How Paris’ oldest bridge, Pont Neuf, was turned into a mountain cave

How Paris’ oldest bridge, Pont Neuf, was turned into a mountain cave

PARISΒ β€”Β There’s a present-day answer to the question that was posed in verse by the French medieval poet and street brawler FranΓ§ois Villon: β€œWhere are the snows of yesteryear?” They’re right here, in high summer, on Paris’ oldest bridge, the Pont Neuf, where an enormous art installation, a trompe l’oeil inflatable snow-clad mountain range, has arisen…

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Algae persist in in the Reflecting Pool, despite the Trump administration’s efforts to clear murky waters.

Algae persist in in the Reflecting Pool, despite the Trump administration’s efforts to clear murky waters.

Just days after the Trump administration completed millions of dollars in renovations on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to make it American flag-blue, residents and online users noted it had turned a phosphorescent green. Here’s why: The calm, still waters of the Reflecting Pool make it an ideal nursery for algae growth. Algae need nitrogen…

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How low-budget movies are beating Hollywood’s most expensive bets

How low-budget movies are beating Hollywood’s most expensive bets

Two of the biggest box-office standouts of 2026 so far were not made by established studio directors or built on franchise IP. β€œObsession” and β€œBackrooms” β€” horror films from internet-native directors in their 20s β€” have outperformed far more expensive studio releases. The breakout success of these films has ignited debate across Hollywood about what…

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