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Wednesday, March 4, 2026

Energy dominance is a USA policy goal aiming to maximize domestic production of oil, natural gas, coal, and nuclear energy

The 2025 NSS shifts toward achieving cyber domain supremacy, prioritizing American industrial strength, supply chain control, and domestic capability over the international governance model

The NSS is a foundational, high-level framework that guides, but does not legally bind, the executive branch in its foreign and defense policy decision

Maximum production: an approach to maximize fossil fuel extraction, often with a focus on oil, natural gas, and coal

The 2025 National Security Strategy centers on protecting technology, critical infrastructure, and economic security to maintain military superiority, marking a shift from the 2022 focus on international partnerships

Science & Technology

The technological turn in the United States' 2025 NSS

Analyzing state purpose, security, and power in the National Security Strategy

Construction began in 1720 under Prince-Bishop Damian Hugo von Schönborn

Architecture & Design

The splendor of Bruchsal Palace

A Neo-Baroque masterpiece in Southwest Germany

Ayyana Kere, the second-largest lake in Karnataka, stretches between small mountains and offers breathtaking views, India

Manchenahalli Lake: a hidden haven

Your perfect weekend escape from Bengaluru

A boy sitting silently before a big window, capturing the stillness of existing in an in-between space

The unseen boy: invisible, forgotten, waiting

A heart breaking exploration of grief, time, and a child lost between worlds

On the Street

Earth serpent slithering in the desert

Year of the earth serpent changing colors

Genesis of a novel

Cropped image of a happy man taking multivitamin supplements

Everyday supplements for a healthier life

Safe daily nutrients for people of all ages

A human head filled with healthy foods and artificial intelligence, representing the fusion of functional foods and biohacking nutrition

Functional foods and biohacking through nutrition

The new frontier of functional foods for mind and body optimization

Conflagration, acrylic on canvas, 150 x 120 cm, Mark Weighton, 2025

Unbroken: a life in art, a world in crisis

Capricorn Full Moon

Dulcinea Dream Scene in the devised piece Rocinante! Rocinante! by Panta Rei Theatre directed by Chiara D’Anna. An example of visual language in devised theatre

Stage resonances

Sensory experience and emotional response in performance

A young African American fashion designer working late in her sewing workspace, a creative professional deep in thought

Economy & Politics

The price of my worth

A personal reckoning with inequality, silence, and the fight for financial justice

Architecture & Design

View of Santorini, Greece, with iconic white houses and blue-domed churches

How travel shapes empathy and innovation in design

Global encounters inspire designers to move beyond visuals and create work rooted in culture, connection, and respect

Life in the Jōmon period as recreated at the Municipal Museum of Archaeology in Ichikawa: a prehistoric woman sits before a fire where fish are being grilled on skewers, and, behind her, a heap of discarded clamshells (shell midden) and a wooden rack on which whole squids are being dried

How pottery shaped the human mind

Early ceramics and the rise of symbolic thought

Art

Gottfried Eisenberger, World Art Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Gottfried Eisenberger on World Art Dubai’s next phase

The fair’s curator reflects on scale, strategy, and the growing global reach of emerging artists

Antony Gormley Another Place, 1997, Antony Gormley’s Another Place features 100 cast-iron figures facing the sea along Crosby Beach, exploring humanity’s relationship with nature, time, solitude, and existence. Each life-sized figure, modelled on Gormley’s own body, stands motionless against shifting tides and weather, symbolizing reflection, resilience, and the universal human search for meaning and connection

Fishing with dynamite: the new monumentality

Some thoughts on the inequality of means for contemporary artists

Culture

Sunlight shining through a leaf, representing love through one's capacity to feel love everywhere if they know how to identify it

The Sun rises every day

Today it dawned again, as always

Silena Santoni ultimately presents My Creature as a story of survival, where writing becomes an act of self-preservation

Silena Santoni and the birth of a monster

Reimagining Mary Shelley’s “year without a summer” in My Creature

Economy & Politics

Crowds of farmers gather near a major shipping port as cargo vessels and stacked containers loom in the background, reflecting the growing tensions between global trade expansion and domestic agricultural concerns

The EU–Mercosur agreement at an impasse

Trade, environmental standards, and political division in a historic pact reshaping global economic alliance

About a million protesters rallied along Barcelona’s main street to demand independence from the Spanish government for the Catalonia Region, 2018, Spain

Does a state have a “right to exist”?

Rethinking statehood in international law

Entertainment

A Hungarian Horntail Dragon at Universal Studios, symbolizing how beloved stories continue to live beyond their original screen

The nostalgia loop: why we keep rewatching

Examining why audiences crave revivals, why studios rely on them, and where fatigue is emerging

The award-winning American family sitcom Modern Family

The history of comedy in modern TV and cinema

The rise, fall, and reinvention of comedy in film and television

Fashion

A model showcasing Dior’s iconic New Look from 1947, symbolizing post-war elegance and the rebirth of feminine style

Fashion and post-war recovery

How style helped conceal injuries and restore dignity

Behind all the glamour, the quiet truth: the atelier is where a small army of skilled hands safeguards irreplaceable techniques

Haute couture: where craft, fantasy, and luxury collide

An entertaining deep dive into the history, importance, critiques, and evolution of fashion’s most exclusive universe

Feature

Silhouette of a person standing by neon lights at night

Map of your head

A couple reconnecting in front of the ocean

Following his senses

Some memories never fade

Food & Wine

Hyperlipidemia is a significant factor that contributes to cardiovascular diseases globally. Thankfully, it is one factor that is easy to modify through medications and lifestyle changes

