THE PLASTICS
Europe Embraces Plastic to Fight Climate Change
For years, the green movement has seen plastics as villains.
Insecure About Your Looks? These Guys Will Tell You How to 'Fix' Your Face
Want to see what you’d look like with fuller lips and fewer lines? There’s an app for that.
Turning Prisoners Into Model Citizens … With Plastic Surgery
Penal facilities tested the theory of whether easier-on-the-eye meant easier-to-reform.
How Social Media Is Disrupting the Nip and Tuck
The cosmetic surgery business is pulling in big bucks thanks to online photo galleries and reviews.
Can Sea Creature Slime and Stem Cells Put an End to Scars?
Researchers are developing an array of new tech and tactics to speed the recovery of burn victims.
Why Cosmetic Surgeons Are Singing Away Their Stress
With burnout reaching new highs, physicians in the business of aesthetics turn to novel solutions.
Beyond Cosmetics: Can Botox Improve Performance at Work (and in Bed)?
The Best New Trends of 2017: Blowtox, Protox, Scrotox — the wonder drug is now used to enhance performance and appearance.
Is the Formula for Perfect Skin Care Hidden in Your DNA?
Forget ancestry analysis: A new breed of tests wants to work on how supple your skin is.
The Famous Scientist Who Secretly Graded the Beauty of British Women
Donald Trump and Mark Zuckerberg are not the only leading male figures to make a habit of rating women.
Creepy Masks for Good Times, and Good Looks
Not happy with your face? Put a new one on, then peel it off!.
When Katty Met Carlos
From the BBC and OZY comes a fresh perspective on the debate about America’s future as a nation and its relation to the world during the 2020 US election.
Building a Better Breast
Entrepreneurs are getting involved in building the best breasts.
Israel: The Promised Land of Breast Tech
The miracle on the Mediterranean may be Israel’s boom in bust building — and protecting.
