Life
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Video Games: Second life for sports stars
And death is no barrier for this particular career, with two popular games this year choosing sports legends who are no longer with us
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From Covid to cancer: High hopes for Nobel mRNA vaccines
Researchers have been working for decades to try to figure out how to use messenger RNA (ribonucleic acid) for other vaccinations and to treat illnesses from AIDS to cancer
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Palak Gulia's golden aim, thorns at the Paris Fashion Week, a self-erasing burqa: Eye-catching photos of this week
The world never ceases to inspire us. This series of photos—an eye locked to its target, a locking veil from prying eyes —resonates beyond its description for a leisurely flip or a deep read this week
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Global abortion rights: two steps forward, one step back
According to the Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) NGO, only 35 percent of women of reproductive age live in countries where abortion is available on demand. It says backstreet abortions lead to 39,000 deaths per year
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Microplastics are also in the sky, according to Japanese scientists
In total, nine types of polymer (plus one type of rubber) were identified as sources of airborne microplastics (AMP)
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Fancy a free mini-break in Shrek's swamp?
You won't have to travel to the "Kingdom of Far Far Away," but to the hills of the Scottish Highlands to step through the door of Shrek's legendary home
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Balmain recovers in shiny, flowery style from Paris robbery
The fashion world loves drama, but normally, it doesn't involve violent heists, so there was outsized attention as Balmain's creative director, Olivier Rousteing, rushed to prepare his spring-summer 2024 collection
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Luxury hospitality is an alchemy of meticulous curation: Omer Acar, CEO of Raffles and Orient Express
Omer Acar, CEO of Raffles and Orient Express, talks about the alchemy that transforms hotels into coveted destinations of luxury
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Electronic Arts' soccer video game adds mixed-gender teams, sheds FIFA name
Early access to the game, now renamed FC 24, began last week with the novel feature of female soccer stars virtually taking to the pitch with male counterparts
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Did you hear? Most NFTs are now almost worthless
The market for NFTs has been steadily plummeting in recent months. So much so that most of these non-fungible tokens now have virtually zero value, according to a recent study
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The colour vermilion: An eye-catching hue among photos this week
The world and its colour never cease to captivate us. This series of photos—a warning paint, a singing veil, a flute of a gown, all in a vermilion hue—resonates beyond its description for a leisurely flip or a deep read this week