Feeding your microbiome to lower your cholesterol

Focusing on a pro-gut microbiome diet can improve cholesterol and other lipid levels

A man with a beer glass in his hand, sitting in a bar, enjoying pint of his beer

The world of beer: exploring styles and flavors

From crisp lagers to complex stouts, a journey through beer’s diverse landscape

Science & Technology

In a brightly lit, advanced manufacturing facility, a worker wearing a safety helmet closely monitors a state-of-the-art robotic arm in operation, ensuring precision and safety on the production line

AI and industry 4.0 in Germany

A systematic analysis of implementation patterns, success rates, and ROI data from industry 4.0 initiatives

Exploring human genetics through advanced genome sequencing and detailed DNA mapping

The completion of the Indian gene database

A new era for human genomics

Sport

Back view of a shirtless man posing to showcase his muscles and physical fitness

HIIT: the athlete’s secret weapon

From sprints to plyometrics, discover how HIIT transforms fitness and performance across sports

An Adidas soccer ball resting on the grass pitch, ready for the game

From Sialkot to stadiums: the hidden price of football

The impact of football production on workers in Sialkot, Pakistan

Travel

Sambar in Horton Plains, Sri Lanka (c) Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne

Birdwatching in the highlands of Sri Lanka

Tea country and Horton Plains National Park

A Lesotho herder wears a Basotho blanket, a covering commonly worn, which has become a national symbol

Lesotho, a kingdom in the sky

The only independent state in the world that lies entirely above 3,281 feet in elevation

Wellness

Silhouette of a woman in traditional attire by the window

The long way back to myself

Survival, motherhood, emotional healing, and the birth of purpose

Active prayer, watercolour, 16 × 12 cm, Mark Weighton, 2025

Spiritual cleansing in a season of shared prayer

Virgo Full Moon

Explore the Calendar

Worldwide Riga Berlin Zurich Prague Málaga Québec St Petersburg Chicago Luxembourg Seville Kaunas Hong Kong Nuremberg San Francisco Hamburg Tallinn Lucca Ljubljana Sofia Antwerp Vienna Los Angeles

Mouteea Murad, Trial no. 166 - I am not Jackson Pollock VII (detail), 2024. Courtesy of Ayyam Gallery

Exodus through the maze: disorientation as fate

4 Mar — 10 Apr 2026 at the Ayyam Gallery in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Komelia H. Okim, Spring march (detail). Courtesy of Kate Oh Gallery

Inner routes: cartographies of becoming

4 — 14 Mar 2026 at the Kate Oh Gallery in New York, United States

Sara Naim, A chickpea, hummus (detail), 2025. Courtesy of The Third Line

Mother practices her tongue

4 Mar — 7 Apr 2026 at The Third Line in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Alan Chapman, Kate Moss (detail). Courtesy of Cramer St Gallery

4 Mar — 8 Feb 2026 at the Cramer St Gallery in London, United Kingdom

Tad Savinar, Stage. Courtesy. Courtesy of PDX Contemporary Art

A logbook through darkness

4 — 28 Mar 2026 at the PDX Contemporary Art in Portland, United States

Andy Dixon, Red composition with butter (detail), 2025. Courtesy of Opera Gallery

Dreaming in colour

5 Mar — 6 Apr 2026 at the Opera Gallery in London, United Kingdom

Emma Richardson, Double infinity (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Liminal Gallery

Between waking and wanting

5 Mar — 6 Apr 2026 at the Saatchi Gallery in London, United Kingdom

Gregory Crewdson, The ice machine (detail), 2021-2022. Courtesy of Templon Gallery

5 Mar — 18 Apr 2026 at the Templon Gallery in Brussels, Belgium

Laurry Ramirez Gallardo. Courtesy of Azur Gallery

Optical affairs

5 Mar — 20 Apr 2026 at the Galeria Azur in Miami, United States

Hugo Winder-Lind, The landscape of my belly (detail). Courtesy of Isabel Sullivan Gallery

Clouds of limitless and expanding joy

5 Mar — 11 Apr 2026 at the Isabel Sullivan Gallery in New York, United States

Jivan Lee, Strong upward lift. Courtesy of William Havu Gallery

Infinite landscape

6 Mar — 9 May 2026 at the William Havu Gallery in Denver, United States

Cho Sung Hee, White globe (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Opera Gallery

6 — 29 Mar 2026 at the Opera Gallery in Miami, United States

Cecilie Waagner Falkenstrøm, A black hole calling us (detail), 2025. Courtesy of ARoS

A black hole calling us

6 Mar — 26 Apr 2026 at ARoS in Aarhus, Denmark

Julia Kochetova, A young recruit of the 92nd brigade during the training course at the shooting range, 2025. Courtesy of Foam

War is personal

6 Mar — 25 May 2026 at the Foam in Amsterdam, Netherlands

Verena Blok, Nikki & Sallie (detail), December 2023, The Hague. Courtesy of Foam

6 Mar — 25 May 2026 at the Foam in Amsterdam, Netherlands

Désert du Tsaïdam, 3000 m. Fin mai, mont Kitin Kara, dans la chaîne des Kuen Lun, 1935, Qinghai, République de Chine © Succession Ella Maillart et Photo Elysée, Lausanne

Photographic encounters

6 Mar — 1 Nov 2026 at the Photo Elysée in Lausanne, Switzerland

Luc Delahaye, A rally of the opposition candidate Alexander Milinkevich, 2006 © Courtesy of Luc Delahaye et de la galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris / Bruxelles

The echo of the world

6 Mar — 31 May 2026 at the Photo Elysée in Lausanne, Switzerland

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