between all the different roles we play."<br>Stars and Stripes

Need help shifting from home to work mode? Try a fake commute

A fake commute can help you reclaim precious transition time and re-establish the boundaries that have been blurred by working from home.

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The shell and armor for the flagship monster in Monster Hunter Rise, Magnamalo, are inspired by traditional samurai armor.<br>Capcom
The shell and armor for the flagship monster in Monster Hunter Rise, Magnamalo, are inspired by traditional samurai armor.<br>Capcom

Monster Hunter Rise is the most ambitious Nintendo Switch game in a long time

Monster Hunter Rise is an original, made-for-Switch Capcom title that shatters expectations of what to expect. For all intents and purposes, it's an even bigger experience than Monster Hunter World on PC and other consoles. This is grand news for any hunters who joined the bandwagon with World, currently Capcom's best-selling title of all time, bigger than its Resident Evil or Street Fighter series.

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Among Il Ceppo's many offerings are cooked and cured hams, a variety of salami and other cured meats. The Vicenza store has done brisk takeout business during Italy's lockdown. <br>Nancy Montgomery/Stars and Stripes
Among Il Ceppo's many offerings are cooked and cured hams, a variety of salami and other cured meats. The Vicenza store has done brisk takeout business during Italy's lockdown. <br>Nancy Montgomery/Stars and Stripes

Vicenza gourmet deli makes lockdowns more bearable

Osvaldo Boscolo started out in bacala, the Veneto region’s celebrated salt cod.

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The chicken enchiladas from Posado del Sol, a Mexican eatery near Yokota Air Base, Japan, boast a delicious sauce with zing and the prefect amount of cheese.<br>Theron Godbold/Stars and Stripes
The chicken enchiladas from Posado del Sol, a Mexican eatery near Yokota Air Base, Japan, boast a delicious sauce with zing and the prefect amount of cheese.<br>Theron Godbold/Stars and Stripes

Searching for authentic Mexican fare in Tokyo? Posada del Sol comes close

Rosas, Tres Amigos and Los Comales. These are restaurants that those who hail from Texas, like me, will recognize as places to get satisfying Mexican food.

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the meat and potatoes of life

Bad recipes and why I keep them

Fueled by a rare rush of spring cleaning adrenaline, I lifted the bloated behemoth off of my crowded shelf of cookbooks, careful to catch the loose clippings stuffed haphazardly between her cracked covers. The 30-year-old binder full of collected recipes was surely in need of a good purge after all this time.