Fungi Based Clothing

Designer Stella McCartney unveils mycelium-based clothingBy Emily ChungA model wears clothing unveiled by British designer Stella McCartney on March 18, 2021. It's made with Mylo, a leather substitute grown from fungi, which can be treated to have different leather-like colours and textures. (Bolt Threads)This past week, British fashion designer Stella McCartney unveiled a black "leather" bustier...

Bank CEO Gifts Shares Worth Rs 30 Lakh to School Teacher Who Once Lent Him Rs 500 for Interview

  Image: Facebook/Peri Maheshwar V Vaidyanathan who gifted his school teacher 1,00,000 fully paid-up equity shares worth Rs 30,00,000 of IDFC First Bank. A heart-warming post which involves the chief executive office of a bank and a school teacher is melting hearts on social media. The post...

A Meaty Affair: What Makes Smoked Meat So Special

By Hoihnu Hauzel Food and culture always connect people and places. There are cultural and culinary linkages that exist between different communities across the world. I was happy to discover the culinary nexus between the Laps and the people of India’s Northeast region during a trip to the Arctic Circle a few years ago. I found that the laps lapped up their smoked meat with equal passion as...

6 Mouth-Watering Recipes From Northeast India

By Soma Das The award-winning book, The Seven Sisters — Kitchen Tales from the North East, offers ample insight into the culinary traditions of India's north east region. We have picked up some recipes from the book for our readers Mary's Chicken Soup for the Soul Serves 4 Ingredients1 kg chicken, cut into small pieces2 tbsp slivered ginger10 cloves garlic, minced1 green chilli, kept whole (optional)1...

Daniel Syiem To Participate in London Fashion Week

Shillong, Aug 28 : Meghalaya's eclectic fashion boy Daniel Syiem is all geared up to go global with his ethnic 'Ryndia' collections as he takes centre stage at the London Fashion Week early next month. Syiem will be presenting his collections on September 13 next along with other top designers of the country like Delna Pouwalla, Madhu Varma, Megha Grover, Wajabab Mirza and others. Having...

People Severely Underestimate — or Lie About — How Much They Drink

By Keith Humphreys One of the enduring mysteries of alcohol research is that when you tally up all the booze that people report consuming when they are surveyed about their drinking habits, it rarely adds up to even half of the alcohol sold.  So either we pour half of the liquor we purchase into the sea (could this...

Evolution of the Flight Attendant Uniform

By Laura CarrollHats, gloves, an ever-changing hemline: The flight attendant getup has always been as much about fashion as it is function. With both Delta and Jet Blue debuting new duds for their cabin crews, we can't help but look through the archives of history's most fashionable staff. Behold, the evolution of the flight attendant uniform. Archive Photos / Stringer / Getty Images 1940 Most...

The Isolated World of Being a Smoker

By David Rosenberg Tina in Her Bedroom, 2007 Laura Noel As the glamour of smoking rapidly fades and smoking sections shrink, those still living with the habit are beginning to be seen as outcasts, holding their tiny burning scarlet letters for people to ridicule. Laura...

Please Stop Touching My Tattoos

Stop Touching My Tattoos Without Asking By Jathan Sadowski If you want to see the rest, you have to ask first. Sascha Kohlmann/Flickr I’m a fairly tattooed guy, but a simple t-shirt hides...

How To Get Rid Of Dinner Guests Who Outstay Their Welcome

Rule No. 10: Know When to Say Goodbye By J. Bryan Lowder Photo by Getty Images In the opening post of this series, I described an ideal dinner party scenario: After taking their fill of food,...

Just How Long Can People Live?

It’s one of the juiciest debates in science. By Laura Helmuth What can we do to make our average life expectancy jump again? Above, residents of a continuing care retirement community practice chair yoga. Photo by Melanie Stetson Freeman/Christian Science Monitor/Getty...