From Australia to Argentina and New Zealand to Napa, winemakers are turning to augmented and virtual reality to attract a new generation of customers.

In early 2018, Ontario wine researcher Debbie Inglis sat down to take a much-needed sip of merlot to celebrate the $960,000 grant she’d been awarded to build the augmented and virtual reality consumer research lab at Brock University. With a VR headset on, she raised the glass to her lips. Crack. She tried again. Nope. “The glass would hit the bridge of the goggles,” she says. That wouldn’t do at all; to test drinking behavior in different VR scenarios, the goggles needed to be compatible with a regular flute.

This seemingly niche request is increasingly an industry-wide need, as VR and AR drinking experiences surge with the traditionally slow-to-adapt wine world opening its arms to the latest tech. For winemakers, these are exciting tools to broaden their audiences and brands worldwide. And consumers can now savor a fine drink while also experiencing a slice of nature, history or even an apocalyptic future.

As OZY’s innovative town hall series Take On America debuts, Baltimore’s police chief examines life for Black men in his city.

This is a homecoming for Gary Tuggle, only going home for him means having a gun strapped to his hip and at least five other officers flanking him while casing the East Baltimore block he played on as a kid. The 54-year-old is the interim police chief of Charm City, the third chief this year after the first two were fired — one amid a federal investigation into his taxes, the other for presiding over a historic spate of murders.

Tuggle’s arrival comes during a federal consent decree that requires Baltimore to reform a police department known for racial profiling and escalating tactics, and a skeptical public still reeling from the 2015 death of Freddie Gray under cop custody and the protests that followed. It is a community with few jobs and opportunities, with many unable to find work because of criminal records racked up during a war on drugs that disproportionately incarcerated men of color.

Yet when confronted with those obstacles, the former Drug Enforcement Administration agent declines to criticize drug policies and contends that too much emphasis is placed on the negative.

Physical challenges are not the only ones athlete-moms face when trying to return to their sport. A new survey reveals a host of mental ones too.

As Serena Williams’ frustration in the U.S. Open Final boiled over, she smashed her tennis racket on the court at Arthur Ashe Stadium. It had become clear to her that, thanks in part to her play but mostly to a series of controversial penalties by chair umpire Carlos Ramos, she would not be claiming her 24th Grand Slam title.

To some observers, Williams’ behavior seemed egregious. But female athletes who are also mothers knew Williams’ distress was about more than this penalty, more than this match. It was about everything she had gone through to get here.

After giving birth in September 2017, Williams experienced post-delivery complications, including a pulmonary embolism and an abdominal hematoma. Returning home after a series of surgeries, she developed postpartum depression. Williams told Vogue magazine she was unable to get out of bed for six weeks.

And according to a study conducted by espnW, 32 percent of 37 athlete-moms reported experiencing symptoms of postpartum depression. That's far higher than the global average of 13 percent, according to the World Health Organization.