Katie Olsen

Editor at Large

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Zoning Out is Good For You

Great news for a Friday afternoon: zoning out is good for you. NY Mag’s Science of Us has looked into the current obsession with mindfulness—remaining constantly focused—and found that the opposite is …

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Love Ssega: Minds

One of the founders of the electronic-meets-classical outfit Clean Bandit—who left to pursue his PhD in laser sensing—British-Ugandan singer Love Ssega returns to the music scene with the single “Minds.” From an …

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THE KIDS Documentary

Written by Harmony Korine and directed by Larry Clark, 1994’s “Kids” quickly became a cult movie that outlined lives of teenagers in NYC—a familiar and relatable tale to some and, to others, …

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Hot Chip: Started Right

“Started Right“—the endearing single from Hot Chip’s recently released sixth full-length album, Why Make Sense?—has been given video treatment in the form of a beautiful woman singing solo karaoke in a dimly …

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NASA’s Space Salads

NASA astronauts on the International Space Station are taking the idea of farm-to-table to new heights—literally. The team has just harvested their “Outredgeous” red romaine lettuce that’s been growing in space as …