Life
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I want to help bring Indian athletes to NBA: Basketball champion Dwight Howard
The NBA champion who was in the country as the brand ambassador of social media platform Pixstory, talks about building a platform that is transparent, scouting for talent in India, and the importance of taking a stand on social issues
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Burnout, boreout, brownout: What's the difference?
While burnout may be the best-known term, there are other conditions linked to chronic boredom or loss of meaning at work. And they should not be neglected
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Japan's taiko reinvents drum tradition
Japanese taiko drumming has roots in religious rituals, traditional theatre, and the joyous abandon of seasonal festivals called matsuri
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A French designer has created an eco-friendly sneaker from seafood waste
French designer Eugène Riconneaus' aim is to bring together style and environmentalism while helping clean up the waste polluting France's coasts
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Subversive or truthful? How rap lyrics can be viewed as a confession by the US justice system
"I never killed anybody. But I got somethin' to do with that body." It's a safe bet that Young Thug never thought the lyrics to his song "Anybody" would, one day, lead to his arrest
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Bangladesh's 'YouTube Village' goes viral
AroundMeBD channel highlights the village's cooks and reveals the daily life of this community living in the west of Bangladesh
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Waste is the latest source of inspiration for perfumers
After upcycling was embraced by fashion and cosmetics, it's now proving to be a new playground for perfumers who not only aim to do better for the plane but are increasingly using waste to concoct new scents
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Tom Cruise: I make movies for the big screen
Tom Cruise has become an ambassador for cinemas—even sneaking into a screening of Christopher Nolan's "Tenet" at the height of the pandemic in the summer of 2020 in a bid to boost sales
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A new way of producing chocolate respects the planet and people
London-based company WNWN FoodLabs has worked on an ethical concept in order to take the issue of child labourers in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana, as well as deforestation generated by the production of cacao, out of the equation
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'Sahar El Layali' to Marvel's 'Moon Knight', Egyptian composer Hesham Nazih's journey to fame
Following his career-defining score for the Pharaohs' Golden Parade last year, Hesham Nazih was tapped to write the music for Marvel Studios' latest series, "Moon Knight"
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Debunking 3 myths about electric cars
Even if there is no such thing as an all-green car, studies show that battery-powered ones cause fewer harmful greenhouse gas overall than their petrol-driven ancestors