Oprah’s Favorite Things Include My Dream Sneakers, Leggings, and Sweatshirt

Listen, I could see a pair of sneakers or leggings and not think twice about them, but the second I hear that they have Oprah’s stamp of approval, my ears immediately perk up. The closest thing America has to royalty has put it on her annual Favorite Things list? Now I’m interested, folks. Oprah has just released her annual roundup for 2019, and it’s chock-full of all the cozy clothes, useful accessories, and fun gadgets you could dream of. 

Of course, I made a beeline for all the fashion-related items on Oprah’s list. The standouts? Spanx leggings that are polished enough to be worn as pants, an Alala sweatshirt with matching sweatpants, a Cozy Earth pajama set, and APL sneakers. Oprah’s full list includes dozens of items, but we narrowed down our favorite picks below. 

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Century-old food testing method updated to include complex fluid dynamics

The texture of food is an important part of enjoying foods. In order to completely understand these properties, better methods for testing are required to capture the motion inside liquid materials, especially in the case of foods that are complex liquids, like gelled desserts. Researchers introduce an updated method that can measure linear viscoelasticity and phase lag simultaneously in an opaque liquid, capturing information about complex rheological properties.