In recent years we’ve seen an interesting trend among celebrities in their thirties. In their fight against wrinkles and other signs of aging, they take increasingly drastic measures, earlier and earlier. According to my mother, paraphrasing the French film goddess Catherine Deneuve, after 30 it´s either your ass or your face. Specifically this means: if you maintain a slim body thanks to a strict diet and exercise routine, chances are that your face will exhibit more signs of aging over time.

But today’s celebrities refuse to surrender before the laws of nature. They have Joined forces with increasingly clever plastic surgeons to make the impossible possible: a tiny body and a baby-face well into middle age. Thus, new anti-aging technologies have spawned a new specimen of woman, whose most spectacular examples are found in Hollywood with last names like  Kidman, Zellweger, Moore and, of course, plastic surgery queen, Madonna.  However, these interventions may be a double-edged sword,  giving stars a frozen and iconic beauty that reads well from 500 feet, but seems freakish upon closer inspection..

These interventions also have the tendency to make the stars resemble each other, forcing them to loose their identities in the grueling battle to eliminate every trace of age or asymmetry which refutes the parameters of a perfect face.

Apart from full lips, small noses and porcelain skin, there is a new phenomenon that goes beyond lifting – let us call it “stuffing”. Actresses of a certain age are no longer just stretched and pinned back; they are also stuffed like a Christmas turkey. Their “fillers” are collagen injections to the face which return the illusion of elasticity and “fullness” which get lost with age and after dieting for many years. The result is somewhat disturbing, as these older women maintain youthful figures, and mask like reproductions of childish faces. If you want to explore the world of beauty, without taking such drastic measures, rent apartments in Marrakech, where you’ll find products such as Argan oil that will return your skin to its youthful elasticity.



Astronomers John Cromwell Mather and George Smoot were awarded the Nobel Prize in 2006, one of the largest prizes in science, for their research on radiation. Thanks to these two scientists, today it is possible to see to the bottom of the cosmos since its inception.  They discovered microwave radiation, which are a relic of the birth of the universe. This discovery represents an important test for the Big Bang theory.

The scientific investigation of John Mather and George Smoot is  fascinating because it could give clues to how the universe began and how it has been transformed, i.e., to what extent the chemical elements have changed. This gives us the opportunity to perhaps find answers to some questions that have plagued humanity since the beginning: how was the Earth was formed, where do we come from, and where are we going?

The chemical composition of the earth has led to the development of life as we know it; however, thanks to the discovery by these two scientists we can investigate if there are other places in the universe with a similar chemical profile, which therefore, may allow other forms of life, apart from ours.

This is perhaps one of the most important questions of modern astronomy, and thanks to innovative telescopes such as the “Kepler” and the discovery of multiple planetary systems; scientists already know where to find those planets with characteristics similar to Earth. However, we still need tools powerful enough to measure and detect these features. But John Mather is convinced that it is not impossible to build these instruments, and so in the near future, we may know if there extraterrestrial life out there. To do some relaxing star-gazing, why not rent apartments in Marrakech, where the stars seem to shine stronger than in other areas of the world.