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Frances Gerety, the copywriter who coined 'A diamond is forever' in 1947, wrote the line judged the greatest slogan of the 20th century " yet she herself never married
4+ hour, 3+ min ago (115+ words) In 1947, Philadelphia copywriter Frances Gerety scribbled 'A diamond is forever' on a notepad before bed. The four words rewired global marriage customs and were later named the greatest slogan of the 20th century " yet Gerety herself lived alone and never married....
Lewis Hamilton won seven Formula One World Championships, and he says the best physical decision of his life was the 2017 switch he made after watching a documentary about industrial food
4+ day, 8+ hour ago (423+ words) Lewis Hamilton, the seven-time Formula One World Champion, has said the best physical decision of his career came in 2017 after he watched the documentary What the Health and went plant-based overnight. Four of his seven titles followed....
Until 1905, wristwatches were considered women's jewelry " a gentleman who wore a timepiece on his wrist was a punchline, a prejudice one orphaned watch clerk decided to bet against
6+ day, 10+ hour ago (348+ words) In 1905, a 24-year-old orphaned watch clerk named Hans Wilsdorf opened a London firm and bet his business on a product Edwardian gentlemen openly mocked: a watch worn on the wrist. Within a generation, his company " Rolex " had inverted the gendered…...
Rolex is owned by no billionaire or family " a single Geneva charitable foundation has held it since founder Hans Wilsdorf died childless in 1960, making the company effectively impossible to buy
6+ day, 10+ hour ago (167+ words) Hans Wilsdorf, the German-born watchmaker who founded Rolex in London in the early 1900s and moved it to Geneva after World War I, signed his entire company over to a private charitable foundation in the 1940s after his wife May died childless....
There's a particular exhaustion that comes from being the person everyone describes as 'so put together' when you're the only one who knows what it costs
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (537+ words) In 2013, the year Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In hit bookstores, the cultural script for high-functioning competence calcified into something closer to a contract. Perform effortlessly. Never ask for resources. Absorb the cost privately. More than a decade later, the bill for…...
Major advance in quantum nanodiamonds enables scalable sensor production
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (264+ words) The group's approach uses high pressure and temperature to replicate mantle conditions on diamond powder. Table salt prevents particle fusion during heating by creating a protective phase, and is washed away to yield pure, luminescent nanodiamonds. Quantum centers form rapidly…...
Final assembly of Vinci engines for Ariane 6 transitions to Germany
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (304+ words) Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 25, 2025 Ariane Group Germany will assume responsibility for assembling the Vinci upper stage engine of the Ariane 6 launcher at DLR's Lampoldshausen location. Under an agreement signed on October 24, 2025, by representatives from Ariane Group Germany, Ariane Group France,…...